Join Kong as a Senior Software Engineer to design and maintain backend services for metering and billing in a fast-paced environment.
Posted by employer 21 hours ago
First seen on Joblaze 2 hours ago
Last verified on the company career page 2 hours ago
Skills & Technologies
What you'll build
- Design, implement, and maintain microservices and APIs
- Build AI Cost Management capabilities
- Architect backend systems that process millions of events
- Optimize database performance
- Integrate with third-party services
Must have
- Experience with Go, Node.js
- 5+ years of professional software development experience
- Proven experience building scalable backend services
- Solid understanding of distributed systems, APIs, and database optimization
Nice to have
- Familiarity with LLM APIs
- Experience working on developer-focused products
AI in the day-to-day
The role involves building AI Cost Management capabilities for customers to track and control AI usage costs.
Requirements
- Experience
- 5+ years
Not disclosed in this posting: compensation, work arrangement, visa sponsorship.
Joblaze summary
In the Senior Software Engineer role on the Metering & Billing team at Kong, the individual will design and maintain backend services for usage metering and billing, focusing on high-performance APIs that handle vast amounts of data. Key skills include proficiency in Go and Node.js, along with experience in cloud-native technologies and distributed systems. This position is ideal for seasoned engineers with over five years of experience in building scalable backend solutions, particularly those with a background in AI and developer-focused products.
Joblaze insights
- Listed today — first seen on Joblaze October 27, 2026. Last confirmed on Kong's careers page October 27, 2026.
- This exact title is also open at 1 other location at Kong: Hungary.
Quick facts
- How much experience is required?
- At least 5 years of relevant experience for this Senior Software Engineer, Metering & Billing role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: ClickHouse, Docker, Go, Kafka, Kubernetes, Node.js.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Kong targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Senior Software Engineer, Metering & Billing role at Kong.
From the original posting
About the role:
On the Konnect Metering & Billing team at Kong, you’ll design, build, and maintain the backend services behind two products: usage metering and billing, and AI Cost Management (Tokenomics), which gives customers visibility and control over what their AI usage costs. As a Backend Engineer, you’ll work closely with Engineering and Product to build scalable services and APIs that process millions of events per second and have a direct, measurable impact on our customers.
What you’ll do:
Design, implement, and maintain microservices and APIs for usage metering, billing, invoicing, and analytics at scale.
Build AI Cost Management capabilities that help customers track, attribute, and control LLM token usage and spend, including cost attribution, budgets, and usage limits.
Architect backend systems that process millions of events per second in real time.
Work with Product and Engineering to define system requirements and ship high-quality, customer-focused solutions.
Optimize database performance and ensure data integrity, reliability, and security across distributed systems.
Integrate with third-party services (e.g., Stripe, CRMs) to support billing and reporting needs.
Support production services through monitoring, troubleshooting, and on-call rotation to keep them highly available.
Apply best practices for DevOps, CI/CD, and cloud-native development.
Write automated tests to validate system behavior and prevent regressions.
And any additional tasks required by your manager.
What you’ll bring:
Experience with Go, Node.js.
Contributions to open source projects.
Familiarity with cloud-native technologies (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker).
Exposure to big data systems (e.g., ClickHouse), streaming platforms (e.g., Kafka), and event-driven architectures.
5+ years of professional software development experience.
Proven experience building scalable backend services.
Demonstrated ability to deliver and maintain production systems at scale.
Solid understanding of distributed systems, APIs, and database optimization.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Bonus points:
Familiarity with LLM APIs, token-based pricing, or AI gateway and observability tooling.
Experience working on developer-focused products.
Experience working on developer-focused products.
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