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:
On the Developer Portal team at Kong, you will design, develop, and maintain microservices and APIs that power the Konnect Dev Portal. The Konnect Dev Portal is the primary way our customers’ users discover, experiment, and integrate with their APIs hosted on the Konnect platform. Working closely with Engineering and Product teams, you will develop API-focused software components that will materially impact the business of both Kong and Kong’s customers.
What you'll do:
- As the founding member of this team's expansion into Italy, you will provide technical mentorship to future team members. You will assist in hiring the remaining team members.
- Lead features and initiatives that cross team boundaries, collaborating with your counterparts in other regions and other teams to deliver best-in-class solutions.
- Design, implement, and maintain microservices and APIs that power the Konnect Dev Portal. Examples include Developer Portal configuration, API catalogs, Markdown and OAS documentation solutions, API authentication configuration, metering, and subscription services.
- Support your team's services in production by participating in an on-call rotation.
- Write automated tests to ensure the behavior of the code and avoid regressions.
- And any additional tasks required by your manager.
What you'll bring:
- 8+ years working in and leading teams to develop, deliver, and maintain complex software solutions.
- Experience with Typescript, Javascript, and modern NodeJS frameworks like NestJS.
- Experience with relational databases like PostgreSQL.
- Experience developing and supporting SaaS platforms.
- Understanding of and development with git and GitHub workflows.
- Experience in test-driven development and automated testing.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Bonus points:
- Experience with Golang, Kubernetes, Docker, Kafka, CDC, and Flink.
- Fullstack capable
- A passion for APIs, OAS, and Documentation.
Kong is THE cloud native API platform with the fastest, most adopted API gateway in the world (over 300m downloads!). As the innovation leader of cloud API technologies, Kong is on a mission to enable companies around the world to become "API-first" and securely accelerate AI adoption. Kong helps organizations globally - from startups to Fortune 500 enterprises - unleash developer productivity, build securely and accelerate to market.
83% of web traffic today is API calls! APIs are the connective tissue of the cloud and the underlying technology that allows software to talk and interact with one another. Therefore, we believe that APIs act as the nervous system of the cloud. Our audacious mission is to build the nervous system that will safely and reliably connect all of humankind!
For more information about Kong, please visit konghq.com or follow @thekonginc on Twitter. We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.