About This Role
Developing and managing APIs using Kong API Gateway is the primary focus of this role. The position involves designing, implementing, and maintaining secure, scalable, and high-performance API solutions, and is suitable for a Kong Certified Developer with experience in API development and API Gateway management.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, deploy, and manage APIs using the Kong API Gateway
- Configure and maintain Kong services, routes, consumers, plugins, and upstreams
- Develop and implement API security policies including OAuth2, JWT, API Keys, and mTLS
- Integrate Kong with backend microservices and enterprise applications
- Configure traffic management features such as rate limiting, load balancing, request transformation, and caching
- Troubleshoot API gateway issues and optimize API performance
- Develop custom Kong plugins where required
- Work closely with development, DevOps, and infrastructure teams to ensure seamless API deployments
- Automate Kong configuration using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, decK, or similar tools)
- Monitor API health, logs, and metrics using monitoring tools
- Ensure API governance, documentation, and compliance with organizational standards
- Participate in code reviews and follow best development practices
Requirements
- 2+ years of experience working with Kong API Gateway
- Kong Certified Developer certification
- Strong knowledge of REST APIs and API lifecycle management
- Experience with Kong Gateway (OSS and/or Enterprise)
- Hands-on experience with Kong plugins and plugin configuration
- Good understanding of API security concepts:
- OAuth 2.0
- JWT
- OpenID Connect (OIDC)
- mTLS
- API Key Authentication
- Experience with microservices architecture
- Knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience with Linux environments
- Familiarity with Git and CI/CD pipelines
- Understanding of API monitoring and logging tools
- Experience with PostgreSQL
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field
Nice to have:
- Experience with Konnect or Kong Enterprise
- Knowledge of decK, Terraform, or other Infrastructure-as-Code tools
- Familiarity with service mesh technologies
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Knowledge of NGINX and Lua scripting
- Exposure to Kafka or other messaging systems
