Contributing to the development and maintenance of Kong’s Gateway Operator and Ingress Controller to ensure reliability and performance.
Delivering assigned tasks that meet acceptance criteria, working on problems of moderate scope where analysis requires a review of a variety of factors.
Writing readable, maintainable, and adequately tested code in Golang while ensuring code quality through automated testing and participating in peer reviews.
Collaborating with cross-functional teams (engineering, product, DevOps) to build new features and build productive internal working relationships.
Contributing to the design of components within a larger system, understanding the trade-offs of different approaches and articulating your reasoning.
Debugging and solving problems within your area of the codebase, exercising judgment within defined procedures and practices.
Engaging with the open-source community under the guidance of senior team members.

1-2+ years of professional software engineering experience (or comparable).
Proficiency in Golang (or strong proficiency in C/C++/Java/Python with a willingness to learn Go rapidly).
Familiarity with Kubernetes architecture and concepts (e.g., Pods, Deployments, Services, CRDs).
Ability to deliver routine work with general instructions and tackle new projects or assignments with detailed instructions.
Experience writing unit and integration tests.
A strong learning mindset, self-awareness to acknowledge strengths and weaknesses, and a drive to actively manage your growth.
Good communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively in a distributed, remote-first team.

Software Engineer – Kubernetes

Key skills