Staff Identity & Access Platform Engineer

Kong Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Kong Inc. is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the Konnect team to architect Kong Identity's multi-tenant platform, delivering scalable, secure identity services.

You will design and implement token management, advanced policy engines, and enterprise federation while optimizing for low-latency authentication across regions. This role emphasizes security, observability, and a superior developer experience.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience building production identity platforms.
• Experience handling millions of authentication requests daily.
• Deep expertise in advanced identity concepts and security controls.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement advanced token management systems with real-time revocation.
• Lead development of extensible claims engine for dynamic attribute resolution.
• Architect global identity infrastructure with edge optimization and cross-region replication.
• Design rate limiting, anomaly detection, and fraud prevention for credential stuffing.
• Build enterprise identity federation capabilities and legacy system adapters.
• Lead developer experience initiatives including SDKs, webhooks, and audit logging.
• Architect plugin architecture enabling custom grant flows and integrations.
• Contribute to compliance frameworks and privacy-preserving token designs.

Skills

Token management systems

Claims engine

Identity infrastructure

Edge optimization

Security controls

Developer experience

Token issuance

Authentication latency

Federation

Job description

Kong Inc. is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the Konnect team to architect Kong Identity's multi-tenant platform, delivering scalable, secure identity services.

You will design and implement token management, advanced policy engines, and enterprise federation while optimizing for low-latency authentication across regions. This role emphasizes security, observability, and a superior developer experience.