Kong tech stack
Kong builds mostly with Go, Lua, Python, Rust. Its stack also includes Kubernetes, AWS, PostgreSQL, Redis. Kubernetes is named in 71 of the 204 job postings Kong published in the last 12 months (35%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of Kong, updated Nov 12, 2026.
What programming languages does Kong use?
Go is named in 18% of job postings at Kong, followed by Lua (12%), Python (11%), Rust (8%).
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What frameworks and libraries does Kong use?
OpenTelemetry is named in 4% of job postings at Kong, followed by Nest.JS (1%), LangChain (1%), Room (<1%).
OpenTelemetry
8 4%
Nest.JS
3 1%
LangChain
2 1%
Room
1 <1%
Cypress
1 <1%
Flink
1 <1%
LlamaIndex
1 <1%
Playwright
1 <1%
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What databases does Kong use?
PostgreSQL is named in 9% of job postings at Kong, followed by Redis (4%), ClickHouse (3%), Snowflake (2%).
PostgreSQL
18 9%
Redis
8 4%
ClickHouse
6 3%
Snowflake
5 2%
DynamoDB
2 1%
ElasticSearch
2 1%
Memcached
2 1%
OpenSearch
1 <1%
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What cloud and platforms does Kong use?
Kubernetes is named in 35% of job postings at Kong, followed by AWS (27%), Azure (17%), GCP (17%).
Kubernetes
71 35%
AWS
55 27%
Azure
35 17%
GCP
35 17%
Grafana
18 9%
Datadog
16 8%
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And 3 more, each named in fewer postings.
What developer tools does Kong use?
Docker is named in 17% of job postings at Kong, followed by Nginx (12%), Model Context Protocol (11%), Terraform (10%).
Docker
34 17%
Nginx
24 12%
Model Context Protocol
23 11%
Terraform
20 10%
Prometheus
18 9%
Claude Code
13 6%
Rest API
12 6%
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What AI and ML technologies does Kong use?
LLM is named in 15% of job postings at Kong, followed by Claude (5%), Gemini (1%).
Which engineering practices does Kong ask for?
CI/CD is named in 22% of job postings at Kong, followed by AI Agents (18%), Service Mesh (15%), Platform Engineering (7%).
CI/CD
44 22%
AI Agents
36 18%
Service Mesh
31 15%
Platform Engineering
15 7%
GitOps
8 4%
SLI/SLO/SLA
6 3%
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What does each Kong team work with?
The technologies each team's postings require most often, with the number of postings that require them.
Sales
72 postingsBackend
30 postingsSolutions
25 postingsMarketing
11 postingsDevOps
10 postingsProduct
10 postingsHow does your stack fit Kong?
How much does Kong pay by technology?
Median stated pay of the postings that name each technology, against the median of all Kong postings with stated pay: $210k across 104 postings.
| Technology | Postings with pay | Median | vs company median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kubernetes | 39 | $200k | −5% |
| AWS | 27 | $219k | +4% |
| LLM | 18 | $250k | +19% |
| Azure | 17 | $197k | −6% |
| GCP | 17 | $197k | −6% |
| Go | 16 | $190k | −10% |
| API Gateway | 13 | $200k | −5% |
| Lua | 13 | $127k | −39% |
| Python | 12 | $179k | −15% |
| Grafana | 9 | $185k | −12% |
How is the Kong stack changing?
Read from the dates of the postings themselves: a technology is new when the first posting that names it appeared in the last six months, rising or falling when its share of postings moved between the last two quarters.
How modern is the Kong stack?
Kong scores 81 out of 100 (Cutting-edge). The score averages how current each technology in the stack is and adds weight for AI adoption. AI technologies in the stack: 3; legacy ones: 0.
How common is the Kong stack in its industry?
Share of the 411 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.
What sets Kong apart
Kong products in its job postings
Postings at Kong name its own products. They describe what the company makes, so they are left out of the stack above.
Companies with a stack like Kong
Questions about the Kong tech stack
What programming languages does Kong use?
The languages named in Kong job postings are Go (18%), Lua (12%), Python (11%), Rust (8%), JavaScript (7%), as a share of the 204 postings of the last 12 months.
Does Kong use OpenTelemetry?
Yes. OpenTelemetry is named in 8 of 204 job postings (4%) and required in 4 of them.
What cloud and platforms does Kong use?
The cloud and platforms named in Kong job postings are Kubernetes (71), AWS (55), Azure (35) (postings in brackets).
What skills do you need for a Sales job at Kong?
Sales postings at Kong most often require Claude (3), AWS (2), Azure (2), GCP (2), out of 72 postings in the last 12 months.
Is the Kong tech stack changing?
Yes. Tokenomics, LangChain, A2A, TCP/IP first appeared in Kong job postings in the last six months.
How modern is the Kong tech stack?
Kong scores 81 out of 100 (Cutting-edge). The score averages how current each technology in the stack is and adds weight for AI adoption. AI technologies in the stack: 3; legacy ones: 0.
How does Alion know the Kong tech stack?
Alion reads every job posting Kong publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 204 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Nov 12, 2026.
Method and citation
Alion reads every job posting the company publishes and tags the technologies each one names. Shares count the postings of the last 12 months, open and closed; the company's own products are counted apart. How we count
Alion, "Kong tech stack: 141 technologies from 204 job postings", as of Nov 12, 2026. https://alion.io/company/kong/technologies