Software Engineer 2, API Ops

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If you don’t think you meet all of the criteria below but are still interested in the job, please apply. Nobody checks every box - we’re looking for candidates that are particularly strong in a few areas, and have some interest and capabilities in others.

About the role:

Kong’s API Management suite includes the Kong Enterprise Gateway, the Konnect SaaS platform, and a variety of Managed Gateways in public clouds, such as AWS, Azure, and GCP. This suite of products helps customers in different industries (like finance, banking, e-commerce, airlines, etc.) manage their API platforms and operations at scale. Our customers expect secure, reliable, high-scale, low-latency offerings from Kong, whether running on-premise or in the public cloud.

A critical need for all our customers is to manage API Operations via Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools. Kong provides an open-source CLI - deck - that is the centrepiece of API Operations. (Source code for deck is at GitHub - Kong/deck: decK: Configuration management and drift detection for Kong. )

Some of the other products that the API Operations toolset includes are:

Terraform-provider: Terraform provider for Kong Konnect - Kong’s SaaS product

• SDK for Go: Go SDK for Kong Konnect
• SDKs in other languages and tooling to generate SDKs from APIs
• API specification and tooling for all products of Kong
• Build a CLI-first experience for Kong Konnect

We are looking to expand our Bangalore-based API Operations team by hiring a Software Engineer II to join the team and build out the API Operations toolset. We expect you to work in a hybrid fashion with three days a week in the office.

What you'll do:

• Design, develop and build the API Operations toolset for Kong, starting with deck.

• Keep up with all of Kong’s API runtimes (HTTP gateway, AI gateway, Event gateway, etc.) and enable new features in the API Operations toolset.

• Play a pivotal role in shaping the technical direction for the evolution of API Operations.

• Make CLI tools work for both humans and automation (inside GitHub Actions, Jenkins, etc.).

• Ship API changes to multiple tools at the same time without manual toil

• Make and consistently raise the bar for world-class APIs for a company that helps the world build and run APIs

• Collaborate closely with product leadership to define and refine strategy, roadmap, and objectives for the API Operations toolset, ensuring alignment between engineering efforts and business goals.

• Assist in the hiring process and help grow and mentor the team.

What you'll bring:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field.

• 3+ years of experience in building high-performance software with Golang.

• Hands-on experience with at least one of the major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).

• Prior operations experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools.

• Experience building APIs, standardising APIs in large organisations, and creating API workflows.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills to effectively collaborate across teams.

• Desire to join a fast-paced pre-IPO startup and the ability to move with high velocity to get things done.

About Kong:

Kong Inc., the AI Connectivity Company, is building the connectivity layer of AI. Trusted by the Fortune 500® and AI-native startups alike, Kong’s unified API and AI platform enables organizations to secure, manage, accelerate, govern, and monetize the flow of intelligence across APIs and AI traffic — on any model, any cloud. For more information, visit www.konghq.com.