Staff Partner Consulting Engineer Tech Partners

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.

About the Role:

As a Partner Consulting Engineer on the growing Partner Team at Kong you will work directly with our partners guiding them through the technical aspects of implementing and deploying Kong API Management products. Youll work as a technical advisor helping partners build practices on our technology and ensuring their long-term success through strategic enablement. This role involves collaborating with various internal teams and external partners from developers to executives.

What youll bring:

6 Years of relevant experience in API Management and Integration technologies with 3-4 years on partner enablement and enterprise technology trainings

Passion of delivering bootcamps and addressing to a large gathering of technical experts

Strong knowledge of API Gateways and API integrations (Kong MuleSoft Apigee IBM API Connect etc.)

Familiarity with auth schemes and IdPs like Okta Auth0 Azure AD Cognito etc.

Basic understanding microservices architectures

Proficiency in Linux environments

Exposure to Docker & Kubernetes

Familiarity with major cloud providers and key services (GCP AWS Azure)

Knowledge of API integration with leading AI model providers such as OpenAI Google Vertex Amazon Bedrock etc.

Knowledge of event streaming and messaging providers such as Kafka Solace and other leading MQ systems

Team-oriented approach and strong communication skills

Ability to learn quickly and adapt to change

Preferably cloud intermediate level certification from AWS/Microsoft/GCP and/or any API Management professional certification from leading providers

What you will be doing:

Drive Kong Products and Practice Enablements bootcamps at scale with partners

Assisting partners on their API lifecycle journey with their customers through technical workshops.

Lead the creation of enablement contents in form of Videos recorded demos and Presentations for partner-focused requirements and for new features/releases.

Design repeatable frameworks that scale across geographies practices and industries.

Guiding partners through installation and implementation of Kong solutions

Collaborating with internal teams (Product Engineering customer success and Sales)

Contributing to technical documentation and knowledge base articles

Guide partner team members to achieve Kong certifications.

Travel to Partner locations up to 50%

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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 .

Required Experience:

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