Software Engineering Manager, Sustaining Engineering - Shanghai at Kong

Shanghai, Shanghai, China

Kong Logo
Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years), Expert & Leadership (9+ years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Technology, Software, API ManagementIndustries

Requirements

  • 5+ years of managing maintenance or support teams and obsessing over customer experience
  • Experience doing reviews, hiring, compensation
  • Experience managing remote teams and distributed workforce
  • Demonstrated leadership of Engineering teams
  • On-premise, cloud and hybrid product background
  • Proven customer relationship skills
  • Business fluent English language skills both written and verbal
  • Solid technical expertise for Linux systems troubleshooting and profiling, experience with debugging tools such as gdb, systemtap, tcpdump, crash, or other
  • Experience managing customer-facing, engineering support roles and breadth of experience across infrastructure, internal tooling, platforms, and on-premise products

Responsibilities

  • Hire, mentor, and maintain healthy Engineering teams who value collaboration and innovation
  • Manage shift scheduling, measuring key performance indicators (KPIs), and training, assure high-quality work and SLA
  • Own the customer escalation system technically, including collaboration with other departments, stakeholders (Sales, Customer Experience, Sales Engineering etc.) and where necessary customers
  • Leadership experience displaying ability to organize and prioritize complex problem resolution and bug fixes, debugging distributed services
  • Organize and manage your teams to fit constructively into the org as a whole and help the company succeed
  • Set and manage expectations with other engineering teams, senior management, and external stakeholders
  • Give constructive feedback to Engineers, conduct 1:1s, address inter-personal issues, and conduct reviews

Skills

Technical Leadership
Engineering Management
API Gateway
Technical Support
Product Maintenance
On-Premise Deployment
Hybrid Cloud
Customer Engagement

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.

Land your dream remote job 3x faster with AI