Systems Engineer

Kong

Remote regions

Global

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About the Role:

  • As a Systems Engineer on the Core Team, you will work on core features like proxying, load balancing, and database support.
  • You will build foundations for other teams and customers, and discover cutting-edge industry trends.

What You'll Be Doing:

  • Design, build, and maintain API management software and its underlying stack.
  • Architecture, implement, and optimize new features, including proxying, load balancing, and database support.
  • Troubleshoot bugs, perform performance tuning, and engage with the open source community.

What You'll Bring:

  • 5+ years of programming in server-side applications and components.
  • Experience designing scalable, distributed, reliable, and resilient systems.
  • Solid low-level Linux systems troubleshooting and profiling expertise.

Bonus Points:

  • Hands-on experience with NGINX, OpenResty, Kong, or LuaJIT.
  • Experience with Envoy, Istio, or Rust.

Kong

Kong is a leading developer of API and AI connectivity technologies, building the infrastructure that powers the agentic era. It is trusted by Fortune 500 companies and startups alike, with a globally distributed team.

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