Software Engineer, Microservices (Typescript) - (Remote)

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.

• 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.

• 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.

About Kong: 

Kong is THE cloud native API platform with the fastest, most adopted API gateway in the world (over 300m downloads!). Loved by developers and trusted with enterprises’ most critical traffic volumes, Kong helps startups and Fortune 500 companies build with confidence – allowing them to bring solutions to market faster with API and service connectivity that scales easily and securely. 

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!  

For more information about Kong, please visit konghq.com or follow @thekonginc on Twitter.

We are an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.