Senior Software Engineer - Gateway
KongShanghai, China
Posted January 28, 2026
Full Time
About the Company
Kong Inc., a leading developer of API and AI connectivity technologies, is building the infrastructure that powers the agentic era.
Job Description
As a Senior Software Engineer - Gateway at Kong, you will design, build, and maintain API management software and its underlying stack. You will work on core features, architecture, and innovation to extend Kong's offering.
Requirements
- 5+ years of programming in server-side applications and components
- Experience designing, prototyping, building, and debugging applications that are highly scalable, distributed, reliable, and resilient
- Solid hands-on low-level technical expertise in Linux systems troubleshooting, and profiling
- Experience in distributed systems, Linux networking stack, and computer systems programming
- 3+ years of Rust programming experience with solid understanding of async Rust