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Kong Inc.

Senior Software Engineer

Kong Inc.

Senior Software Engineer developing tools for API management at Kong. Leading initiatives across teams to enhance API discoverability and management.

Posted 6/25/2026full-timeRemote • 🇨🇦 CanadaSenior💰 CA$144,780 - CA$173,800 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
Distributed SystemsJavaScriptKubernetesMicroservicesNode.jsPostgresTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Lead features and initiatives that cross team boundaries, collaborating with your counterparts in other regions and other teams to deliver best-in-class solutions.
  • Design, implement, and maintain microservices and APIs that power API discoverability & management.
  • Support your team's services in production by participating in an on-call rotation.
  • Write automated tests to ensure the behavior of the code and avoid regressions.
  • And any additional tasks required by your manager.

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 8+ years working in and leading teams to develop, deliver, and maintain complex software solutions.
  • Experience with Typescript, Javascript, and modern NodeJS frameworks like NestJS.
  • Experience with relational databases like PostgreSQL.
  • Experience designing, prototyping, building and debugging microservices architectures and distributed systems.
  • Experience developing and supporting SaaS platforms.
  • Understanding of and development with git and GitHub workflows.
  • Experience in test-driven development and automated testing.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Experience working with kubernetes

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Healthcare benefits
  • 401(k) plan
  • Short and long term disability benefits
  • Basic life and AD&D insurance

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Hard Skills & Tools
TypescriptJavascriptNodeJSNestJSPostgreSQLmicroservicesdistributed systemsSaaStest-driven developmentautomated testing
Soft Skills
leadershipcollaborationcommunication