About the role
Kong is hiring a Remote Senior Software Engineer Kubernetes (💰~$80k - $100k, EMEA). 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:
As a Senior Software Engineer at Kong, you will play a key role in designing, developing, and optimizing our cutting-edge API gateway and cloud-native connectivity solutions. You'll work on high-performance, scalable software that empowers organizations to manage APIs and microservices efficiently across cloud, on-prem, and hybrid environments.
At Kong, we are revolutionizing API connectivity with open-source and enterprise-grade solutions that power some of the world's most demanding applications. The team's core products, Kong Gateway Operator and Kong Ingress Controller, enable seamless, secure, and intelligent service connectivity for modern architectures, including Kubernetes, multi-cloud, and service mesh deployments. If you're passionate about distributed systems, cloud-native technologies, and high-performance APIs, we'd love to hear from you!
What You'll be doing:
Designing, developing, and maintaining Kong's Gateway Operator and Ingress Controller to ensure reliability, performance, and scalability.
Contributing to open-source projects and engaging with the community to drive innovation in API connectivity.
Collaborating with cross-functional teams (engineering, product, DevOps) to build new features and enhance existing functionality.
Writing clean, efficient, and well-tested code in Golang while ensuring high code quality through automated testing and peer reviews.
Optimizing performance for high-throughput, low-latency distributed systems.
Building and maintaining integrations with Kubernetes and cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure).
Participating in technical design discussions, architecting solutions, and contributing to technical roadmaps.
Troubleshooting complex system issues and ensuring high availability and resilience.
Mentoring junior engineers and fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration.
Staying up to date with emerging trends in cloud computing, Kubernetes, and service meshes.
About the company
Kong is THE cloud native API platform with the fastest, most adopted API gateway in the world (over 300m downloads!). As the innovation leader of cloud API technologies, Kong 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 to market.
83% of web traffic today is API calls! APIs are the connective tissue of the cloud and the underlying technology that allows software to talk and interact with one another. Therefore, we believe that APIs act as the nervous system of the cloud. Our audacious mission is to build the nervous system that will safely and reliably connect all of humankind!
