Kong
Forward Deployed Engineer, GTM
$125K–$179K
California, United States · Remote · Full-time · Posted Oct 30, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of software engineering experience.
About the job
Build and launch AI agents and automations that improve Kong’s go-to-market processes, productivity, and customer and pipeline insights.
What you'll do
- Prototype, deploy, test, and monitor AI agents for GTM workflows, including pipeline generation, deal inspection, account research, and meeting preparation.
- Connect LLMs to GTM systems; create prompts, agent instructions, documentation, playbooks, and training materials.
- Partner with GTM Analytics to integrate data sources and ensure deployed solutions meet security, legal, and company AI standards.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of software engineering experience.
- Working knowledge of GTM strategy and AI Operations, with hands-on experience putting AI workflows or LLM agents into production.
- Experience creating internal documentation, toolkits, or playbooks adopted at scale.
- Track record of building AI-powered tools, automations, or workflows that changed how work gets done.
Nice to have
- Hands-on experience with AI development platforms and tools such as Claude, Claude Code, MCPs, LLM APIs, custom agent frameworks, or workflow automation platforms.
- Familiarity with Kong Konnect, Kong Gateway, or API management concepts.
Pay
$125,370 – $179,100 USD base salary
Tools
Salesforce, Slack, Claude Code, Gemini, Snowflake, Marketo, Clay, Nooks
AI focus
Build and operate production AI agents and LLM workflows for GTM teams, including prompt design, context retrieval and model selection, testing, monitoring, and governance.
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