Kong

1 month ago

Senior Software Engineer

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Last checked: 12 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Lead the end-to-end front-end for Volcano, Kong’s UI layer, owning architecture and delivering data-heavy visualisations, charts, and log views within a Next.js monorepo. Collaborate with product/design and backend Go services to ensure performance, integration, and coherent UX across the full stack while contributing to future AI/LLM-driven tooling and deployments.

Location: San Francisco

Workplace: Remote

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

•Own the entire front-end surface of Volcano, from architecture decisions to the last pixel of a data visualisation, as the sole UI authority on the team
•Build log views, chart components, table interfaces, and graph-based agent workflow visualisations that are technically precise and visually intentional
•Architect front-end systems within a Next.js monorepo that are performant, maintainable, and designed with full-stack context in mind
•Drive collaborative pair design sessions with the broader Volcano team, iterating quickly when product direction shifts
•Integrate with backend Go services, understanding auth flows, API contracts, and where the UI sits in the overall system architecture

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 160,000 - 200,000 annually

Key Requirements

•5+ years of production front-end engineering experience with a track record of owning UI systems end-to-end
•Server-side rendering expertise with production React/Next.js experience; Remix or TanStack Start considered equivalent
•React and monorepo proficiency in large-scale environments
•Full-stack systems fluency including authentication, API design, and backend data flows
•Data-heavy UI delivery experience (logs, charts, tables, graph visualisations) and familiarity with AI/LLM tooling

Experience:5+ yearsAISaaSDeveloper tools

Skills:ReactNext.jsGoSSRMonorepoLLMAI

Tech Stack:ReactNext.jsGoSSRMonorepoLLMAI

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

1 month ago

Senior Software Engineer

✓ Verified Job

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

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI

Last checked: 12 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Location: San Francisco

Workplace: Remote

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

•Own the entire front-end surface of Volcano, from architecture decisions to the last pixel of a data visualisation, as the sole UI authority on the team
•Build log views, chart components, table interfaces, and graph-based agent workflow visualisations that are technically precise and visually intentional
•Architect front-end systems within a Next.js monorepo that are performant, maintainable, and designed with full-stack context in mind
•Drive collaborative pair design sessions with the broader Volcano team, iterating quickly when product direction shifts
•Integrate with backend Go services, understanding auth flows, API contracts, and where the UI sits in the overall system architecture

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 160,000 - 200,000 annually

Key Requirements

•5+ years of production front-end engineering experience with a track record of owning UI systems end-to-end
•Server-side rendering expertise with production React/Next.js experience; Remix or TanStack Start considered equivalent
•React and monorepo proficiency in large-scale environments
•Full-stack systems fluency including authentication, API design, and backend data flows
•Data-heavy UI delivery experience (logs, charts, tables, graph visualisations) and familiarity with AI/LLM tooling

Experience:5+ yearsAISaaSDeveloper tools

Skills:ReactNext.jsGoSSRMonorepoLLMAI

Tech Stack:ReactNext.jsGoSSRMonorepoLLMAI

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