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Senior Software Engineer, Gateway Enterprise - Shanghai

100% remote Flexible hours Hiring now

Are you ready to power the World's connections?

If you don’t think you meet all of the criteria below but are still interested in the job, please apply. Nobody checks every box - we’re looking for candidates that are particularly strong in a few areas, and have some interest and capabilities in others.

About the role:

As a member of a team, you’ll need strong technical skills and a solid background in Computer science and technology to be able to accept various challenges, make valuable contributions, and generally have a great experience in Kong. You will have the opportunity to influence the culture, facilitate technical delivery, and collaborate with your team on the strategy and execution of our key product.

What you'll be doing

  • Work on our proxy stack which is based on Nginx/OpenResty
  • Organize and prioritize complex problem resolution and bug fixes, debugging distributed services.
  • Contribute to the Kong Gateway OSS and Enterprise product
  • What you'll bring

  • At least 5 years of experience in computer operating systems and deep understanding of Linux system runtime and networking stack
  • Solid hands-on low-level technical experience in Linux systems troubleshooting and profiling, experience in debugging tools such as gdb, systemtap, tcpdump, crash, etc.
  • Experience with public cloud providers like AWS, GCP or Azure
  • Fluent English language skills including both written and verbal
  • Bonus Points

  • Hands-on experience with building and maintaining NGINX/OpenResty-based backend services
  • Hands-on experience with Lua/C programming(extra points if experience with LuaJIT)
  • Hands-on experience with Kubernetes
  • Hands-on experience with Kong Gateway/Kubernetes Ingress Controller for Kong
  • Experience with developing and maintaining large distributed system
  • Experience with developing and maintaining enterprise software
  • Being familiar with Rust is a plus
  • Additional Information

    About Kong:

    Kong is THE cloud native API platform with the fastest, most adopted API gateway in the world (over 300m downloads!). Loved by developers and trusted with enterprises’ most critical traffic volumes, Kong helps startups and Fortune 500 companies build with confidence – allowing them to bring solutions to market faster with API and service connectivity that scales easily and securely.

    83% of web traffic today is API calls! APIs are the connective tissue of the cloud and the underlying technology that allows software to talk and interact with one another. Therefore, we believe that APIs act as the nervous system of the cloud. Our audacious mission is to build the nervous system that will safely and reliably connect all of humankind!

    For more information about Kong, please visit

    konghq.com or follow @thekonginc on Twitter.

    We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.

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