Senior Software Engineer – Kong Identity

🕒 January 5

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Kong Inc.

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2017

🔌 API

☁️ SaaS

🏢 Enterprise

💰 $100M Series D on 2021-02

API • SaaS • Enterprise

Kong Inc. is a company that provides a comprehensive API platform designed to facilitate API management, AI integration, and developer productivity. It offers solutions like Kong Gateway, Kong Konnect, and a variety of other tools targeted at managing and optimizing the API lifecycle. Kong's platform supports multi-cloud environments and is built to deliver high performance and security. It is notably recognized by Gartner as a leader in API management and supports innovations across industries like financial services, healthcare, and technology. The company emphasizes flexibility, security, and speed, making it a favored choice for enterprises looking to enhance their digital services through APIs. Kong also supports a robust community of developers and provides extensive integrations and plugins to streamline API management and operations.

📋 Description

• Build and maintain Kong Identity's core services • Implement scalable token generation, validation, and introspection services • Develop Kong Identity's claims engine • Build client management features • Implement integration points between Kong Identity and Gateway Manager • Develop Kong Identity APIs and work on SDKs • Build monitoring, logging, and analytics capabilities • Work on global infrastructure components • Contribute to Kong Identity's security posture • Support production services through on-call responsibilities • Write comprehensive automated tests and participate in code reviews • Collaborate with cross-functional teams

🎯 Requirements

• 4+ years of experience building production backend systems and distributed services • Solid understanding of OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect fundamentals • Strong background in building high-performance, low-latency services • Experience with JWT tokens, including generation and validation • Proven ability to build RESTful APIs • Experience with distributed systems challenges • Strong coding skills in GoLang • Experience working with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) • Familiarity with database technologies and data modeling for high-scale applications • Understanding of security best practices for credential management • Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) • Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills • Excellent communication skills • Self-motivated with ability to take ownership of features

🏖️ Benefits

• Healthcare benefits • 401(k) plan • Short and long term disability benefits • Basic life and AD&D insurance