Is the Senior Software Engineer, Konnect Control Plane role remote?

It's hybrid — Kong expects some on-site time in Italy.

How much experience is required?

At least 10 years of relevant experience for this Senior Software Engineer, Konnect Control Plane role.

Where is the role based?

Kong is hiring for this position in Italy.

What's the tech stack?

Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Istio, Envoy, distributed systems, Nginx, Rust, Kong.

What seniority level is this role?

Kong targets staff-level candidates for this position.

Is this full-time or contract?

Full-time for this Senior Software Engineer, Konnect Control Plane role at Kong.

Senior Software Engineer, Konnect Control Plane at Kong

Joblaze summary

In this role, the Staff Software Engineer will focus on designing and maintaining API management software, specifically enhancing features like proxying and load balancing. The position requires extensive experience in server-side applications, distributed systems, and Linux troubleshooting, with a strong emphasis on scalability and reliability. Ideal candidates will have over a decade of programming experience and a solid understanding of networking protocols, making this role suitable for seasoned engineers looking to contribute to a collaborative, open-source environment.

Joblaze insights

Listed about 3 months ago on Joblaze — tracked directly from Kong's career page.
Kong has 110 other open roles including Enterprise Account Executive, Sr. Staff Product Designer, Design Systems, Account Development Rep.
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Typical AI salary we track runs $125,000–$215,200 (median $162,005, across 326 roles).

Quick facts

Is the Senior Software Engineer, Konnect Control Plane role remote?: It's hybrid — Kong expects some on-site time in Italy.
How much experience is required?: At least 10 years of relevant experience for this Senior Software Engineer, Konnect Control Plane role.
Where is the role based?: Kong is hiring for this position in Italy.
What's the tech stack?: Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Istio, Envoy, distributed systems, Nginx, Rust, Kong.
What seniority level is this role?: Kong targets staff-level candidates for this position.
Is this full-time or contract?: Full-time for this Senior Software Engineer, Konnect Control Plane role at Kong.

From the original posting

Are you ready to unlock intelligence?

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.

The Mission:

At Kong, we are pioneering the Agentic Era of service connectivity by building the infrastructure that powers the modern API world. As a Software Engineer on the Konnect Control Plane team, you will architect the next-generation cloud-hosted control plane that manages global customer configurations seamlessly. Your work will directly empower developers worldwide, ensuring high availability, speed, and seamless connectivity for Kong's flagship service connectivity platform.

What You’ll Do:

Architect and scale microservices that power Kong Konnect's cloud-hosted control plane to manage global customer configurations seamlessly.
Design, implement, and maintain highly performant, low-latency APIs and services that deliver exceptional Developer Delight.
Drive solutions for technical problems of moderate complexity, keeping an active focus on preventing technical debt.
Prevent regressions and guarantee product stability by writing robust, automated tests.
Own the reliability and uptime of services in production by participating in an active on-call rotation.
Collaborate closely with Product Management, Solutions Architects, and cross-functional engineering teams to implement impactful business features.

What You’ll Bring:

The Toolkit

3+ years of experience working in a team environment to develop, deliver, and maintain complex, distributed software solutions.
Solid proficiency in Go (Golang) and designing relational database data models.
Practical experience building, debugging, and maintaining microservices architectures at scale.
Demonstrated experience performing DevOps monitoring, observability, and supporting a large-scale SaaS platform running on Kubernetes and containerized environments.
Working knowledge of L4/L7 proxies such as Nginx, HA-proxy, or Envoy.
Firm grasp of API lifecycle management, design standards, and testing frameworks (TDD/automated testing).
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

The Kong DNA

Ownership: You act as a driver, not a passenger, and take complete accountability for the quality of your systems and outcomes.
Urgency: You thrive in a high-growth environment, iterating quickly and pushing for results with passion and grit.
Collaboration: You break down silos, communicate transparently, and model the true spirit of a team player.

Bonus Points:

Deep experience with Go standards and writing idiomatic, highly optimized Go.
Direct experience with Nginx, OpenResty, LuaJIT, or the Kong gateway core.
Experience with cloud-native observability stacks, specifically Datadog or OpenTelemetry.
Active contributions to open-source software projects.

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About Kong:

Kong Inc., a leading developer of API and AI connectivity technologies, is building the infrastructure that powers the agentic era. Trusted by the Fortune 500 and startups alike, Kong's unified API and AI platform, Kong Konnect, enables organizations to secure, manage, accelerate, govern, and monetize the flow of intelligence across APIs and AI models. For more information, visit www.konghq.com.