Are you ready to unlock intelligence? 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.
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.
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