Senior Software Engineer, Konnect Core Platform

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Toronto

On-site

CAD 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Kong in Toronto, Canada is seeking an experienced backend engineer to design, develop, and maintain scalable services using Golang and cloud-native technologies. You will contribute to distributed systems, search infrastructure, and real-time notifications while ensuring robust testing and performance.

Collaborate with product and design teams, participate in code reviews and architectural planning, and mentor more junior engineers.

Qualifications

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 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 CI/CD 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.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain search infrastructure and query systems that power Kong's product discovery and analytics capabilities.
Build and optimize notification services that deliver real-time alerts and updates across Kong's platform.
Develop and enhance audit logging systems that capture, store, and query critical security and compliance data.
Create MCP (Model Context Protocol) tools and integrations that extend platform functionality and enable new workflows.
Architect and implement scalable, distributed backend services using Golang and modern cloud-native technologies.
Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define requirements and deliver high-quality features.
Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code with comprehensive unit, integration, and end-to-end tests.
Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and technical planning sessions.
Optimize service performance, reliability, and scalability through profiling, monitoring, and iterative improvements.
Contribute to the platform team's technical roadmap and help define architecture and best practices.
Mentor junior engineers and contribute to a culture of engineering excellence.
Participate in on-call rotation to ensure high availability of platform services.

Skills

Golang Proficiency

Distributed Systems Design

Search Infrastructure Implementation

API Design and Development

Microservices Architecture

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka

RabbitMQ

NATS

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

GitHub

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

Design, develop, and maintain search infrastructure and query systems that power Kong's product discovery and analytics capabilities.
Build and optimize notification services that deliver real-time alerts and updates across Kong's platform.
Develop and enhance audit logging systems that capture, store, and query critical security and compliance data.
Create MCP (Model Context Protocol) tools and integrations that extend platform functionality and enable new workflows.
Architect and implement scalable, distributed backend services using Golang and modern cloud-native technologies.
Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define requirements and deliver high-quality features.
Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code with comprehensive unit, integration, and end-to-end tests.
Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and technical planning sessions.
Optimize service performance, reliability, and scalability through profiling, monitoring, and iterative improvements.
Contribute to the platform team's technical roadmap and help define architecture and best practices.
Mentor junior engineers and contribute to a culture of engineering excellence.
Participate in on-call rotation to ensure high availability of platform services.

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.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in designing and developing scalable backend services using Golang and cloud-native technologies, with a strong focus on distributed systems, search infrastructure, and real-time notification systems. Proficient in implementing best practices for code quality, performance optimization, and mentoring junior engineers.

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