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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Software Engineer - **Company:** Kong Inc. - **Location:** United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $145,000.0 - $202,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Code Review, Continuous Integration, Database Schema, Software Debugging, Programming Tools, Distributed Systems, PostgreSQL, Open Source Technology, Performance Tuning, Redis, Software Engineering, Strategies of Testing, Web Applications, Google Cloud, ReactJS, System Availability, Backend, Build Management, AI Platforms, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Api Gateway, Terraform, Golang, Microservices - **Published:** August 26, 2026 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/kong/74598ada-ce9e-4726-90fd-f9e25c793de3 ## About the Role * Strong production experience with Golang * Experience designing and operating distributed systems at scale * Solid experience with PostgreSQL and Redis in production environments * Experience building backend systems with high availability, scalability, and reliability * Strong systems thinking, debugging, and performance optimization skills Bonus points: * Experience with Kubernetes, networking, or API gateways * Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) * Contributions to open source or internal platform tooling * Experience working on platform, infra, or developer tooling products ## Description We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join Kong's Office of the CTO team and work on special, high-impact projects that influence the direction of our platform and engineering strategy. The Office of the CTO (OCTO) is where Kong's most ambitious and exploratory engineering work happens, new platforms, foundational systems and high-impact technical bets that shape the company's future. You'll work on everything from distributed database provisioning and durable workflow orchestration to LLM fine-tuning and infrastructure for our AI Builder capabilities, helping define a new foundation for how developers build and run AI-driven systems at scale. This is a rare opportunity to shape a greenfield AI platform from the ground up, with direct input into architecture, tooling, and developer experience. This is a role for engineers who enjoy deep technical challenges, ambiguity, and building systems that matter. What You'll Do: * Design and build highly scalable distributed backend systems * Develop core services in Golang, with a focus on performance and reliability * Work with PostgreSQL and Redis to build robust, data-intensive systems * Architect systems that operate across microservices, networking layers, and cloud platforms * Collaborate closely with the CTO and senior engineers on strategic technical initiatives * Prototype and productionize new platform capabilities and internal tooling * Influence engineering direction and technical standards across Kong, Design and build Go-based control-plane services, CSI drivers, and tooling for high-performance storage integrated with Kubernetes AI and compute workloads. Develop declarative Terraform/OpenTofu and GitOps automation, telemetry, and observability systems. Support bare-metal, hybrid, air-gapped, and sovereign deployments using Kubernetes, Cluster API, Harbor, and PKI/TLS. Integrate enterprise and scale-out storage platforms while addressing throughput, latency, reliability, consistency, and scaling. Top Skills: Argo CdCluster Api (Capi)Container Storage Interface (Csi)Dell PowerscaleFluxGitopsGo (Golang)Gpudirect StorageHarborK0RdentK0SKubernetesLinuxNfsOpentofuPki/TlsPythonTerraformVast HARAMAIN SYSTEMS INC. Software Engineer 7 Days Ago In-Office or Remote Senior level Senior level Information Technology * Software Design, build, and operate scalable production backend systems in Go, including APIs, distributed services, database schemas, infrastructure, CI/CD, and Kubernetes deployments. Improve observability, reliability, performance, and production troubleshooting. Own technical problems from design through deployment while collaborating with engineering, product, and business stakeholders and helping shape architecture and engineering practices. Top Skills: Ci/CdGo (Golang)KubernetesObservability ToolingPostgresPythonSQL Applied Systems Senior Software Engineer 14 Days Ago Remote or Hybrid US 95K-145K Annually Senior level 95K-145K Annually Senior level Cloud * Insurance * Payments * Software * Business Intelligence * App development * Big Data Analytics Senior Software Engineer responsible for developing and maintaining web applications and microservices (React, Golang). Mentor team members, lead code reviews, influence technical decisions, improve CI/CD and testing strategies (unit, E2E, performance), collaborate across teams on integrations, and promote engineering best practices and documentation. 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