Kong

4 months ago

Senior Software Engineer, Gateway Enterprise - Shanghai

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Job Summary

Senior software engineer role focused on the Kong gateway proxy stack, with responsibilities spanning debugging and optimization of distributed services, OSS/Enterprise contributions, and collaboration to advance Kong’s API/filed product in a Shanghai-based team.

Location: Shanghai

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

•Work on our proxy stack based on Nginx/OpenResty and contribute to distributed services debugging.
•Organize and prioritize complex problem resolution and bug fixes across distributed systems.
•Contribute to the Kong Gateway OSS and Enterprise product and influence technical delivery.
•Collaborate with the team on strategy and execution of the core product.

Key Requirements

•At least 8 years of experience in computer operating systems and deep understanding of Linux system runtime and networking stack.
•Solid hands-on low-level technical experience in Linux systems troubleshooting and profiling (gdb, systemtap, tcpdump, crash, etc).
•Experience with public cloud providers like AWS, GCP or Azure.
•Fluent English language skills including both written and verbal.
•Hands-on experience with building and maintaining NGINX/OpenResty-based backend services (bonus)
•Lua/C programming experience (bonus)
•Kubernetes experience (bonus)
•Kong Gateway/Kubernetes Ingress Controller for Kong (bonus)
•Experience with developing and maintaining large distributed systems (bonus)
•Rust familiarity (bonus)

Experience:8+ yearsCloudAPIsEnterprise software

Skills:EnglishCommunicationProblem-solving

Languages:English

Tech Stack:NginxOpenRestyLinuxGdbSystemtapTcpdumpCrashAWSGCPAzureKubernetesLuaCRustKong Gateway

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

Website LinkedIn Glassdoor

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Kong

4 months ago

Senior Software Engineer, Gateway Enterprise - Shanghai

✓ Verified Job

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

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI

Last checked: 4 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Location: Shanghai

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

•Work on our proxy stack based on Nginx/OpenResty and contribute to distributed services debugging.
•Organize and prioritize complex problem resolution and bug fixes across distributed systems.
•Contribute to the Kong Gateway OSS and Enterprise product and influence technical delivery.
•Collaborate with the team on strategy and execution of the core product.

Key Requirements

•At least 8 years of experience in computer operating systems and deep understanding of Linux system runtime and networking stack.
•Solid hands-on low-level technical experience in Linux systems troubleshooting and profiling (gdb, systemtap, tcpdump, crash, etc).
•Experience with public cloud providers like AWS, GCP or Azure.
•Fluent English language skills including both written and verbal.
•Hands-on experience with building and maintaining NGINX/OpenResty-based backend services (bonus)
•Lua/C programming experience (bonus)
•Kubernetes experience (bonus)
•Kong Gateway/Kubernetes Ingress Controller for Kong (bonus)
•Experience with developing and maintaining large distributed systems (bonus)
•Rust familiarity (bonus)

Experience:8+ yearsCloudAPIsEnterprise software

Skills:EnglishCommunicationProblem-solving

Languages:English

Tech Stack:NginxOpenRestyLinuxGdbSystemtapTcpdumpCrashAWSGCPAzureKubernetesLuaCRustKong Gateway

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