Senior Software Engineer GUI EMEA

Are you ready to power the World's connections?

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

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to work on our GUI.

Kong is a fully distributed team with an HQ office in San Francisco and the Mesh team is centered around Europe. This role is remote and open to European applicants. The role is eligible for work authorization sponsorship.

Why will you enjoy this new opportunity?

Kong’s Mesh team is building Kong’s Service Mesh offering: Kong Mesh which is based on the CNCF sandbox project Kuma. It also builds a SaaS product part of Kong’s Konnect. Kong Mesh is a Service Mesh made with these principles in mind:

• Simplicity
• Multi-region
• Multi environment
• Solving real-world problems first
  

Kuma and Kong Mesh are growing very quickly and are used by many Fortune 500 companies as well as early-stage startups.

As a frontend engineer in the Service Mesh team, you will be working with Vue.js in Typescript on Kuma’s and Kong Mesh’s GUIs as a core contributor. This means you will help design, build, and ship new features in both projects.

You will work with the rest of the core team on designing APIs for new features and be a source of input for future evolutions of the GUI. You will also work closely with designers on the next evolution of the GUI and work with a high level of autonomy.

Open source is important, but so is business. Kong is a Gartner Magic Quadrant leader (4 years in a row), and recently passed $100M ARR. If you join the team, you’ll be part of the rocket ship that is defining an industry.

Why should you want to work at Kong?

Market Opportunity

We are on a quest to build a $10b+ software company over the next few years and need YOUR help!

Why APIs Matter ? APIs have been enabling innovation for decades!

Strong VC team, Series D , strong year-over-year revenue growth!

Technical Leadership - We are recognized as the leader in innovation in the connectivity space.

Marco, our CTO/co-founder - “We are the Cisco of L4 and L7” - CUBE Conversation, March 2021

We are the leading innovator in the connectivity space!

Amazing Team & Culture - Come be a "Konger" and find out what we mean.

Great Place to Work Certified in 2020 & 2021 Best Workplaces in 2022

Customer Fireside Chat with Rabobank | API Summit 2023

Building Great Products - Learn why the world's largest companies love our tech!

Kong Named a Leader in the 2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant

Over 250m+ downloads of our open-source API gateway! Over 60k+ stars on GitHub between Kong API and Kong Insomnia !

What You'll Do

• Work on the open source Service Mesh Kuma GUI and Kong Mesh GUI.
• Collaborate with designers and engineers for the evolution of the UX of our GUIs.
• Show passion and determination to always be up to date with the latest industry trends
• Introduce new features and functionality to Konnect, Kong Mesh and Kuma GUIs
• You will be embedded in the core team this will require a high level of ownership and autonomy as your peers’ primary skills won’t be UI development.
• Understand deeply the product as a user to be able to suggest GUI improvements or better troubleshooting tools.
• Be active in the Kuma community.