# Staff Solutions Engineer

Are you ready to unlock intelligence? If you don’t think you meet all of the criteria below but are still interested in the job, please apply. Nobody checks every box - we’re looking for candidates that are particularly strong in a few areas, and have some interest and capabilities in others. About the Role: As part of our Sales organisation, Kong's Solution Engineers play an instrumental role in our continued growth and success as they align with our Account Executive team and lead the technical sale cycle with both new and existing customers. This is a position supporting Commercial accounts within the UK region. If you are someone who is motivated by the opportunity to drive new business while learning and evangelising our cutting-edge technology, we want to speak to you! What You'll Do: Support field sales in helping customers understand the value of the Kong API Management & Connectivity solutions. Grow trusted client relationships throughout the entire sales lifecycle from initial discovery/ requirement gathering, to product reviews/ demos, and into production. Support PoCs throughout the entire evaluation process. Onboard and train new customers and establish revenue pote

- **Id**: 3798365
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/kong-staff-solutions-engineer-6>
- **Role**: Solutions
- **Role family**: Solutions
- **Seniority**: staff
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-05T08:53:09Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-06T14:39:54Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2865
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Integration & API Management, Developer Tools

## Company

- **Id**: 4941
- **Name**: Kong
- **Domain**: konghq.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/kong>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Ashby

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 83
- **Open postings**: 16
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.625
- **Repost share**: 0.063
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 45
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-06T05:58:05Z

## Technologies

- **Kong** — Optional: no
- **API Gateway** — Optional: yes
- **AWS** — Optional: yes
- **Docker** — Optional: yes
- **Docker Swarm** — Optional: yes
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: yes
- **Linux** — Optional: yes
- **Nginx** — Optional: yes
- **PostgreSQL** — Optional: yes
- **Service Mesh** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United Kingdom** — Iso: GB; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T10:25:39Z

## Visa

- Country: GB; Licensed sponsor: yes; Evidence: Licensed UK visa sponsor (Skilled Worker); Route: Skilled Worker; Cap exempt: no; Checked at: 2026-11-06T06:20:25+00:00

## Liveness

- **Score**: 70
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.695
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 45
- **Reasons**: conf:4, stale_co, wave, velocity, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-06T05:58:05Z

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