Golang Backend Engineer — IAM Platform (Remote)

Forcepull; Only (TN); On-site; USD 110,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Kong Inc. is hiring a Software Engineer for the IAM Team to build backend microservices in Golang that manage identity, access control, and per-tenant security across Kong Konnect and the Developer Portal.

You will deploy on AWS with Kubernetes, implement IAM security best practices, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, secure APIs. This role emphasizes platform engineering and cloud-native development in a fast-growing global company.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience building backend services and distributed systems.
• Strong proficiency in Golang with production microservices experience.
• Experience with API development and design (REST, gRPC) and building API-first services.
• Experience building and deploying microservices architectures in production environments.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services (EKS, ECS, Lambda, DynamoDB, RDS, S3).
• Experience with Kubernetes including deployment, scaling, and managing containerized applications.
• Understanding of security best practices for backend services including secure credential storage and secret management.
• Experience with multi-tenancy and building services that serve multiple customers.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and tools such as GitHub Actions or Jenkins.
• Experience with database systems (SQL and NoSQL) and data modeling.
• Solid CS fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, and system design.
• Familiarity with code repositories and collaboration tools (GitHub, JIRA, Confluence).
• Experience with globally distributed teams.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to debug complex distributed systems issues.
• Eagerness to learn IAM technologies.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain backend microservices in Golang powering authentication and authorization for Kong Konnect and Developer Portal.
• Build scalable APIs that integrate identity and access management across Kong's product ecosystem.
• Deploy and manage services on AWS using Kubernetes for container orchestration and high availability.
• Implement secure, performant backend services handling high-volume traffic and enforcing access control policies.
• Collaborate with senior engineers and security teams to learn and implement IAM best practices.
• Work with product managers and other engineering teams to deliver features for developers and enterprise users.
• Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code with unit, integration, and end-to-end tests.
• Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and architecture planning.
• Monitor and optimize service performance, reliability, and security via observability tools.
• Participate in on-call rotation to ensure high availability of platform services.
• Contribute to building a culture of engineering excellence and security-first development.

Skills

Golang

API design

Distributed systems

AWS

Kubernetes

CI/CD

SQL/NoSQL

Security basics

RBAC

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Datadog

Job description

Kong Inc. is hiring a Software Engineer for the IAM Team to build backend microservices in Golang that manage identity, access control, and per-tenant security across Kong Konnect and the Developer Portal.

You will deploy on AWS with Kubernetes, implement IAM security best practices, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, secure APIs. This role emphasizes platform engineering and cloud-native development in a fast-growing global company.