Staff Software Engineer, Konnect Core Platform

San Francisco, California, United States · Remotefull timeRemote

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$150k–$275k

H1B: yes

Kong Staff Software Engineer on the IAM Team develops scalable backend microservices in Golang for Kong Konnect and Developer Portal. The role involves building authentication and authorization services, deploying on AWS with Kubernetes, and collaborating on IAM best practices.

Responsibilities

The Software Engineer will be a key contributor to the IAM Team, building scalable backend services for Kong Konnect and the Developer Portal. You'll develop microservices in Golang that handle identity management, access control, and permissions enforcement for Kong's multi-tenant platform. This role requires strong platform engineering fundamentals, Golang proficiency, microservices architecture experience, and cloud-native development on AWS and Kubernetes. You'll learn and grow your expertise in IAM technologies while building production systems at scale.
Develop and maintain backend microservices in Golang that power authentication and authorization for Kong Konnect and Developer Portal.
Build scalable APIs that integrate identity and access management capabilities across Kong's product ecosystem.
Deploy and manage services on AWS using Kubernetes for container orchestration and high availability.
Implement secure, performant backend services that handle high-volume traffic and enforce access control policies.
Collaborate with senior engineers and security teams to learn and implement IAM best practices.
Work with product managers and other engineering teams to deliver features that enhance developer and enterprise user experiences.
Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code with comprehensive unit, integration, and end-to-end tests.
Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and architecture planning.
Monitor and optimize service performance, reliability, and security through observability tools and continuous improvement.
Participate in on-call rotation to ensure high availability of platform services.
Contribute to building a culture of engineering excellence and security-first development.

Qualification

Required

3+ years of professional software engineering experience

Preferred

Experience with authentication and authorization technologies including OAuth 2.0, OIDC, JWT, SAML, or other IAM standards.
Knowledge of role-based access control (RBAC) and permissions systems.
Experience with API Gateway technologies or building developer portals.
Understanding of identity federation and Single Sign-On (SSO) implementations.
Experience with identity providers (Auth0, Okta, Keycloak, or similar).
Familiarity with token lifecycle management and session management.
Experience with message queues and event streaming (Kafka, RabbitMQ, NATS).
Knowledge of zero-trust security architectures and policy-based access control.

Company

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