Kong

Senior Software Engineer - Gateway(Rust/Tokio) - Shanghai

Kong
Apply
7 months ago
Shanghai, ChinaSenior

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain API management software and its underlying stack.
  • Architect and implement proxying, load balancing, database support, and other core Kong features.
  • Troubleshoot bugs, tune performance, and perform low-level optimizations.
  • Extend Kong core to support emerging industry trends and use cases.
  • Integrate Kong with third-party deployment platforms and tooling.
  • Engage with the open-source community and contribute product documentation.

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of programming experience with server-side applications and components.
  • Experience designing, prototyping, building, and debugging highly scalable, distributed, reliable, and resilient applications.
  • Hands-on low-level expertise troubleshooting and profiling Linux systems.
  • Experience with distributed systems, the Linux networking stack, computer systems programming, and L4/L7 transports and protocols.
  • At least 3 years of Rust programming experience with a solid understanding of async Rust.
  • Ability to work effectively with a remotely distributed team.
  • Strong ownership, verbal communication, and written communication skills.

Tech Stack

Categories

Kong

About Kong

1,001-5,000 employees
Contact me