Senior Software Engineer, Control Plane
Kong · Canada · All Cost Center
About this role
Kong is hiring a senior-level Software Engineer based in Canada. The posting calls out experience with Kubernetes, Docker, Git, Datadog. Compensation is listed at C$144,780–C$170,000 per year.
- Role
- Software Engineer
- Function
- software engineering
- Level
- senior
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Canada
- Department
- All Cost Center
- Posted
- Jan 22, 2026
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Job description
from Kong careersAre 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.
About the role:
Design, develop, and maintain microservices that power Kong Konnect, the Service Connectivity Platform. Working closely with Product Management and teams across Engineering, you will develop software that has a direct impact on our customers' business and Kong's success.
What you'll do:
Implement and maintain services that power Konnect, such as Kong's cloud-hosted control plane.
Contribute to Kong's Cloud and Enterprise services.
Design and implement solutions to technical problems of moderate complexity.
Support those services in production by participating in an on-call rotation.
Write automated tests to ensure behavior of code and avoid regressions.
Mentor other team members.
What you'll bring:
5+ years working in a team to develop, deliver, and maintain complex software solutions.
Experience in Go.
Experience designing, prototyping, building and debugging microservices architectures and distributed systems.
Experience performing DevOps monitoring and observability.
Experience with working or developing L4/L7 proxies such as Nginx, HA-proxy, Envoy, or others.
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