Senior Software Engineering Manager, Managed Gateways SREs

What this role involves

Kong is hiring a Senior Software Engineering Manager to build and lead the Managed Gateways SRE team in Seattle, Washington. The role involves hands-on technical work in the early stages, focusing on reliability, scalability, and operational excellence of Kong's managed services. The ideal candidate has experience leading SRE/DevOps teams, deep expertise in cloud platforms and Kubernetes, and proficiency in Golang.

Skills this posting asks for

• kubernetes
• golang
• aws
• azure
• gcp
• prometheus
• grafana
• opentelemetry
• api gateway
• service mesh
• network proxies
• sre
• devops
• cloud-native
• container orchestration
• observability
• incident management
• root cause analysis
• automation
• self-service tooling

Requirements

• Level: manager
• Remote policy: onsite

From the employer’s posting

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