Senior Software Engineer, Control Plane
Pubblicato il 26-10-2026 - Kong in Siena
Overview
In this role you will design and implement core features for the Kong Gateway Control Plane using Golang, owning the full lifecycle of services from design to deployment. You will drive architectural decisions to maintain high uptime and performance while shaping a cloud-native roadmap. You’ll mentor engineers, collaborate with product teams, and tackle complex bugs to deliver a reliable developer experience at enterprise scale. This is a chance to impact a globally used platform that underpins API and AI traffic management.
Retribuzione / Benefits
- Offers Equity
- Offers Premio
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Paid holidays and PTO
- Professional development opportunities and tools
Responsabilità
- Design and implement core features for the Kong Gateway Control Plane using Golang
- Own end-to-end service lifecycle from design to deployment and operations
- Lead architectural discussions to minimize debt and ensure 99.99% uptime
- Influence roadmap for cloud-native components in a distributed system
- Mentor engineers through code reviews and design sessions
- Collaborate with product managers and other engineering teams on impactful solutions
- Resolve complex bugs and performance bottlenecks in networking and configuration management components
Requisiti fondamentali
- Production experience with Golang services
- Deep understanding of distributed systems and API design
- Hands-on Kubernetes experience and cloud-native ecosystem
- Proficiency with relational databases (PostgreSQL)
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code practices
- Proactive ownership mindset
- Strong collaborative and cross-functional communication
- Bias for action in fast-paced environments
- Golang
- Distributed systems
- Microservices architecture