Senior Software Engineer - Kong API & Cloud Automation

Allstate; United States; Remote; USD 85,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Allstate is seeking a Software Engineer, Senior Consultant I with hands-on experience in Kong API and AI Gateway technology, cloud platforms, and infrastructure automation. You will support and manage API platforms, work on Linux-based systems, and automate deployments using Infrastructure as Code tools.

The role requires ability to work CT or ET hours and collaboration with cross-functional platform teams to onboard APIs, ensure security, performance, and reliability, and resolve production

Qualifications

• Experience with API Management and Gateway technologies.
• Hands-on Kong API Gateway administration, configuration, and troubleshooting.
• Strong knowledge of Linux operating systems and shell scripting.
• Experience with AWS services such as EC2, VPC, Load Balancers, IAM, CloudWatch, and EKS.
• Experience with Terraform.
• Experience with Ansible.
• Understanding of REST APIs, API security, OAuth, JWT, SSL/TLS, and networking concepts.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and source control tools such as Git.
• Ability to diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve production issues.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, configure, and support Kong API Gateway environments.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and application deployments using Terraform and Ansible.
• Monitor platform health, troubleshoot incidents, and drive issue resolution.
• Work closely with development and platform teams to onboard and manage APIs.
• Implement security, performance, and reliability best practices.
• Support AWS-based infrastructure and containerized environments.

Skills

API Management

Kong API Gateway

Linux

AWS

REST APIs

OAuth & JWT

CI/CD

Git

Tools

Kong API Gateway

Terraform

Ansible

Git

Job description

Allstate is seeking a Software Engineer, Senior Consultant I with hands-on experience in Kong API and AI Gateway technology, cloud platforms, and infrastructure automation. You will support and manage API platforms, work on Linux-based systems, and automate deployments using Infrastructure as Code tools.

The role requires ability to work CT or ET hours and collaboration with cross-functional platform teams to onboard APIs, ensure security, performance, and reliability, and resolve production