Are you ready to power the World's connections?
If you don’t think you meet all of the criteria below but are still interested
in the job, please apply. Nobody checks every box - we’re looking for
candidates that are particularly strong in a few areas, and have some interest
and capabilities in others.
About the role:
Kong is building the future of API management for developers. We’re a
fast-growing, well-funded company with happy customers and motivated employees.
Insomnia, acquired in 2019, is a full-lifecycle API development platform that
has quickly become an integral part of Kong’s product portfolio.
As a Senior Software Engineer on the Insomnia team at Kong, you’ll be working
with a globally distributed team responsible for building the desktop Insomnia
application, the accompanying insomnia CLI, and other adjacent products.
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What you'll do:
- Work with a global team of engineers, designers, and leaders to create
meaningful product experiences.
- Engage with the Insomnia open source community.
- Help maintain strong and healthy engineering standards by engaging in
discussions, reviewing decisions and pull requests, and more.
- Any additional minor responsibilities necessary to build a great product in a
small team.
What you'll bring:
- Strong coding skills, with an emphasis on the ability to build understandable
and maintainable software while collaborating with others.
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, evident in the quality
of technical specifications, discourse, and quality of feedback.
- Empathy for your teammates and end users, reflected in how usable your
product is, how you write your code, and how you work with others.
- Enthusiasm to learn and expand your knowledge!
- Bonus: An understanding of building software outside the web sandbox.
Insomnia frequently requires engineering for specific platforms. E.g.
Electron.
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Kong has different base pay ranges for different work locations within the
United States, which allows us to pay employees competitively and consistently
in different geographic markets. Compensation varies depending on a wide array
of factors, including but not limited to specific candidate location, role,
skill set and level of experience. Certain roles are eligible for additional
rewards including sales incentives depending on the terms of the applicable plan
and role. Benefits may vary depending on location. The typical base pay range
for this role in is CAD $144780-$202825.
About Kong
Kong Inc., a leading developer of cloud API technologies, is on a mission to
enable companies around the world to become “API-first” and securely accelerate
AI adoption. Kong helps organizations globally — from startups to Fortune 500
enterprises — unleash developer productivity, build securely, and accelerate
time to market. For more information about Kong, please visit www.konghq.com
[http://www.konghq.com/] or follow us on X @thekonginc.
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