What jobs is Kong hiring for right now?

As of Sep 10, 2026, Kong has 29 open jobs on Alion. 12 of them state a salary (35%). They are posted in 10 cities. 21 allow remote or hybrid work.

Source: Alion Coverage: open vacancies from the employer's own careers board Sep 9, 2026
Open jobs
29
With salary
12 (35%)
Cities
10
Posted in 30 days
8
Median age
69 days

What Kong posted in the last two weeks

Posted in 14 days
1
Busiest day
1 Sep 7, 2026
Days with postings
1 / 14
Aug 27, 2026: 0 posted Aug 28, 2026: 0 posted Aug 29, 2026: 0 posted Aug 30, 2026: 0 posted Aug 31, 2026: 0 posted Sep 1, 2026: 0 posted Sep 2, 2026: 0 posted Sep 3, 2026: 0 posted Sep 4, 2026: 0 posted Sep 5, 2026: 0 posted Sep 6, 2026: 0 posted Sep 7, 2026: 1 posted Sep 8, 2026: 0 posted Sep 9, 2026: 0 posted
Aug 27, 2026 weekend Sep 9, 2026

Which roles Kong is hiring for

34 Jobs
Backend 15 44.1%
Product 8 23.5%
DevOps 4 11.8%
Security 3 8.8%
AI/ML 1 2.9%
Other roles 3 8.8%

Where Kong is hiring

Kong hires from 12 offices across 8 countries, holding 41 of its open vacancies between them.

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How the work at Kong is set up

Work format
In office 13 38%
Remote 11 32%
Remote/Hybrid 10 29%
Level
Senior 15 45%
Staff+ 11 33%
Middle 5 15%
Junior 1 3%
Lead 1 3%
Employment
Full-Time 34 100%

Salaries in Kong vacancies

12 of 29 vacancies state a salary (35%). The range below is built from those 12 stated figures only, never from an estimate.

Lower quartile
$150k
Median
$219k
Upper quartile
$260k
$135k$270k

Open vacancies at Kong

$192k – $274k per year • Remote • Full-Time • 8+ years exp
Python
Go
JavaScript
Lua
AI Agents
DevOps
Terraform
Ansible
GCP
Helm
Kong
Azure
CI/CD
GitOps
AWS
Kubernetes
SRE
Platform Engineering
Service Mesh
API Gateway
Apply
$16k – $47k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 2+ years exp • Bengaluru
Python
Go
AI Agents
DevOps
GCP
Datadog
Kong
Prometheus
Azure
AWS
Kubernetes
Grafana
Apply
$26k – $60k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 10+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Mumbai
Apache Kafka
AI/ML
AI Agents
DevOps
Kong
CI/CD
Git
Docker
FinOps
AIOps
Apply
$175k – $235k per year • Remote • Full-Time • 6+ years exp
Model Context Protocol
AI Agents
LLM
Agentic Workflows
DevOps
Kong
CI/CD
Apply
$123k – $150k per year • Remote • Full-Time • Bachelor's Degree • Washington
Python
Go
Bash
PostgreSQL
Redis
ClickHouse
Apache Kafka
AI/ML
AI Agents
Time Series Forecasting
DevOps
Terraform
GCP
Helm
Terragrunt
Datadog
Kong
Prometheus
Azure
CI/CD
GitOps
ArgoCD
AWS
Kubernetes
Grafana
Service Mesh
Thanos
Atlantis
API Gateway
Apply
$19k – $46k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 10+ years exp • Bengaluru
AI Agents
Kong AI Gateway
DevOps
Kong
Kubernetes
Apply
$147k – $243k per year (Estimated) • Remote • Full-Time
Go
PostgreSQL
Redis
AI/ML
Fine-tuning
AI Agents
LLM
DevOps
GCP
Kong
Azure
AWS
Kubernetes
Apply
$150k – $275k per year • Remote • Full-Time • 7+ years exp • San Francisco • Washington
AI Agents
Anomaly Detection
DevOps
Kong
Cybersecurity
SOC 2
GDPR
FedRAMP
Zero Trust
Threat Modeling
QA
Insomnia
Apply
$250k – $270k per year • Remote/Hybrid • Full-Time • 7+ years exp • San Francisco
Go
Model Context Protocol
AI Agents
Tool Use
DevOps
Rest API
Kong
Kubernetes
Apply
$46k – $124k per year (Estimated) • Remote/Hybrid • Full-Time • 10+ years exp • Milan
Rust
Lua
Model Context Protocol
AI Agents
Synthetic Data
Tool Use
DevOps
GitHub Actions
Kong
CI/CD
Docker
Kubernetes
Nginx
Chaos Engineering
Shift-Left
Self-Healing
GitHub
API Gateway
Cybersecurity
Shift-Left Security
Apply
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Questions about jobs at Kong

Is Kong hiring right now?

Yes. As of Sep 10, 2026, Kong has 29 open jobs on Alion.

What roles does Kong hire for?

Kong is hiring mostly for Backend, Product, DevOps. The largest group is Backend with 15 open vacancies.

How much does Kong pay?

35% of vacancies at Kong state a salary. Across those 12 stated figures the range runs from $150k to $260k, with a median of $219k.

Where does Kong hire?

Kong has open vacancies in 10 places, most of all in Milan, Bengaluru, Washington. It keeps 12 offices with open roles, spread across 8 countries. Kong is run from San Francisco.

Does Kong offer remote work?

Yes. 21 of the open vacancies at Kong allow remote or hybrid work, which is 72% of the board.

How long have Kong vacancies been open?

Half have been on Alion for 69 days or less. 11 vacancies at Kong have been listed for more than 90 days, and postings of that age are far more often out of date.

How do you apply to Kong?

Kong accepts applications through Ashby, so the form opens on that system rather than on Alion.

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