Site Reliability Engineer 2

Kong
United States
Workplace: RemoteFull timeUSD 123,000 - 150,000 annuallyFunction: DevOps, Cloud & InfrastructureEducation: bachelorsSkills: []

Join Kong’s global Platform SRE team to build, operate, and scale Kong’s multi-region SaaS platform (Konnect). You’ll run production systems across AWS, GCP, and Azure, designing Kubernetes infrastructure, data and caching layers, and Kong Gateway/Mesh environments. The role focuses on automation with Terraform/Terragrunt, Helm, and ArgoCD, plus CI/CD and GitOps workflows, observability with SLOs, and continuous improvement through incident response and on-call.

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Site Reliability Engineer 2

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Job Summary

Join Kong’s global Platform SRE team to build, operate, and scale Kong’s multi-region SaaS platform (Konnect). You’ll run production systems across AWS, GCP, and Azure, designing Kubernetes infrastructure, data and caching layers, and Kong Gateway/Mesh environments. The role focuses on automation with Terraform/Terragrunt, Helm, and ArgoCD, plus CI/CD and GitOps workflows, observability with SLOs, and continuous improvement through incident response and on-call.
Location: United States
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: DevOps, Cloud & Infrastructure

Key Responsibilities

  • •Operate and scale Kong’s global SaaS platform (Konnect) to ensure reliability, availability, and performance across regions and clouds.
  • •Build, automate, and maintain Kubernetes-based infrastructure and deployment workflows using Terraform/Terragrunt, Helm, and ArgoCD.
  • •Design, maintain, and optimize multi-region data and caching layers using PostgreSQL, Redis, ClickHouse, and Druid for high availability and low latency.
  • •Operate and improve Kong Gateway and Kong Mesh environments supporting hybrid and distributed architectures.
  • •Enhance observability and incident response readiness (Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, Thanos) by defining and tracking SLOs, including participation in a global 24/7 on-call rotation.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 123,000 - 150,000 annually

Key Requirements

  • •BS in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
  • •Proven experience managing SaaS or PaaS systems at enterprise scale (multi-region, multi-tenant, secure environments).
  • •Deep expertise in Kubernetes, including debugging cluster/networking issues and designing for fault tolerance and scalability.
  • •Strong proficiency with Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform or Terragrunt.
  • •Experience with CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows (ArgoCD, Atlantis, Helm).
Education:Bachelor's
Tech Stack:AWSGCPAzureKubernetesTerraformTerragruntHelmArgoCDPostgreSQLRedisClickHouseDruidKong GatewayKong MeshCI/CDGitOpsDatadogPrometheusGrafanaThanos

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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