Senior Software Engineer

 Posted 2 days ago
  
 Canada
  
10+ years experience
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Lead the design, implementation, and maintenance of microservices and APIs to improve API discoverability and management. Collaborate across teams to deliver software components and participate in an on-call rotation to support production services.

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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:

In the API Management group at Kong, you will build tools & services that enable visibility into customers' APIs. We provide ways for our customers ensure APIs are discovered, meet requirements, and have great documentation. Working closely with Engineering and Product teams, you will develop API-focused software components that will materially impact the business of both Kong and Kong’s customers.

 

What you'll do:

  • Lead features and initiatives that cross team boundaries, collaborating with your counterparts in other regions and other teams to deliver best-in-class solutions.

  • Design, implement, and maintain microservices and APIs that power API discoverability & management.

  • Support your team's services in production by participating in an on-call rotation.

  • Write automated tests to ensure the behavior of the code and avoid regressions.

  • And any additional tasks required by your manager.

 

What you'll bring:

  • 8+ years working in and leading teams to develop, deliver, and maintain complex software solutions.

  • Experience with Typescript, Javascript, and modern NodeJS frameworks like NestJS.

  • Experience with relational databases like PostgreSQL.

  • Experience designing, prototyping, building and debugging microservices architectures and distributed systems.

  • Experience developing and supporting SaaS platforms.

  • Understanding of and development with git and GitHub workflows.

  • Experience in test-driven development and automated testing.

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

  • Experience working with kubernetes

 

Bonus points:

  • Experience with Golang, Docker, Kafka, CDC, and Flink.

  • Fullstack capable

  • A passion for APIs, OAS, and Documentation.

About Kong:

Kong Inc., a leading developer of API and AI connectivity technologies, is building the infrastructure that powers the agentic era. Trusted by the Fortune 500 and startups alike, Kong's unified API and AI platform, Kong Konnect, enables organizations to secure, manage, accelerate, govern, and monetize the flow of intelligence across APIs and AI models. For more information, visit www.konghq.com.

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