Remote Senior Software Engineer - Kubernetes

As a Senior Software Engineer at Kong, you will design, develop, and optimize cutting-edge API gateway and cloud-native connectivity solutions. You will work on high-performance, scalable software that helps organizations manage APIs and microservices across cloud, on-prem, and hybrid environments. Your responsibilities include maintaining Kong's Gateway Operator and Ingress Controller to ensure reliability, performance, and scalability. You will contribute to open-source projects and engage with the community to drive innovation in API connectivity. Collaboration with cross-functional teams (engineering, product, DevOps) to build new features and enhance existing functionality is essential. Writing clean, efficient, and well-tested code in Golang while ensuring high code quality through automated testing and peer reviews is required. You will optimize performance for high-throughput, low-latency distributed systems. Building and maintaining integrations with Kubernetes and cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure) will be part of your role. Participation in technical design discussions, architecting solutions, and contributing to technical roadmaps is expected. You will troubleshoot complex system issues and ensure high availability and resilience. Mentoring junior engineers and fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration is a key aspect of the position. Staying up to date with emerging trends in cloud computing, Kubernetes, and service meshes is important.