Staff Software Engineer (Backend/Observability)
KongBengaluru, Karnataka, India
Posted September 3, 2025
Full Time
About the Company
Kong Inc., a leading developer of cloud API technologies, is on a mission to enable companies around the world to become “API-first” and securely accelerate AI adoption.
Job Description
Staff Software Engineer (Backend/Observability) to design, develop, and maintain microservices that power Kong Konnect, the Service Connectivity Platform.
Requirements
- 8+ years working in a team to develop, deliver, and maintain complex software solutions
- Understanding of cloud-native systems like Kubernetes, GitOps, and Terraform
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Experience with streaming platforms such as Kafka, AWS Kinesis, Flink, Spark, etc.
- Strong background in systems such as large-scale storage, indexing/search, or observability platforms
- Operational experience in running large-scale, high-performance internet services, including on-call responsibilities
- Expertise with data modelling in NoSQL databases
- Strong proficiency in at least one modern programming language (e.g., Java, Go, C++, Python)
- Experience with AWS and cloud platforms for SaaS teams
- Experience in designing, prototyping, building, monitoring, and debugging microservices architectures and distributed systems
