Software Engineer - TypeScript - Canada

Kong Inc; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a talented software engineer to join their dynamic team. In this role, you will design, develop, and maintain microservices that power an innovative service connectivity platform, influencing both customer experience and business outcomes. You will collaborate closely with engineering and product management teams, tackling technical challenges and contributing to complex integrations. This is a fantastic opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in a supportive environment that values mentorship and continuous learning. If you are passionate about software development and eager to make an impact, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in developing and maintaining complex software solutions.
• Expertise in Typescript and JavaScript with a focus on microservices.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain microservices for Kong Konnect.
• Participate in on-call rotation to support services in production.

Skills

Typescript

JavaScript

Microservices Architecture

API Design

Data Modeling

Test-Driven Development

Git and GitHub Workflows

Containerization

Kubernetes

Communication Skills

Job description

Are you ready to power the World's connections?

If 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.

About the role:

With 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.

What you'll do:

• Implement and maintain services that power Konnect. Examples include identity, search, and provisioning.
• 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.
• Mentor other team members.
• And any additional tasks required by manager.

What you'll bring:

• 5+ years working in a team to develop, deliver, and maintain complex software solutions.
• Expertise in Typescript and JavaScript.
• 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.
• Working knowledge of containerization and Kubernetes.
• Understanding of and development with git and GitHub workflows.
• Expertise in test-driven development and automated testing.
• 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!). 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.

For more information about Kong, please visit konghq.com or follow @thekonginc on Twitter.

We 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.