Sr. Staff Event Gateway Product Manager

Kong is building the future of API management for developers, empowering organizations to connect their services and systems with speed, security, and reliability. As a fast-growing and well-funded company, we take pride in our happy customers, motivated employees, and innovative products that shape the API landscape.

As a Senior Staff Product Manager for Kong’s Event Native Gateway, you will lead the charge in a highly strategic product area, driving the development of cutting-edge event-based API management capabilities. You will collaborate closely with a talented and focused engineering team while maintaining 360-degree ownership of the product, engaging with engineering, field teams, other product managers, and customers to deliver value. At Kong, your contributions will have an outsized impact, as our small and agile environment amplifies the influence of every team member.

Kong is building the future of API management for developers, empowering organizations to connect their services and systems with speed, security, and reliability. As a fast-growing and well-funded company, we take pride in our happy customers, motivated employees, and innovative products that shape the API landscape.

As a Senior Staff Product Manager for Kong’s Event Native Gateway, you will lead the charge in a highly strategic product area, driving the development of cutting-edge event-based API management capabilities. You will collaborate closely with a talented and focused engineering team while maintaining 360-degree ownership of the product, engaging with engineering, field teams, other product managers, and customers to deliver value. At Kong, your contributions will have an outsized impact, as our small and agile environment amplifies the influence of every team member.

Kong has different base pay ranges for different work locations within the United States, which allows us to pay employees competitively and consistently in different geographic markets. Compensation varies depending on a wide array of factors, including but not limited to specific candidate location, role, skill set and level of experience. Certain roles are eligible for additional rewards including sales incentives depending on the terms of the applicable plan and role. Benefits may vary depending on location. US based employees are typically offered access to healthcare benefits, a 401(k) plan, short and long term disability benefits, basic life and AD&D insurance, among others. The typical base pay range for this role in the US is $177,030 - $243,393.

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!