Senior Backend Engineer, AI Infrastructure & Platforms

Kong

Town of Montana (WI)

On-site

USD 150,000 - 210,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Kong Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Office of the CTO and help shape a greenfield AI platform. You will design and build highly scalable distributed backend systems in Golang, focusing on performance and reliability.

You will work with PostgreSQL and Redis in production, architect cross-service platforms across microservices and cloud environments, and collaborate with the CTO and senior engineers to set technical direction and tooling.

Qualifications

Strong Golang production experience.
Experience designing and operating distributed systems at scale.
Production PostgreSQL and Redis experience.
Backend systems with high availability, scalability and reliability.
Strong systems thinking, debugging and performance optimization skills.

Responsibilities

Design and build scalable distributed backend systems.
Develop core services in Golang with focus on performance and reliability.
Work with PostgreSQL and Redis in production environments.
Architect systems spanning microservices, networking layers and cloud platforms.
Collaborate with CTO and senior engineers on strategic technical initiatives.
Prototype and productionize new platform capabilities and internal tooling.
Influence engineering direction and technical standards across Kong.