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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’s API Management suite includes the Kong Enterprise Gateway, the Konnect SaaS platform, and a variety of Managed Gateways in public clouds, such as AWS, Azure, and GCP. This suite of products helps customers in different industries (like finance, banking, e-commerce, airlines, etc.) manage their API platforms and operations at scale. Our customers expect secure, reliable, high-scale, low-latency offerings from Kong, whether running on-premise or in the public cloud.
A critical need for all our customers is to manage API Operations via Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools. Kong provides an open-source CLI - deck - that is the centrepiece of API Operations. (Source code for deck is at GitHub - Kong/deck: decK: Configuration management and drift detection for Kong https://github.com/kong/deck. )
Some of the other products that the API Operations toolset includes are:
Terraform-provider https://github.com/Kong/terraform-provider-konnect: Terraform provider for Kong Konnect - Kong’s SaaS product
SDK for Go https://github.com/Kong/sdk-konnect-go: Go SDK for Kong Konnect
SDKs in other languages and tooling to generate SDKs from APIs
API specification https://docs.konghq.com/api/ and tooling for all products of Kong
Build a CLI-first experience for Kong Konnect
We are looking to expand our Bangalore-based API Operations team by hiring a Software Engineer II to join the team and build out the API Operations toolset. We expect you to work in a hybrid fashion with three days a week in the office.
What You'll Do:
- Design, develop and build the API Operations toolset for Kong, starting with deck.
- Keep up with all of Kong’s API runtimes (HTTP gateway, AI gateway, Event gateway, etc.) and enable new features in the API Operations toolset.
- Play a pivotal role in shaping the technical direction for the evolution of API Operations.
- Make CLI tools work for both humans and automation (inside GitHub Actions, Jenkins, etc.).
- Ship API changes to multiple tools at the same time without manual toil
- Make and consistently raise the bar for world-class APIs for a company that helps the world build and run APIs
- Collaborate closely with product leadership to define and refine strategy, roadmap, and objectives for the API Operations toolset, ensuring alignment between engineering efforts and business goals.
- Assist in the hiring process and help grow and mentor the team.
What You'll Bring:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- 3+ years of experience in building high-performance software with Golang.
- Hands-on experience with at least one of the major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
- Prior operations experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools.
- Experience building APIs, standardising APIs in large organisations, and creating API workflows.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills to effectively collaborate across teams.
- Desire to join a fast-paced pre-IPO startup and the ability to move with high velocity to get things done.
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About Kong:
Kong Inc., the AI Connectivity Company, is building the connectivity layer of AI. Trusted by the Fortune 500® and AI-native startups alike, Kong’s unified API and AI platform enables organizations to secure, manage, accelerate, govern, and monetize the flow of intelligence across APIs and AI traffic — on any model, any cloud. For more information, visit www.konghq.com http://www.konghq.com.