Senior Software Engineer, Core Microservices (Golang)

Kong; Ontario; On-site; CAD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Senior Software Engineer focused on Core Microservices using Golang. In this role, you will design, develop, and maintain microservices that are essential to the functionality of an industry-leading API platform. Collaborating with cross-functional teams, you will tackle complex technical challenges and ensure the reliability of services through automated testing and on-call support. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a platform that empowers businesses to scale their API and service connectivity securely and efficiently. If you are passionate about building impactful software solutions and thrive in an agile environment, this position is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in agile teams developing complex software solutions.
• Experience with microservices architectures and distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain services for Kong Konnect.
• Implement solutions to technical problems and support services in production.

Skills

Golang

Microservices Architecture

API Design

Agile Scrum

Test-Driven Development

Git and GitHub

Containerization

Kubernetes

Relational Databases

No-SQL Databases

Job description

Senior Software Engineer, Core Microservices (Golang)

• Req#: 6af47960-0932-45ad-b462-306c2d2d9b0f

About the role:

Design, develop, and maintain microservices that power Kong Konnect, the Service Connectivity Platform. Working closely with Product Management and teams across Engineering, you will develop software that has a direct impact on our customers' business and Kong's success.

What you'll do:

• Implement and maintain services that power Konnect. Examples include authentication, authorization, search, and more.
• Design and implement solutions to technical problems of moderate complexity.
• Support those services in production by participating in an on-call rotation.
• Write automated tests to ensure behavior of code and avoid regressions.
• And any additional tasks required by manager.

What you'll bring:

• 5+ years working in and across agile scrum teams to develop, deliver, and maintain complex software solutions.
• Experience designing, prototyping, building and debugging microservices architectures and distributed systems.
• Experience developing and supporting a large scale SaaS platform.
• Expertise in designing and writing APIs, and a firm grasp of API lifecycle management.
• Expertise with data modeling in relational and no-SQL databases.
• Understanding of and development with git and Github workflows.
• Expertise in test-driven development and automated testing.
• Working knowledge of containerization and Kubernetes.
• A product-oriented approach to problem-solving and prioritizing work.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

About Kong:

Kong is THE cloud native API platform with the fastest, most adopted API gateway in the world (over 300m downloads!). Loved by developers and trusted with enterprises’ most critical traffic volumes, Kong helps startups and Fortune 500 companies build with confidence – allowing them to bring solutions to market faster with API and service connectivity that scales easily and securely.

For more information about Kong, please visit konghq.com or follow @thekonginc on Twitter. We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.