Senior Software Engineer - Platform

November 1

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Kong Inc.

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

201 - 500

💰 $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: • Design, develop, and maintain microservices that power Kong Konnect, the Service Connectivity Platform. Working closely with Product Management and teams across Engineering, you will develop software that has a direct impact on our customers' business and Kong's success.

Requirements

• 4+ years working in and across agile scrum teams to develop, deliver, and maintain complex software solutions. • Experience designing, prototyping, building, and debugging microservices architectures and distributed systems. • Experience developing and supporting a large-scale SaaS platform. • Expertise in designing and writing Restful and WebSocket APIs (in GoLang), and a firm grasp of API lifecycle management. • Expertise with data modeling in relational and no-SQL databases. • Bonus points if you have experience in building event-driven architectures using Kafka and Flink (in Scala). • Understanding of and development with git and Github workflows. • Expertise in test-driven development and automated testing. • Working knowledge of containerization and Kubernetes. • A product-oriented approach to problem-solving and prioritizing work. • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.