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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.\nThe Mission:\nAt Kong, we are pioneering the Agentic Era of service connectivity by building the infrastructure that powers the modern API world. As a Software Engineer on the Konnect Control Plane team, you will architect the next-generation cloud-hosted control plane that manages global customer configurations seamlessly.\nYour work will directly empower developers worldwide, ensuring high availability, speed, and seamless connectivity for Kong’s flagship service connectivity platform.\nWhat You’ll Do:\nArchitect and scale microservices that power Kong Konnect’s cloud-hosted control plane to manage global customer configurations seamlessly.\n\nDesign, implement, and maintain highly performant, low-latency APIs and services that deliver exceptional Developer Delight.\n\nDrive solutions for technical problems of moderate complexity, keeping an active focus on preventing technical debt.\n\nPrevent regressions and guarantee product stability by writing robust, automated tests.\n\nOwn the reliability and uptime of services in production by participating in an active on-call rotation.\n\nCollaborate closely with Product Management, Solutions Architects, and cross-functional engineering teams to implement impactful business features.\n\nWhat You’ll Bring:\nThe Toolkit\n5+ years of experience working in a team environment to develop, deliver, and maintain complex, distributed software solutions.\n\nSolid proficiency in Go (Golang) and designing relational database data models.\n\nPractical experience building, debugging, and maintaining microservices architectures at scale.\n\nDemonstrated experience performing DevOps monitoring, observability, and supporting a large-scale SaaS platform running on Kubernetes and containerized environments.\n\nWorking knowledge of L4/L7 proxies such as Nginx, HA-proxy, or Envoy.\n\nFirm grasp of API lifecycle management, design standards, and testing frameworks (TDD/automated testing).\n\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills.\n\nThe Kong DNA\nOwnership: You act as a driver, not a passenger, and take complete accountability for the quality of your systems and outcomes.\n\nUrgency: You thrive in a high-growth environment, iterating quickly and pushing for results with passion and grit.\n\nCollaboration: You break down silos, communicate transparently, and model the true spirit of a team player.\n\nBonus Points:\nDeep experience with Go standards and writing idiomatic, highly optimized Go.\n\nDirect experience with Nginx, OpenResty, LuaJIT, or the Kong gateway core.\n\nExperience with cloud-native observability stacks, specifically Datadog or OpenTelemetry.\n\nActive contributions to open-source software projects.\n\nAbout Kong:\nKong Inc., the AI Connectivity Company, is building the connectivity layer of AI. 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