Senior Control Plane Engineer – Golang & Cloud-native

Kong; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Kong Inc., the AI Connectivity Company, is seeking a senior engineer to design and implement core features for the Kong Gateway Control Plane, primarily using Golang. You will own the full lifecycle of services—from architecture and implementation to deployment and operations—to deliver high performance, reliability, and a world-class developer experience.

Collaborating with product managers and other engineering teams, you will shape the cloud-native roadmap, mentor peers through code reviews,

Qualifications

• Significant professional experience writing and deploying production services in Golang.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, microservices, and API design.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and the cloud-native ecosystem.
• Proficiency with relational databases such as PostgreSQL.
• Familiarity with modern CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement core features for the Kong Gateway Control Plane, primarily using Golang.
• Own the full lifecycle of services, from architectural design and implementation to deployment and operational excellence.
• Lead technical discussions and architectural decisions to prevent technical debt and ensure our commitment to 99.99% uptime.
• Influence the technical roadmap for our cloud-native components, advocating for best practices in a distributed systems environment.
• Mentor other engineers through thoughtful code reviews and design sessions, fostering a culture of high-quality code and developer delight.
• Collaborate with product managers and other engineering teams to architect and deliver impactful solutions for our global user base.
• Resolve complex bugs and performance bottlenecks in our core networking and configuration management components.

Skills

Golang

Distributed systems

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

API design

CI/CD

Cloud-native

Mentoring

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Kong Inc., the AI Connectivity Company, is seeking a senior engineer to design and implement core features for the Kong Gateway Control Plane, primarily using Golang. You will own the full lifecycle of services—from architecture and implementation to deployment and operations—to deliver high performance, reliability, and a world-class developer experience.

Collaborating with product managers and other engineering teams, you will shape the cloud-native roadmap, mentor peers through code reviews,