Senior Software Engineer

January 29

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Kong Inc.

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Kong Inc. is a company that provides a comprehensive API platform designed to facilitate API management, AI integration, and developer productivity. It offers solutions like Kong Gateway, Kong Konnect, and a variety of other tools targeted at managing and optimizing the API lifecycle. Kong's platform supports multi-cloud environments and is built to deliver high performance and security. It is notably recognized by Gartner as a leader in API management and supports innovations across industries like financial services, healthcare, and technology. The company emphasizes flexibility, security, and speed, making it a favored choice for enterprises looking to enhance their digital services through APIs. Kong also supports a robust community of developers and provides extensive integrations and plugins to streamline API management and operations.

API • APIs • web services • Cloud Services • big data

201 - 500 employees

Founded 2017

🔌 API

☁️ SaaS

🏢 Enterprise

💰 $100M Series D on 2021-02

📋 Description

•Are you ready to power the World's connections? •If you don’t think you meet all of the criteria below but are still interested in the job, please apply.  Nobody checks every box - we’re looking for candidates that are particularly strong in a few areas, and have some interest and capabilities in others. •About the role: •Kong is building the future of API management for developers. We’re a fast-growing, well-funded company with happy customers and motivated employees. Insomnia, acquired in 2019, is a full-lifecycle API development platform that has quickly become an integral part of Kong’s product portfolio. •As a Senior Software Engineer on the Insomnia team at Kong, you’ll be working with a globally distributed team responsible for building the desktop Insomnia application, the accompanying insomnia CLI, and other adjacent products.

🎯 Requirements

•Strong coding skills, with an emphasis on the ability to build understandable and maintainable software while collaborating with others. •Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, evident in the quality of technical specifications, discourse, and quality of feedback. •Empathy for your teammates and end users, reflected in how usable your product is, how you write your code, and how you work with others. •Enthusiasm to learn and expand your knowledge! •Bonus: An understanding of building software outside the web sandbox. Insomnia frequently requires engineering for specific platforms. E.g. Electron.