Senior Software Engineer - Golang

Kong
United States
Workplace: RemoteFull timeUSD 160,000 - 190,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringSkills: ["Systems thinking","Debugging","Performance optimization","Collaboration","Technical problem-solving"]

Join Kong’s Office of the CTO to build high-impact, exploratory platform projects. You’ll design and develop scalable distributed backend systems, developing core services in Golang with strong performance and reliability. Work with PostgreSQL and Redis for data-intensive workloads, architect microservices/cloud systems, and prototype new platform capabilities and internal tooling. Collaborate with senior engineers and the CTO to influence architecture, tooling, and engineering standards.

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Senior Software Engineer - Golang

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Job Summary

Join Kong’s Office of the CTO to build high-impact, exploratory platform projects. You’ll design and develop scalable distributed backend systems, developing core services in Golang with strong performance and reliability. Work with PostgreSQL and Redis for data-intensive workloads, architect microservices/cloud systems, and prototype new platform capabilities and internal tooling. Collaborate with senior engineers and the CTO to influence architecture, tooling, and engineering standards.
Location: United States
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design and build highly scalable distributed backend systems.
  • •Develop core services in Golang with a focus on performance and reliability.
  • •Use PostgreSQL and Redis to build robust, data-intensive systems.
  • •Architect systems across microservices, networking layers, and cloud platforms.
  • •Prototype and productionize new platform capabilities and internal tooling while influencing technical standards.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 160,000 - 190,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •Strong production experience with Golang.
  • •Experience designing and operating distributed systems at scale.
  • •Solid experience with PostgreSQL and Redis in production environments.
  • •Experience building backend systems with high availability, scalability, and reliability.
  • •Strong systems thinking, debugging, and performance optimization skills.
Experience:Distributed systemsPlatform infrastructureAILLMMicroservices
Skills:Systems thinkingDebuggingPerformance optimizationCollaborationTechnical problem-solving
Tech Stack:GolangPostgreSQLRedisMicroservicesKubernetesAPI gatewaysAWSGCPAzureCloud platformsLLM fine-tuningAI agentsAPIsDurable workflow orchestrationDistributed database provisioning

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
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Glassdoor: 3.9
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