Software Engineer 2, Kong Gateway 3
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Posted on:
10 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Are you ready to power the Worlds connections
If you dont think you meet all of the criteria below but are still interested in the job please apply. Nobody checks every box - were looking for candidates that are particularly strong in a few areas and have some interest and capabilities in others.
About the role:
As a member of a team youll need strong technical skills and a solid background in Computer science and technology to be able to accept various challenges make valuable contributions and generally have a great experience in Kong. You will have the opportunity to influence the culture facilitate technical delivery and collaborate with your team on the strategy and execution of our key product.
What youll be doing:
Work on our proxy stack which is based on Nginx/OpenResty
Organize and prioritize complex problem resolution and bug fixes debugging distributed services.
Contribute to the Kong Gateway OSS and Enterprise product
What youll bring:
3 years of experience in computer operating systems and deep understanding of Linux system runtime and networking stack
Solid hands-on low-level technical experience in Linux systems troubleshooting and profiling experience in debugging tools such as gdb systemtap tcpdump crash etc.
Experience with public cloud providers like AWS GCP or Azure
Fluent English language skills including both written and verbal
Bonus Points:
Hands-on experience with building and maintaining NGINX/OpenResty-based backend services
Hands-on experience with Lua/C programming(extra points if experience with LuaJIT)
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes
Hands-on experience with Kong Gateway/Kubernetes Ingress Controller for Kong
Experience with developing and maintaining large distributed system
Experience with developing and maintaining enterprise software
Being familiar with Rust is a plus
About Kong:
Kong Inc. a leading developer of API and AI connectivity technologies is building the infrastructure that powers the agentic era. trusted by the Fortune 500 and startups alike Kongs unified API and AI platform Kong Konnect enables organizations to secure manage accelerate govern and monetize the flow of intelligence across APIs and AI models. For more information visit .
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Spring
- .NET
- C/C++
- Go
- React
- OOP
- C#
- Data Structures
- JavaScript
- Software Development
- Java
- Distributed Systems
About Company
Kong is the most widely adopted API gateway and service mesh, powering the world’s APIs for modern architectures. Accelerate development and productivity today!
