Senior Software Engineer -Gateway(Rust/Tokio) - Shanghai

Kong
Shanghai
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 5+ yearsSkills: ["Rust","Scheme","Linux","Documentation"]

Join a global engineering team building a Rust-based interpreter for a Scheme-based DSL. You will design and implement the interpreter, create developer tooling and documentation, troubleshoot low-level performance, and collaborate with engineers distributed worldwide to push the APIs platform forward.

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Kong
6 months ago

Senior Software Engineer -Gateway(Rust/Tokio) - Shanghai

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Job Summary

Join a global engineering team building a Rust-based interpreter for a Scheme-based DSL. You will design and implement the interpreter, create developer tooling and documentation, troubleshoot low-level performance, and collaborate with engineers distributed worldwide to push the APIs platform forward.
Location: Shanghai
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Architect, design, and implement a Rust-based interpreter for a Scheme-based DSL.
  • •Develop tooling to improve developer experience (playgrounds, documentation, LLM code generation).
  • •Perform bug troubleshooting, performance tuning, and low-level optimizations for the interpreter.
  • •Collaborate with a world-class engineering team distributed globally.
  • •Contribute to documentation and open-source aspects as part of Kong’s culture.

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years of programming experience, preferably in Rust
  • •Experience designing and implementing a domain-specific language (DSL) interpreter
  • •Solid low-level Linux systems troubleshooting and profiling skills
  • •Architectural and design experience for a Rust-based interpreter
  • •Strong ownership mindset and excellent verbal and written communication skills (documentation-driven)
Experience:5+ yearsAPI platformDSLOpen source
Skills:RustSchemeLinuxDocumentation
Languages:English
Tech Stack:RustSchemeLinux

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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