Software Engineer, Core Platform

What this role involves

The role is for a Software Engineer on the IAM team at Kong, focusing on building backend microservices in Golang for identity and access management. Responsibilities include developing scalable APIs, deploying on AWS with Kubernetes, and ensuring security and high availability. The ideal candidate has 3+ years of experience, strong Golang skills, and experience with microservices and cloud-native technologies.

Skills this posting asks for

• golang
• microservices
• rest
• grpc
• aws
• kubernetes
• eks
• ecs
• lambda
• dynamodb
• rds
• s3
• github actions
• iam
• authentication
• authorization
• api development
• distributed systems
• multi-tenancy
• secret management
• observability

Requirements

• 3 years of experience
• Level: mid

From the employer’s posting

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