Senior Software Engineer - Golang

Kong
United States
Workplace: RemoteFull timeCAD 144.7 - 202.4 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringSkills: ["Systems thinking","Debugging","Performance optimization"]

Join the Office of the CTO to build high-impact, exploratory backend platform capabilities for Kong’s API and AI infrastructure. You’ll design scalable distributed systems, develop core services in Golang, and work with PostgreSQL and Redis to deliver reliability and performance. Collaborate with senior engineering leaders to influence architecture, tooling, and developer experience—prototyping and productionizing new platform features that help teams build and run AI-driven systems at scale.

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Kong
10 months ago

Senior Software Engineer - Golang

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Job Summary

Join the Office of the CTO to build high-impact, exploratory backend platform capabilities for Kong’s API and AI infrastructure. You’ll design scalable distributed systems, develop core services in Golang, and work with PostgreSQL and Redis to deliver reliability and performance. Collaborate with senior engineering leaders to influence architecture, tooling, and developer experience—prototyping and productionizing new platform features that help teams build and run AI-driven systems at scale.
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.
  • •Build robust, data-intensive systems using PostgreSQL and Redis.
  • •Architect systems operating across microservices, networking layers, and cloud platforms.
  • •Prototype and productionize new platform capabilities and internal tooling.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: CAD 144.7 - 202.4 annually

Key Requirements

  • •Strong production experience with Golang.
  • •Experience designing and operating distributed systems at scale.
  • •Solid production experience with PostgreSQL and Redis.
  • •Experience building backend systems with high availability, scalability, and reliability.
  • •Strong systems thinking, debugging, and performance optimization skills.
Experience:API infrastructureAI infrastructure
Skills:Systems thinkingDebuggingPerformance optimization
Tech Stack:GolangPostgreSQLRedisMicroservicesKubernetesAPI gatewaysAWSGCPAzureLLMAI agentsDurable 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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