Kong API Developer

Fort Mill, SC - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 15 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Kong API Developer - Hybrid (Fort Mill SC)

Seeking an experienced Kong API Developer to design deploy and manage API gateways using Kong Enterprise. Youll configure plugins routes services and consumers while ensuring high availability security and performance for microservices architectures.

Key Responsibilities

Build and maintain Kong API gateways in hybrid cloud/on-prem environments.
Implement authentication (OAuth/JWT) rate limiting and traffic management.
Integrate Kong with Kubernetes Docker and databases (PostgreSQL/Cassandra).
Monitor APIs using Prometheus/Grafana and optimize for production scale.
Collaborate with DevOps/backend teams on CI/CD pipelines (GitLab/Jenkins).

Requirements

3 years with Kong Gateway/Enterprise Lua scripting and OpenResty.
Strong Kubernetes/Helm and declarative config (DecK/YAML) experience.
Familiarity with AWS/GCP Kong plugins and API standards (REST/gRPC).
BS in Computer Science or equivalent; hybrid work (3 days onsite).

Kong API Developer - Hybrid (Fort Mill SC) Seeking an experienced Kong API Developer to design deploy and manage API gateways using Kong Enterprise. Youll configure plugins routes services and consumers while ensuring high availability security and performance for microservices architectures. Key Re...