Control Plane Senior Engineer - Golang & Cloud-Native

Kong

Rimini

On-site

EUR 60,000 - 90,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

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Health, dental, and vision insurance

Paid holidays and PTO

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Job summary

Kong is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Control Plane in Rimini, Italy, to design and implement core features of the Kong Gateway Control Plane using Golang. You will own the full service lifecycle from design to deployment and operations, mentoring engineers while solving complex bugs to deliver a reliable platform at enterprise scale.

You will shape the cloud-native roadmap, influence distributed system architecture, and collaborate with product managers and other teams to deliver

Qualifications

Experience building scalable distributed systems with Golang.
Strong understanding of API design and performance considerations.
Experience mentoring engineers and doing code reviews.
Hands-on Kubernetes experience in cloud-native environments.

Responsibilities

Design and implement core features for the Kong Gateway Control Plane using Golang.
Own end-to-end service lifecycle from design to deployment and operations.
Lead architectural discussions to minimize debt and ensure high uptime (99.99%).
Collaborate with product and engineering teams on impactful solutions.
Resolve complex bugs and performance bottlenecks in networking and configuration management.