Staff Security Engineer - Penetration Tester
KongMilan, Lombardy, Italy
Posted January 27, 2026
Full Time
About the Company
Kong Inc., a leading developer of API and AI connectivity technologies, is building the infrastructure that powers the agentic era.
Job Description
We’re hiring a Staff Security Engineer - Penetration Tester to help define and implement security testing practices across our products, infrastructure, and internal systems.
Requirements
- Proven experience in penetration testing, offensive security, or red teaming
- Web application and API security (OWASP Top 10)
- Authentication, authorization, and identity systems
- Cloud security concepts and shared responsibility models
- Hands-on experience testing modern, cloud-native systems
- Ability to clearly communicate security findings to technical and non-technical audiences
- A pragmatic mindset: focused on real risk reduction, not just theoretical issues
- Curiosity, ownership, and comfort working in a fast-moving, engineering-driven environment
