About the role

  • Senior Software Engineer in Kong's Office of the CTO developing scalable systems for API and AI infrastructure. Collaborating on high-impact projects influencing engineering strategy and developer experience.

Responsibilities

  • Design and build highly scalable distributed backend systems
  • Develop core services in Golang, with a focus on performance and reliability
  • Work with PostgreSQL and Redis to build robust, data-intensive systems
  • Architect systems that operate across microservices, networking layers, and cloud platforms
  • Collaborate closely with the CTO and senior engineers on strategic technical initiatives
  • Prototype and productionize new platform capabilities and internal tooling
  • Influence engineering direction and technical standards across Kong

Requirements

  • Strong production experience with Golang
  • Experience designing and operating distributed systems at scale
  • Solid experience with PostgreSQL and Redis in production environments
  • Experience building backend systems with high availability, scalability, and reliability
  • Strong systems thinking, debugging, and performance optimization skills
  • Experience with Kubernetes, networking, or API gateways (bonus points)
  • Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) (bonus points)
  • Contributions to open source or internal platform tooling (bonus points)
  • Experience working on platform, infra, or developer tooling products (bonus points)

Benefits

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

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Senior

Salary

CA$14,470 - CA$20,240 per year

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Tech skills

AWSAzureCloudDistributed SystemsGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesMicroservicesOpen SourcePostgresRedisGo

Location requirements

RemoteCanada

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