Staff Solutions Engineer supporting sales cycles while leveraging expertise in DevOps, AIOps, and FinOps at Kong. Engaging customers through integration of Kong’s platform.
Responsibilities
Support field sales in helping customers understand the value of the Kong API/Connectivity Management platform
Understand customer requirements and how the Kong platform can help. Grow trusted client relationships throughout the entire sales lifecycle, from initial product reviews to production
Support PoCs throughout the entire evaluation process
Ensure 100% customer satisfaction across the assigned set of accounts
Prioritise customer needs and coordinate with support, product, and engineering teams to help support customer needs
Create technical documentation for DevOps, implementations, and services engagements
Support top-of-funnel marketing by creating blogs, webinars, and participating in trade shows and field events.
And any additional tasks required by the manager
Requirements
7+ years of software engineer and/or sales engineer management experience at a SaaS, Open Source or Enterprise Software company
Solid understanding of cloud computing trends and open source business models
You are a strong listener and communicator
You can confidently lead a discussion with a group of Product Managers, Engineers, and Executives
Enthusiasm for working in a high-profile, fast-paced startup culture
Experience with Docker/Kubernetes and other cloud native platforms
Experience with APIs, CI/CD automation frameworks and AI and LLM technologies.
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