Job Overview
Location
India
Job Type
Full-time
Category
Software Engineer
Date Posted
February 26, 2026
Full Job Description
đź“‹ Description
- • Are you a seasoned Senior Software Engineer with a passion for building the foundational services that power global connections? Kong Inc. is seeking a talented individual to join our dynamic Platform Team, the very backbone of our infrastructure. This is an exceptional opportunity to contribute to critical services that ensure Kong's products are secure, scalable, and reliable, processing millions of requests daily and trusted by some of the world's most innovative companies.
- • As a key contributor to the Platform Team, you will dive deep into building and maintaining our sophisticated search infrastructure, robust notification systems, and comprehensive audit logging services. Your expertise will be instrumental in designing and implementing highly scalable, high-performance backend services capable of handling millions of events and queries every single day. Furthermore, you will play a pivotal role in developing Model Context Protocol (MCP) tools, which are essential for extending and enhancing Kong's cutting-edge AI platform capabilities, paving the way for new AI workflows and functionalities.
- • This role demands a profound understanding of distributed systems, exceptional proficiency in Golang, and a proven track record of building resilient backend services that operate seamlessly at a massive scale. You will be at the forefront of innovation, shaping the future of API and AI connectivity.
- • Your responsibilities will be diverse and impactful. You will architect, develop, and meticulously maintain our search infrastructure and query systems, which are crucial for Kong's product discovery and analytics capabilities. You will also be responsible for building and optimizing notification services, ensuring the timely delivery of real-time alerts and updates across the entire Kong platform. Developing and enhancing our audit logging systems, which are vital for capturing, storing, and querying critical security and compliance data, will be another key area of focus.
- • A significant part of your role will involve creating MCP tools and integrations, directly contributing to the expansion of our platform's AI functionality. You will architect and implement scalable, distributed backend services leveraging Golang and the latest cloud-native technologies. Collaboration will be at the heart of your work; you'll partner closely with product managers, designers, and fellow engineers to meticulously define requirements and deliver features of the highest quality.
- • We value clean, maintainable, and well-tested code. You will be expected to write code that is easy to understand, modify, and extend, supported by comprehensive unit, integration, and end-to-end tests. Your engagement in code reviews, design discussions, and technical planning sessions will be crucial for fostering a collaborative and high-performing engineering environment. Continuous improvement is key, and you will actively optimize service performance, reliability, and scalability through rigorous profiling, monitoring, and iterative enhancements.
- • You will also contribute significantly to the platform team's technical roadmap, helping to shape our architectural vision and define best practices. Mentoring junior engineers and actively fostering a culture of engineering excellence will be an integral part of your role, ensuring knowledge sharing and team growth. To guarantee the high availability of our platform services, participation in an on-call rotation will be required.
- • Kong Inc. is a leader in API and AI connectivity technologies, building the essential infrastructure for the agentic era. Our unified platform, Kong Konnect, is trusted by Fortune 500 companies and agile startups alike, empowering organizations to secure, manage, accelerate, govern, and monetize the flow of intelligence across APIs and AI models. Join us and help power the world's connections.
🎯 Requirements
- • 5+ years of professional software engineering experience building backend services and distributed systems.
- • Strong proficiency in Golang with experience building production services at scale.
- • Deep understanding of distributed systems concepts including consistency, availability, partitioning, and consensus.
- • Experience designing and implementing search infrastructure using technologies like Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, Solr, or similar.
- • Experience building event-driven architectures and notification systems.
- • Strong knowledge of database systems (SQL and NoSQL) and data modeling.
- • Experience with API design and development (REST, gRPC).
- • Solid understanding of microservices architecture and container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
- • Experience with message queues and event streaming platforms (Kafka, RabbitMQ, NATS, or similar).
- • Strong computer science fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, and system design.
- • Experience with Continuous Integration/Delivery concepts and tools, such as GitHub Actions or Jenkins.
- • Demonstrated skills using code repositories and collaboration tools (GitHub, JIRA, Confluence, or similar).
- • Experience working with globally distributed teams.
- • Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to debug complex distributed systems issues.
- • Experience with Model Context Protocol (MCP) or similar extensibility frameworks (Bonus).
- • Experience building compliance and audit logging systems for enterprise or regulated environments (Bonus).
- • Knowledge of observability and monitoring practices (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, ELK stack) (Bonus).
- • Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or Pulumi (Bonus).
- • Experience with Cloud Platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure (Bonus).
- • Familiarity with authentication and authorization systems (OAuth 2.0, OIDC, JWT) (Bonus).
- • Experience with high-throughput, low-latency systems and performance optimization (Bonus).
- • Experience with rate limiting, throttling, and quota management systems (Bonus).
- • Knowledge of security best practices for backend services (Bonus).
- • Experience with service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd) (Bonus).
- • Contributions to open-source projects or active involvement in the developer community (Bonus).
- • Background in SRE practices and building reliable, self-healing systems (Bonus).
🏖️ Benefits
- • Competitive salary and equity package.
- • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.
- • Generous paid time off (PTO) and holidays.
- • Professional development opportunities and a strong focus on learning.
- • Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies in the API and AI space.
- • Collaborative and inclusive work environment with a global team.
- • Support for remote work and flexible working arrangements.
- • Regular team events and social activities.
Skills & Technologies
Go
Elasticsearch
AWS
Azure
GCP
Senior
Onsite
About Kong Inc.
Kong Inc. is a San Francisco-based software company that develops an open-source API gateway and service connectivity platform. The company offers Kong Gateway, Kong Mesh, and Konnect cloud services to manage, secure, and observe microservices and APIs across clouds and data centers. Founded in 2007 as Mashape, it rebranded to Kong in 2017. Kong’s technology provides traffic control, authentication, rate limiting, and analytics for modern distributed architectures, supporting organizations in digital transformation and cloud-native adoption.
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