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Kong Inc.

konghq.com • Toronto • London • Shanghai • New York • Bengaluru
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Overview

Kong Inc. is a leading cloud-native API management and service connectivity platform provider headquartered in San Francisco, California. Built on the popular open-source Kong Gateway, the company offers enterprise solutions for building, securing, and managing APIs and microservices at scale. Its cloud-first API platform enables developers and organizations to connect legacy applications with modern cloud-native architectures seamlessly across multi-cloud environments.

Technologies

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Tech DNA
Go
Python
Rust
OpenTelemetry
Nest.JS
Cypress
PostgreSQL
Redis
ClickHouse
AWS
Azure
GCP
LLM
Claude
Gemini
AI/ML
Python
C++
SQL
Kong
Kubernetes
AWS
CI/CD
Azure
GCP
Docker
Terraform
Nginx
Service Mesh
Datadog
Grafana
Prometheus
PostgreSQL
Apache Kafka
Istio
LLM
Envoy
Jenkins
Model Context Protocol
Claude
Claude Code
Ansible
Linkerd
GitHub Actions
Redis
Platform Engineering
Pulumi
Copilot
ClickHouse
gRPC
HAProxy
OpenTelemetry
ArgoCD
Atlantis
GitOps
Helm
Terragrunt
Thanos
Docker Swarm
eBPF
NATS
RabbitMQ
ElasticSearch
Rest API
Amazon EKS
AWS Lambda
Self-Healing
Chef
Configuration Management
Puppet
Gateway API
Git
GitLab CI
Gemini
Kong AI Gateway
Anomaly Detection
Cassandra
DynamoDB
Memcached
OpenSearch
Snowflake
Vector
Google GKE
AWS Bedrock
Robotics
Lua
LuaJIT
Kong Gateway
OpenResty
MQTT
Security
Go
Rust
JavaScript
Bash
Zero Trust
GDPR
Okta
SOC 2
Auth0
ISO 27001
Keycloak
FedRAMP
Threat Modeling
OWASP Top 10
Tcpdump
Crowdstrike
QA
Java
TypeScript
Insomnia
Cypress
Playwright
WebDriverIO
Other
Node JS
Apex
GraphQL
Confluence
Tableau
WebAssembly
Google Workspace
Jira
Slack
Salesforce
Nest.JS
MuleSoft
Stack modernity Cutting-edge AI adopter
80/100
How modern this stack is, based on technology relevance, AI adoption and the share of legacy tools.
In-demand technologies
Kong 37 jobs Required
$160k +26% vs market
Kubernetes 22 jobs Required
$170k +20% vs market
AWS 20 jobs Required
$145k -16% vs market
Go 16 jobs Required
$145k -21% vs market
CI/CD 13 jobs Required
$145k +30% vs market
GCP 12 jobs Required
$143k -14% vs market
Azure 12 jobs Required
$143k +12% vs market
Docker 11 jobs Required
$260k +160% vs market
Salary medians are calculated from this company's open jobs and compared with the market.
Industry adoption
Python
42%
JavaScript
37%
CI/CD
36%
AWS
33%
SQL
32%
TypeScript
31%
Share of companies in the same industry that use each technology.
Stack changes
GitLab CI Jul 2026
Snowflake Jul 2026
AWS Bedrock Jul 2026
Crowdstrike Jul 2026
Tcpdump Jul 2026
OpenResty Jul 2026
MQTT Jul 2026
OWASP Top 10 Jul 2026
Technologies recently added to or removed from this company's stack - a signal of tech migrations and new initiatives.
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Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$160k
Typical range
$111k – $300k
Open positions
12
11 Jobs
Middle 9.1%
Senior 45.5%
Staff 45.5%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Middle 1 $195k $195k
Senior 5 $135k $118k – $145k
Staff 5 $260k $175k – $300k
Highest paying role Director, Global Scaled CS $300k
Normalized to USD per year

Jobs

In office • Full-Time
Kong
Analytics
Tableau
Apply
Remote • Full-Time • Milan
Go
Python
Ansible
AWS
Azure
CI/CD
Docker
GCP
GitLab CI
Grafana
Jenkins
Kong
Kubernetes
Prometheus
Terraform
Apply
In office • Full-Time • 7+ year exp • London
PostgreSQL
DevOps
AWS
Docker
Docker Swarm
Kong
Kubernetes
Nginx
Service Mesh
Apply
Remote/Hybrid • Bachelor's Degree
Rust
Lua
LuaJIT
AI/ML
LLM
DevOps
Envoy
Istio
Kong
Nginx
Apply
$84k – $119k per year • Remote • Full-Time
Go
Cassandra
PostgreSQL
DevOps
Ansible
AWS
Azure
CI/CD
Datadog
GCP
Grafana
Istio
Kong
Kubernetes
Linkerd
Prometheus
Service Mesh
Terraform
Apply
In office • Full-Time • London
Kong
Analytics
Tableau
Apply
$105k – $195k per year • In office • Full-Time • 3+ year exp
Go
Java
Python
Rust
SQL
Apache Kafka
DynamoDB
Memcached
NATS
RabbitMQ
Redis
DevOps
Amazon EKS
AWS
AWS Lambda
CI/CD
Datadog
GitHub Actions
Grafana
gRPC
Istio
Jenkins
Kong
Kubernetes
Linkerd
Platform Engineering
Prometheus
Pulumi
Service Mesh
Terraform
Cybersecurity
Auth0
GDPR
ISO 27001
Keycloak
Okta
SOC 2
Zero Trust
Management
Confluence
Apply
$82k – $143k per year • Remote • Full-Time • 5+ year exp • Toronto
Go
Java
Python
Rust
SQL
Apache Kafka
ElasticSearch
NATS
OpenSearch
RabbitMQ
AI/ML
Model Context Protocol
DevOps
AWS
Azure
CI/CD
Datadog
Docker
GCP
GitHub Actions
Grafana
gRPC
Istio
Jenkins
Kong
Kubernetes
Linkerd
Prometheus
Pulumi
Self-Healing
Service Mesh
Terraform
Management
Confluence
Apply
In office • Full-Time • 3+ year exp
Go
Lua
LuaJIT
DevOps
Datadog
Envoy
HAProxy
Kong
Kubernetes
Nginx
OpenTelemetry
Apply
Remote • Full-Time • 5+ year exp • London
Docker
Kong
Kubernetes
Apply
In office • Full-Time • 5+ year exp • Bachelor's Degree • Bengaluru
Go
AWS
Azure
GCP
GitHub Actions
Jenkins
Kong
Terraform
Apply
In office • Full-Time • 3+ year exp • Bengaluru
Apex
MuleSoft
DevOps
AWS
Azure
GCP
Kong
Kubernetes
Platform Engineering
Apply
In office • Full-Time • Bachelor's Degree • Singapore
C++
Go
Python
Apache Kafka
ElasticSearch
PostgreSQL
Redis
DevOps
Ansible
AWS
Azure
Chef
CI/CD
Configuration Management
Datadog
Docker
GCP
Grafana
Kong
Kubernetes
Prometheus
Puppet
Terraform
Apply

SRE 2, Konnect SREs

 30 days ago
In office • Full-Time • Bachelor's Degree • Bengaluru
Bash
Go
Python
Apache Kafka
ClickHouse
PostgreSQL
Redis
DevOps
ArgoCD
Atlantis
AWS
Azure
CI/CD
Datadog
GCP
GitOps
Grafana
Helm
Kong
Kubernetes
Prometheus
Service Mesh
Terraform
Terragrunt
Thanos
Apply
$78k – $111k per year • Remote • Full-Time
Claude
Claude Code
Gemini
DevOps
Kong
Management
Google Workspace
Jira
Slack
Marketing
Salesforce
Apply
$220k – $270k per year • Remote • Full-Time • 7+ year exp • San Francisco
Go
Model Context Protocol
DevOps
Kong
Kubernetes
Rest API
Apply
In office • Full-Time • 7+ year exp • Singapore
Claude
Claude Code
Copilot
LLM
Model Context Protocol
Frontend
GraphQL
DevOps
AWS
CI/CD
Docker
Kong
Kubernetes
Apply
$103k – $118k per year • Remote • Full-Time • 5+ year exp • Toronto
Node JS
TypeScript
JavaScript
Nest.JS
Databases
Apache Kafka
ClickHouse
PostgreSQL
Snowflake
DevOps
AWS
CI/CD
Datadog
GitHub Actions
Grafana
Istio
Jenkins
Kong
Kubernetes
Linkerd
OpenTelemetry
Prometheus
Pulumi
Service Mesh
Terraform
Management
Confluence
Apply
Remote • Full-Time • 7+ year exp
PostgreSQL
DevOps
AWS
Docker
Docker Swarm
Kong
Kubernetes
Nginx
Apply
Remote • Full-Time • 2+ year exp • Milan
C++
Go
Java
Python
CI/CD
Envoy
Gateway API
Kong
Kubernetes
Service Mesh
Apply

Growth

Hiring Momentum
35/100
Slowing
Open positions
37
1 opened / 4 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
55 days
faster than 27% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~18 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics 0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Backend
44% ▲
Support
25%
DevOps
19% ▲
AI/ML
9%
Executive
3% ▼
Actively hiring for Backend (+7 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
Added GitLab CI to stack Jul 2026
Added Snowflake to stack Jul 2026
Added AWS Bedrock to stack Jul 2026
Added Crowdstrike to stack Jul 2026
Added Tcpdump to stack Jul 2026
Added OpenResty to stack Jul 2026
Added MQTT to stack Jul 2026
Added OWASP Top 10 to stack Jul 2026
Added Threat Modeling to stack Jul 2026
Added Insomnia to stack Jul 2026
Added FedRAMP to stack Jul 2026
Added Anomaly Detection to stack Jul 2026