Senior Customer Success Engineer at Kong

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

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Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Technology, SoftwareIndustries

Requirements

  • 3-5 years of hands-on implementation experience with API gateway and/or API integrations in customer environments
  • Excellent communication skills and an ability to concisely articulate complex technical issues and solutions
  • Practical working knowledge of APIs and microservices architectures
  • Previous experience with Kubernetes and Cloud technologies (AWS, GCP, Azure)
  • Storytelling with data to articulate business value realized through Kong products
  • Strong collaboration and teamwork with cross-functional teams (sales, product, engineering, marketing, support, etc.) to represent the voice of the customer
  • Strong desire to tackle hard technical problems and proven ability to do so with little or no direct daily supervision
  • Experience managing multiple projects at a time while focusing on attention to detail and delivering results across multiple initiatives such as driving expansion, customer satisfaction, feature adoption, and retention

Responsibilities

  • Engage with customers primarily through inbound requests
  • Support onboarding new customers by validating and identifying their needs, key project timelines, potential challenges, and risk factors
  • Drive adoption and implementation of Kong product features by leading hands-on product demonstrations and technical workshop sessions
  • Periodic review of Kong implementation through health checks
  • Understand, advocate, and document customer’s use case, architecture, and roadmap
  • Work with customers to explore new use-cases and expand Kong’s API platform usage
  • Build active and meaningful relationships with customers, and emerge as their trusted technical advisor and a partner
  • Participate in renewal or expansion discussions when looped in by Sales or Renewal teams for technical input
  • Effectively manage the tracking and resolution of customer escalations on behalf of product and services
  • Manage customer accounts with Kong’s customer maturity model framework
  • Any additional tasks required by manager

Skills

Customer Success
API Management
Customer Onboarding
Product Demonstrations
Technical Workshops
Health Checks
Architecture
Use Case Analysis
Escalation Management
Account Management

Kong

API management and connectivity solutions provider

About Kong

Kong focuses on API management and connectivity, providing tools that help businesses manage, secure, and optimize their APIs for software communication. Its main product, Kong Gateway, is a fast API gateway that can handle up to 50,000 transactions per second, while Kong Konnect offers a SaaS platform for API management and Kong Mesh manages microservices. Kong stands out by combining open-source technology with enterprise solutions, allowing free access to core features and offering premium services for businesses. The company's goal is to enhance developer productivity, security, and performance for a diverse range of clients in a rapidly growing market.

San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2017Year Founded
$334.7MTotal Funding
SERIES_ECompany Stage
Data & Analytics, Enterprise SoftwareIndustries
501-1,000Employees

Benefits

Weekly Donut Chats
Home Office Stipend
Flexible Time Off & Dedicated Unplug Days
Virtual Events

Risks

AI-enhanced security threats pose significant risks to API security.
Low adoption of zero-trust architecture leaves APIs vulnerable to breaches.
Intensifying competition in AI API platforms may draw customers away from Kong.

Differentiation

Kong's API Gateway supports 50,000 transactions per second, ensuring high performance.
Kong offers a unique combination of open-source and enterprise-grade API solutions.
Kong Insomnia is the fastest-growing platform for building, testing, and debugging APIs.

Upsides

Kong raised $175M to enhance AI connectivity and expand its solutions.
Kong Insomnia surpassed 1 million users, indicating strong demand for its tools.
Kong's Premium Technology Partner Program fosters innovation and collaboration.

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