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Senior Staff Product Manager, Kong Gateway Core

Remote · USA Full-time New today

Are you ready to power the World's connections?

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:

We are looking for a Senior Staff Product Manager to join our Kong Gateway Product Management Team to work on the world’s most adopted open source API gateway.

This role focuses on the core of the Kong Gateway, built on a stack that is heavily based on Nginx and OpenResty.

What You'll Be Doing

  • Lead the development of the core of the Gateway, focusing on improving stability and performance.
  • Craft a data-informed product roadmap, defining priorities, and overseeing the success of features.
  • Collaborate closely with engineering, design, marketing, and sales teams to bring the product offerings to market and expand our customer base.
  • Work closely with our customers to gather feedback, requirements, and use cases to drive our long-term roadmap.
  • Act as a technical advocate, delivering presentations and promoting Kong Gateway’s full-lifecycle API management capabilities.
  • What You'll Bring

  • 6+ years of software product management experience.
  • Demonstrated experience in working with products that required strong understanding of system and network programming.
  • Knowledge of crafting APIs and SDKs.
  • Exceptional communication skills, capable of articulating complex technical concepts to a diverse range of stakeholders.
  • Adaptability and agility in a fast-paced and evolving technology landscape, with a keen eye for emerging trends and technologies.
  • Additional Information

    About Kong:

    Kong is THE cloud native API platform with the fastest, most adopted API gateway in the world (over 300m downloads!). As the innovation leader of cloud API technologies, Kong is on a mission to enable companies around the world to become "API-first" and securely accelerate AI adoption. Kong helps organizations globally - from startups to Fortune 500 enterprises - unleash developer productivity, build securely and accelerate to market.

    83% of web traffic today is API calls! APIs are the connective tissue of the cloud and the underlying technology that allows software to talk and interact with one another. Therefore, we believe that APIs act as the nervous system of the cloud. Our audacious mission is to build the nervous system that will safely and reliably connect all of humankind!

    For more information about Kong, please visit

    konghq.com or follow @thekonginc on Twitter.

    We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.

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