Kong is hiring a
Remote Software Engineer Microservices
\nAre you ready to power the World's connections?\n\n\nIf you don’t think you meet all of the criteria below but are still interested in the job, please apply. 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.\n\n\nAbout the role:\n\n\nWith guidance from Staff and Principal Engineers, design, develop, and maintain microservices that power Kong Konnect, the Service Connectivity Platform. Working closely with Engineering and Product Management teams, you will develop software components that will materially impact customer’s and Kong’s business and contribute to complex product integration efforts as we continue to develop our suite of products. \n\n\n\nWhat you'll do:\n* Implement and maintain services that power Konnect. Examples include identity, search, and provisioning.\n* Design and implement solutions to technical problems of moderate complexity.\n* Support those services in production by participating in an on-call rotation.\n* Write automated tests to ensure behavior of code and avoid regressions.\n* Mentor other team members.\n* And any additional tasks required by manager.\n\n\n\nWhat you'll bring: \n* 5+ years working in a team to develop, deliver, and maintain complex software solutions.\n* Expertise in Typescript and JavaScript. \n* Experience designing, prototyping, building and debugging microservices architectures and distributed systems.\n* Experience developing and supporting a large scale SaaS platform.\n* Expertise in designing and writing APIs, and a firm grasp of API lifecycle management.\n* Expertise with data modeling in relational and no-SQL databases.\n* Working knowledge of containerization and Kubernetes.\n* Understanding of and development with git and GitHub workflows.\n* Expertise in test-driven development and automated testing.\n* Excellent verbal and written communication skills.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKong has different base pay ranges for different work locations within the United States, which allows us to pay employees competitively and consistently in different geographic markets. Compensation varies depending on a wide array of factors, including but not limited to specific candidate location, role, skill set and level of experience. Certain roles are eligible for additional rewards including sales incentives depending on the terms of the applicable plan and role. Benefits may vary depending on location. US based employees are typically offered access to healthcare benefits, a 401(k) plan, short and long term disability benefits, basic life and AD&D insurance, among others. The typical base pay range for this role in the US is CAD $123025-$172330.\n\n\nAbout Kong: \n\n\nKong is THE cloud native API platform with the fastest, most adopted API gateway in the world (over 300m downloads!). As the innovation leader of cloud API technologies, Kong is on a mission to enable companies around the world to become "API-first" and securely accelerate AI adoption. Kong helps organizations globally - from startups to Fortune 500 enterprises - unleash developer productivity, build securely and accelerate to market.\n\n\n83% of web traffic today is API calls! APIs are the connective tissue of the cloud and the underlying technology that allows software to talk and interact with one another. Therefore, we believe that APIs act as the nervous system of the cloud. Our audacious mission is to build the nervous system that will safely and reliably connect all of humankind! \n\n\nFor more information about Kong, please visit konghq.com or follow @thekonginc on Twitter.\n\n\nWe are an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. \n\n#Salary and compensation\n
No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to SaaS, Cloud, Typescript, API, Sales and Engineer jobs that are similar:\n\n
$62,500 — $85,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n
💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n
\n\n#Location\nToronto
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