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# Kong API Management

- **Company:** e-Solutions Inc
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Salary:** £104,000.0 - £117,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Cloud Engineering, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Lua (Scripting Language), OAuth, OpenID, Openid Connect, Openapi, Software Security, Apigee, Kubernetes, Api Design, Api Gateway, Restful APIs, Terraform, Api Management, Mulesoft, Golang, Programming Languages
- **Published:** September 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/kong-api-management/57337119

## About the Role

· Programming languages: Advanced proficiency in one or more programming languages - Golang or Lua Script.

· Cloud-native operations: Practical, hands-on cloud-native experience.

· API management: Professional experience with API management technologies (e.g., Apigee, Kong, or MuleSoft).

· API design: Strong understanding of the OpenAPI Specification (OAS) for RESTful APIs.

· API security: Hands-on experience securing APIs at the gateway, including OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), JWT validation, key-auth, and mutual TLS (mTLS).

· DevOps toolchain: Expertise across the DevOps toolchain, including CI/CD, Kubernetes, and Terraform.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

· AWS: Experience with AWS services, including ECS, EKS, and MSK.

· API gateway: Hands-on experience with Kong API Gateway.

· Golang: Proficiency in the Golang programming language.



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