Kong

4 months ago

Software Engineer 2, Managed Gateways

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Job Summary

Senior Software Engineer role focused on building high-performance distributed systems and API infrastructure for Kong’s Managed Gateways. You’ll own major features end-to-end, design and operate microservices and control-plane components, mentor peers, and shape the technical roadmap in a high-velocity, pre-IPO environment, delivering 99.99% uptime and scalable cloud-native solutions.

Location: Bengaluru

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Software Engineering

Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

•Design, develop, and operate highly available distributed systems for Managed Gateways, ensuring resilience to regional and zonal outages
•Own and lead delivery of key features/modules, driving them from design through implementation and production rollout
•Build microservices and control-plane components that power Kong’s Dedicated Cloud Gateways and Serverless Gateways
•Partner with Product and Engineering teams to deliver new features at scale that directly impact customers’ ability to build, secure, and manage APIs
•Participate in on-call rotations, owning services in production and driving reliability improvements

Key Requirements

•5+ years of experience building high-performance software, ideally in infrastructure or platform engineering
•Strong experience with Golang
•Deep understanding of distributed systems, networking (L4/L7, DNS, TLS/SSL, HTTP), and cloud-native architectures
•Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure) and container orchestration (Kubernetes)
•Experience building APIs, standardizing APIs in large organizations, and creating API workflows

Experience:5+ yearsInfrastructureCloudAPIsDistributed systems

Education:Bachelor's

Skills:GolangDistributed systemsCloudKubernetesAPI designNetworkingHTTPDNSTLS/SSL

Tech Stack:GolangAWSGCPAzureKubernetesHTTPDNSTLS/SSL

Company Brief

Kong

Provides a cloud-native API and service connectivity platform (Kong Gateway, Konnect, Kuma, Insomnia) that secures, manages, and observes APIs and microservices for enterprises across cloud and hybrid environments.

Industry: API Platforms

Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)

Revenue: USD 100M to 250M

Growth: Scaleup

Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)

Funding: Series E+

Headquarters: San Francisco, United States

Founded: 2017

Glassdoor: 3.9

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Kong

4 months ago

Software Engineer 2, Managed Gateways

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI

Last checked: 3 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Location: Bengaluru

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Software Engineering

Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

•Design, develop, and operate highly available distributed systems for Managed Gateways, ensuring resilience to regional and zonal outages
•Own and lead delivery of key features/modules, driving them from design through implementation and production rollout
•Build microservices and control-plane components that power Kong’s Dedicated Cloud Gateways and Serverless Gateways
•Partner with Product and Engineering teams to deliver new features at scale that directly impact customers’ ability to build, secure, and manage APIs
•Participate in on-call rotations, owning services in production and driving reliability improvements

Key Requirements

•5+ years of experience building high-performance software, ideally in infrastructure or platform engineering
•Strong experience with Golang
•Deep understanding of distributed systems, networking (L4/L7, DNS, TLS/SSL, HTTP), and cloud-native architectures
•Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure) and container orchestration (Kubernetes)
•Experience building APIs, standardizing APIs in large organizations, and creating API workflows

Experience:5+ yearsInfrastructureCloudAPIsDistributed systems

Education:Bachelor's

Skills:GolangDistributed systemsCloudKubernetesAPI designNetworkingHTTPDNSTLS/SSL

Tech Stack:GolangAWSGCPAzureKubernetesHTTPDNSTLS/SSL

Company Brief

Kong

Industry: API Platforms

Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)

Revenue: USD 100M to 250M

Growth: Scaleup

Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)

Funding: Series E+

Headquarters: San Francisco, United States

Founded: 2017

Glassdoor: 3.9

Website LinkedIn Glassdoor