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:
With guidance from Staff and Principal Engineers, design, develop, and maintain
microservices that power Kong Konnect, the Service Connectivity Platform.
Working closely with Engineering and Product Management teams, you will develop
software components that will materially impact customer’s and Kong’s business
and contribute to complex product integration efforts as we continue to develop
our suite of products.
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What you'll do:
- Implement and maintain services that power Konnect. Examples include
identity, search, and provisioning.
- Design and implement solutions to technical problems of moderate complexity.
- Support those services in production by participating in an on-call rotation.
- Write automated tests to ensure behavior of code and avoid regressions.
- Mentor other team members.
- And any additional tasks required by manager.
What you'll bring:
- 5+ years working in a team to develop, deliver, and maintain complex software
solutions.
- Expertise in Typescript and JavaScript.
- Experience designing, prototyping, building and debugging microservices
architectures and distributed systems.
- Experience developing and supporting a large scale SaaS platform.
- Expertise in designing and writing APIs, and a firm grasp of API lifecycle
management.
- Expertise with data modeling in relational and no-SQL databases.
- Working knowledge of containerization and Kubernetes.
- Understanding of and development with git and GitHub workflows.
- Expertise in test-driven development and automated testing.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
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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. US based employees are
typically offered access to healthcare benefits, a 401(k) plan, short and long
term disability benefits, basic life and AD&D insurance, among others. The
typical base pay range for this role in the US is CAD $123025-$172330.
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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