Specialist Solutions Engineer (AI Focus)
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Job Location:
Albany, GA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Are you ready to power the Worlds connections
If you dont think you meet all of the criteria below but are still interested in the job please apply. Nobody checks every box - were looking for candidates that are particularly strong in a few areas and have some interest and capabilities in others.
As a Staff Solutions Engineer Specialist at Kong Inc. you will serve as a senior technical authority combining deep expertise in AI DevOps AIOps FinOps security and system integration to guide Kongs enterprise customers and partners through complex architectural decisions. Operating as a trusted advisor you will demonstrate the value of Kongs platform through precision-engineered solutions and hands-on technical leadership.
Responsibilities
Engage with executive leadership as well as senior AI stakeholders in Kongs prospects and customers organizations to help craft their AI journey with Kong technologies.
You will stay at the bleeding edge of AI developments and work with Solution Engineers and the product management organization to surface market feedback and influence product direction.
Assist with technical discovery sessions architecture reviews and executive-level presentations with clients translating business requirements into concrete platform solutions.
Apply expertise in AI/ML technology and tooling including agentic AI AI orchestration frameworks and agent-building to guide customers on integrating AI capabilities into their API infrastructure.
Support proof-of-concept exercises and custom technical demonstrations that showcase Kongs capabilities.
Mentor junior Solutions Engineers and actively contribute to the teams shared technical knowledge base.
Manage multiple concurrent engagements with strong project discipline delivering results against defined timelines and commitments.
Communicate complex technical concepts with clarity and precision to both engineering audiences and executive stakeholders.
Build and maintain demonstration tooling and environments.
Produce compelling collateral on AI topics including demos webinars documents and white papers.
Qualifications
10 years of experience in solutions engineering technical architecture or a comparable customer-facing technical role.
Demonstrated expertise in API design and API management principles patterns and best practices.
Hands-on experience with AIOps platforms or tooling
Strong command of authentication and authorization standards including OAuth 2.0 OIDC and JWT alongside applied knowledge of cybersecurity best practices.
Proficiency with Linux operating systems and containerization technologies (Docker Kubernetes).
Fluency with Git-based workflows and collaborative software development practices.
Proven application of SRE principles and observability tooling (logging metrics tracing) in production environments.
Experience with infrastructure automation and scripting for deployment and configuration management.
Exceptional communication and presentation skills; able to adapt technical depth to the audience.
Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field or equivalent demonstrated experience.
About Kong:
Kong Inc. a leading developer of API and AI connectivity technologies is building the infrastructure that powers the agentic era. Trusted by the Fortune 500 and startups alike Kongs unified API and AI platform Kong Konnect enables organizations to secure manage accelerate govern and monetize the flow of intelligence across APIs and AI models. For more information visit .
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Kong is the most widely adopted API gateway and service mesh, powering the world’s APIs for modern architectures. Accelerate development and productivity today!
