kong · Milan, Italy
Skills: Go, AWS, Docker
Are you ready to unlock intelligence? 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 As a Senior Software Engineer at Kong, you will play a key role in designing, developing, and optimizing our cutting-edge API gateway and cloud-native connectivity solutions. You’ll work on high-performance, scalable software that empowers organizations to manage APIs and microservices efficiently across cloud, on-prem, and hybrid environments. At Kong, we are revolutionizing API connectivity with open-source and enterprise-grade solutions that power some of the world’s most demanding applications. The team’s core products, Kong Gateway Operator and Kong Ingress Controller, enable seamless, secure, and intelligent service connectivity for modern architectures, including Kubernetes, multi-cloud, and service mesh deployments. If you're passionate about distributed systems, cloud-native technologies, and high-performance APIs, we’d love to hear from you! WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING - Designing, developing, and maintaining Kong’s Gateway Operator and Ingress Controller to ensure reliability, performance, and scalability. - Contributing to open-source projects and engaging with the community to drive innovation in API connectivity. - Collaborating with cross-functional teams (engineering, product, DevOps) to build new features and enhance existing functionality. - Writing clean, efficient, and well-tested code in Golang while ensuring high code quality through automated testing and peer reviews. - Optimizing performance for high-throughput, low-latency distributed systems. - Building and maintaining integrations with Kubernetes and cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure). - Participating in technical design discussions, architecting solutions, and contributing to technical roadmap…
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