Interviewing at Kong. They’re in the API gateway space. Haven’t heard of the company before but they’re a16z backed with $1B+ valuation and $100M ARR (reportedly). Any thoughts on how they’re doing and interview tips would be appreciated! #tech #Kong #softwareengineering #microsoft #jobhunt
Yes. I believe he's gone head-to-head with Godzilla if I'm not mistaken
King Kong
They are the ones who acquired Insomnia (Postman competitor) some time ago.
👋 I’m a Konger (in management, so biased, but I could work anywhere and I choose to be here) Great company prospects. Top tier growth with flat headcount last year, starting to invest in R&D again this year. Products generally have great PMF, customers love the tech. Vision solid. Some execution challenges in sales (US in particular), but nothing that can’t be solved. Overall it’s our opportunity to lose. AWS reps are incentivized to sell Kong, Apigee and Mulesoft are toast, azure APIM is a threat but it’s only 1 cloud. Nothing for hybrid or other clouds.
It's a stable space but all cloud vendors have their variants. Business is tough.