Kong tech stack
Kong builds mostly with Go, Python, Lua, JavaScript. Its stack also includes Kubernetes, AWS, PostgreSQL, Redis. Kubernetes is named in 49 of the 118 job postings Kong published in the last 12 months (42%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of Kong, updated Sep 27, 2026.
What programming languages does Kong use?
Go is named in 24% of job postings at Kong, followed by Python (15%), Lua (13%), JavaScript (10%).
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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 (3%), Cypress (1%), Flink (1%).
What databases does Kong use?
PostgreSQL is named in 14% of job postings at Kong, followed by Redis (8%), ClickHouse (4%), Snowflake (3%).
PostgreSQL
16 14%
Redis
10 8%
ClickHouse
5 4%
Snowflake
3 3%
DynamoDB
2 2%
ElasticSearch
2 2%
Memcached
2 2%
OpenSearch
1 1%
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What cloud and platforms does Kong use?
Kubernetes is named in 42% of job postings at Kong, followed by AWS (32%), Azure (22%), GCP (22%).
Kubernetes
49 42%
AWS
38 32%
Azure
26 22%
GCP
26 22%
Grafana
17 14%
Datadog
16 14%
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What developer tools does Kong use?
Docker is named in 18% of job postings at Kong, followed by Terraform (17%), Prometheus (14%), Model Context Protocol (11%).
Docker
21 18%
Terraform
20 17%
Prometheus
17 14%
Model Context Protocol
13 11%
Nginx
13 11%
Helm
9 8%
Ansible
8 7%
Jenkins
8 7%
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What AI and ML technologies does Kong use?
LLM is named in 13% of job postings at Kong, followed by Claude (4%), Gemini (1%).
Which engineering practices does Kong ask for?
AI Agents is named in 49% of job postings at Kong, followed by CI/CD (27%), Service Mesh (18%), Platform Engineering (11%).
AI Agents
58 49%
CI/CD
32 27%
Service Mesh
21 18%
Platform Engineering
13 11%
GitOps
9 8%
SRE
5 4%
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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
27 postingsBackend
22 postingsSolutions
15 postingsDevOps
11 postingsMarketing
9 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: $200k across 45 postings.
| Technology | Postings with pay | Median | vs company median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kubernetes | 23 | $200k | 0% |
| AWS | 17 | $195k | −3% |
| Go | 13 | $200k | 0% |
| Azure | 12 | $176k | −12% |
| GCP | 12 | $176k | −12% |
| API Gateway | 10 | $209k | +5% |
| Grafana | 10 | $166k | −17% |
| Python | 9 | $200k | 0% |
| Datadog | 9 | $162k | −19% |
| JavaScript | 8 | $234k | +17% |
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 80 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 3,580 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 (24%), Python (15%), Lua (13%), JavaScript (10%), Rust (10%), as a share of the 118 postings of the last 12 months.
Does Kong use OpenTelemetry?
Yes. OpenTelemetry is named in 5 of 118 job postings (4%) and required in 2 of them.
What cloud and platforms does Kong use?
The cloud and platforms named in Kong job postings are Kubernetes (49), AWS (38), Azure (26) (postings in brackets).
What skills do you need for a Sales job at Kong?
Sales postings at Kong most often require API Gateway (2), GitHub (2), Insomnia (2), out of 27 postings in the last 12 months.
Is the Kong tech stack changing?
Yes. Fine-tuning, OpenAI, IAM, Auth0 first appeared in Kong job postings in the last six months.
How modern is the Kong tech stack?
Kong scores 80 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 118 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Sep 27, 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: 127 technologies from 118 job postings", as of Sep 27, 2026. https://alion.io/company/kong/technologies