Kong - Platform Modernization

Job Summary** We are seeking a highly experienced senior platform engineer for hands-on Kong platform implementation and Terraform-based automation, working with various cross-functional teams to deliver a secure, scalable enterprise API platform. Job Responsibilities**

• Design and implement the Kong Enterprise API gateway platform, including environments, topology, and reusable configuration patterns.
• Build and maintain Terraform for Kong and AWS resourcesmodules, templates, networking, secrets, and automated provisioning across environments.
• Configure and validate Kong Enterprise (services, routes, plugins, upstreams, certificates) with AWS logging, monitoring, and identity integration.
• Work with platform, security, and application teams on API onboarding requirements and AWS-ready gateway designs.
• Execute migration and modernization workstreams from legacy API gateways onto Kong Enterprise.
• Deliver CI/CD and self-service templates for gateway and Infrastructure-as-Code changes with auditable, repeatable deployments.
• Conduct code and design reviews; mentor junior engineers on Terraform, Kong, and AWS platform practices.
• Deliver secure, stable, maintainable platform and Infrastructure-as-Code changes through strong engineering practices, testing, and review before production.
• Use AI-assisted development tools to speed Terraform, Kong config, docs, and tests, with human review and team security standards.
• Troubleshoot pre-prod and production Kong-on-AWS issues; support availability, capacity, and performance.
• Document architectures, Terraform modules, Kong standards, and runbooks.
• Stay current on Kong Enterprise, Terraform, and AWS platform capabilities relevant to API platform modernization.

Job Qualifications**

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, with a meaningful portion in platform engineering or infrastructure/software platform roles.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Hands-on experience implementing and operating Kong Enterprise (or equivalent enterprise API gateway) in production.
• Strong Terraform experience building reusable modules and environment templates for AWS infrastructure and platform workloads.
• Solid AWS skills for running gateway/platform services: VPC networking, load balancing, IAM, secrets management, and integration with logging and monitoring.
• Experience with CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code workflows for platform teams (automated plan/apply, promotion across environments, controlled change).
• Proficiency in at least one modern programming or scripting language used for platform automation (e.g. Python, Go, Java or .Net).
• Working knowledge of API management and API security: routing, policies/plugins, TLS, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), and integration with enterprise identity providers.
• Working knowledge of OpenAPI and standards-based API design for gateway onboarding and policy alignment.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver secure, stable, production-grade code and IaC with testing, peer review, and operational documentation.

Additional Preference:

• AI or AWS Certification.
• Confluent Kafka / Kafka experience.