Staff Software Development Engineer

October 28

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Kong Inc.

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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.

201 - 500 employees

Founded 2017

🔌 API

☁️ SaaS

🏢 Enterprise

💰 $100M Series D on 2021-02

📋 Description

• Lead features and initiatives that cross team boundaries, collaborating with your counterparts in other regions and other teams to deliver best-in-class solutions. • Design, implement, and maintain microservices and APIs that power API discoverability & management. • Support your team's services in production by participating in an on-call rotation. • Write automated tests to ensure the behavior of the code and avoid regressions. • And any additional tasks required by your manager.

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years working in and leading teams to develop, deliver, and maintain complex software solutions. • Expertise in Typescript and JavaScript. • Experience with relational databases like PostgreSQL. • Experience designing, prototyping, building and debugging microservices architectures and distributed systems. • Experience developing and supporting SaaS platforms. • Understanding of and development with git and GitHub workflows. • Experience in test-driven development and automated testing. • Excellent verbal and written communication skills. • Bonus points: Experience with Golang, Kubernetes, Docker, Kafka, CDC, and Flink. • Fullstack capable • A passion for APIs, OAS, and Documentation.

🏖️ Benefits

• Health insurance • 401(k) matching • Flexible work hours • Paid time off • Remote work options