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Kong Inc.

Senior Software Engineer, Control Planes

Kong Inc.

. Architect and scale microservices powering Kong Konnect’s cloud-hosted control plane .

Posted 11/9/2026full-timeToronto • CanadaSenior💰 CA$130,000 - CA$180,000 per yearWebsite

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Demonstrates expertise in architecting and scaling microservices, with a strong focus on API design, performance, and reliability in cloud-hosted environments. Proficient in Go programming and experienced in managing large-scale SaaS platforms with a solid understanding of DevOps practices.

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Microservices ArchitectureGo (Golang) ProficiencyAPI Lifecycle ManagementKubernetes ExperienceDevOps Monitoring and Observability

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Hard Skills
MicroservicesGo (Golang)API DesignRelational Database Data ModelsAutomated TestingTDDNginxKubernetesContainerizationLuaJIT
Soft Skills
Written CommunicationVerbal Communication
Tools & Technologies
DatadogOpenTelemetryHA-proxyEnvoyOpenResty
Industry Keywords
SaaSCloud-Hosted Control PlaneService ReliabilityTechnical Debt PreventionCross-Functional Collaboration

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
CloudKubernetesMicroservicesNGINXGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Architect and scale microservices powering Kong Konnect’s cloud-hosted control plane
  • Manage global customer configurations seamlessly
  • Design, implement, and maintain highly performant, low-latency APIs and services
  • Drive solutions for technical problems of moderate complexity
  • Prevent technical debt
  • Write robust, automated tests to prevent regressions and guarantee product stability
  • Own service reliability and uptime in production through an active on-call rotation
  • Collaborate with Product Management, Solutions Architects, and cross-functional engineering teams
  • Implement impactful business features

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 5+ years of experience working in a team environment to develop, deliver, and maintain complex, distributed software solutions
  • Solid proficiency in Go (Golang)
  • Experience designing relational database data models
  • Practical experience building, debugging, and maintaining microservices architectures at scale
  • Experience with DevOps monitoring and observability
  • Experience supporting a large-scale SaaS platform running on Kubernetes and containerized environments
  • Working knowledge of L4/L7 proxies such as Nginx, HA-proxy, or Envoy
  • Firm grasp of API lifecycle management, design standards, and testing frameworks, including TDD/automated testing
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Experience with Go standards and idiomatic, highly optimized Go is a bonus
  • Direct experience with Nginx, OpenResty, LuaJIT, or the Kong gateway core is a bonus
  • Experience with Datadog or OpenTelemetry is a bonus
  • Active contributions to open-source software projects are a bonus

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Equity
  • Bonus
  • Health insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Paid holidays
  • Paid time off (PTO)
  • Professional development opportunities and tools