Software Engineer - Event Gateway

Kong
Milan
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 2+ yearsSkills: ["Communication","Problem-solving","Written communication","Verbal communication"]

Software Engineer in the event gateway team, building high-performance proxies for Kafka and expanding to MQTT/AMQP. Collaborate with data-plane and Konnect SaaS engineers to extend the Kong runtime platform, troubleshoot performance issues, and implement innovative features. Requires strong Rust experience, distributed-systems know-how, and comfort working with a globally distributed team.

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Kong
Kong
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Software Engineer - Event Gateway

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Job Summary

Software Engineer in the event gateway team, building high-performance proxies for Kafka and expanding to MQTT/AMQP. Collaborate with data-plane and Konnect SaaS engineers to extend the Kong runtime platform, troubleshoot performance issues, and implement innovative features. Requires strong Rust experience, distributed-systems know-how, and comfort working with a globally distributed team.
Location: Milan
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Building and maintaining a high-performance, flexible proxy for the Kafka protocol
  • •Architecture, design, and implementation of new features to extend the Event Proxy
  • •Troubleshooting bugs, performance tuning, and low-level optimizations
  • •Collaborating with other data-plane engineers to expand the Kong runtime platform
  • •Handling additional tasks as assigned by the manager

Key Requirements

  • •2+ years of programming in server-side applications and components
  • •2+ years of Rust programming experience with understanding of async Rust
  • •Experience in distributed systems, Linux networking stack and computer systems programming
  • •Comfortable working with a remotely distributed team
  • •Strong sense of ownership and excellent verbal and written communication skills
Experience:2+ yearsDistributed systemsServer-sideRust
Skills:CommunicationProblem-solvingWritten communicationVerbal communication
Tech Stack:RustTokioKafkaMQTTAMQPAsync RustLinux networking

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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