Staff Software Engineer: Identity Platform Architect

Kong Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Kong Inc. is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the Konnect team to architect Kong Identity’s multi-tenant identity platform and enterprise-grade security controls.

You’ll design token management, federated identity, and global infrastructure to deliver low-latency authentication at scale. We value a track record of building production identity systems with strong security posture and cross-region resilience.

Qualifications

• Design and implement advanced token management systems.
• Lead development of extensible claims engine and dynamic attribute resolution.
• Architect global identity infrastructure with cross-region replication.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement advanced token management systems, including refresh token rotation and real-time revocation.
• Lead development of Kong Identity's extensible claims engine supporting dynamic attribute resolution and complex policy evaluation at token issuance.
• Architect global identity infrastructure with edge optimization and cross-region replication strategies for sub-millisecond authentication latency worldwide.
• Design sophisticated rate limiting, anomaly detection, and fraud prevention systems to protect against credential stuffing and token abuse.

Skills

Token management

Identity platforms

Security controls

Edge optimization

Observability integration

Zero-trust architecture

Tools

OAuth 2.0

SAML

OIDC

Job description

Kong Inc. is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the Konnect team to architect Kong Identity’s multi-tenant identity platform and enterprise-grade security controls.

You’ll design token management, federated identity, and global infrastructure to deliver low-latency authentication at scale. We value a track record of building production identity systems with strong security posture and cross-region resilience.