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Senior Solutions Engineer - France
Kong, France
Experience
1 Year
Salary
Job Type
Job Shift
Job Category
Traveling
No
Career Level
Telecommute
No
Qualification
As mentioned in job details
Total Vacancies
1 Job
Posted on
Jan 23, 2022
Last Date
Feb 23, 2022
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Job Description
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:
Kong is looking for a seasoned, customer facing Sales Engineer who is motivated to help drive new business, evangelize our technology, onboard and train new customers, and establish revenue potential with existing customers. Ideally this candidate should have experience working with open source technology and strong knowledge of NGINX, Docker, HTTP, AWS, Postgres and Cassandra.
Why should you want to work at Kong?
Market Opportunity- We are on a quest to build a $10b+ software company over the next few years and need YOUR help!-APIs are driving innovationacross every industry!-Strong VC team, Series D, strong year over year revenue growth!Technical Leadership- We are recognized as the leader in innovation in the connectivity space.-Marco, our CTO/co-founder- We are the Cisco of L4 and L7 - CUBE Conversation, March 2021-We are the leading innovatorin the connectivity space!Amazing Team amp; Culture- Come be a "Konger" and find out what we mean.-Great Place to Work Certifiedin 2020 amp; 2021-Kong employees discuss our culture at our2020 Company KickoffBuilding Great Products- Learn why the world's largest companies love our tech!-Kong Named a Leader in the 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant-Over 250m+ downloads of our open source API gateway! Over 40k+ stars on Github betweenKong APIandKong Insomnia!What you'll be doing:- Support field sales in helping customers understand the value of the Kong API Management platform
- Understand and help establish customer requirements and grow trusted client relationships throughout the entire sales lifecycle, from initial product reviews to production
- Support PoCs throughout the entire evaluation process
- Ensure 100% customer satisfaction across assigned set of accounts
- Prioritize customer needs and coordinate with support, product, and engineering teams to help support customer needs
- Create technical documentation for DevOps, implementations, and services engagements
What you bring:- 5+ years software engineer and/or sales engineer management experience at SAAS, Open Source or Enterprise Software company.
- Solid understanding of cloud computing trends and open source business models.
- You are a strong listener and communicator.
- You can confidently lead a discussion with a group of Product Managers, Engineers, and Executives.
- Enthusiasm for working in a high profile, fast-paced startup culture.
Bonus points:- Experience with Docker.
- Fluent working on Linux OSes.
- Familiarity with CD/CI pipeline.
- Any knowledge on Kubernetes, DCOS/Mesos and Docker Swarm is a plus.
What is a Konger?
We are a group of makers, thinkers, and doers focused on helping today’s developers build tomorrow’s technology. Our teams work on the bleeding edge of API innovation to provide our users with a central nervous system for data and services.
We put design at the heart of everything we do, and we’re relentlessly focused on creating beautiful experiences for our customers. That’s why technology companies, major banks, e-commerce innovators, and government agencies put Kong in front of their most important web applications.
We believe in the power of Open Source and everything it stands for. That’s why developers around the world enthusiastically contribute on top of our open-source platform.
We are passionate about solving challenges that will fundamentally shape the future of technology, and we’re looking for the right people to join us on our mission. If you believe in taking ownership of your work, making an impact, and having fun along the way, we would love to talk to you.
Kong Core Values:
Be Inclusive. We work together from anywhere to achieve our common goals. Our differences make us stronger.
Be Authentic. We are genuine, principled and confident without arrogance. Show respect and kindness, especially Job Specification
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