Staff Software Engineer, Identity and Access Management

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🕒 April 15

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Kong Inc.

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2017

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

🔌 API

💰 $100M Series D on 2021-02

Consulting • Logistics • API

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

• Design and implement advanced token management systems • Lead development of Kong Identity's extensible claims engine • Architect global identity infrastructure with edge optimization • Design sophisticated rate limiting, anomaly detection, and fraud prevention systems • Build enterprise identity federation capabilities • Lead technical strategy for Kong Identity's developer experience • Architect advanced client management systems • Design Kong Identity's plugin architecture • Drive implementation of compliance frameworks • Lead technical initiatives for Kong Identity's integration with observability platforms • Mentor engineering teams on advanced identity concepts

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years of experience building production identity platforms • Deep expertise in advanced OAuth 2.0 extensions • Proven experience architecting multi-tenant identity platforms • Strong background in cryptographic protocols • Experience building identity platforms with sophisticated analytics • Expertise in global identity infrastructure • Deep understanding of enterprise identity integration patterns • Proven track record building developer-first identity platforms • Experience with identity platform security • Strong background in compliance and regulatory requirements • Experience building identity platforms supporting complex organizational structures • Expertise in high-performance system design • Knowledge of service mesh identity patterns • Experience with identity protocol extensions

🏖️ Benefits

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