Senior Software Engineer, Developer Portal

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Speed up time to market by unleashing developer productivity, automating security, and streamlining API management.

Kong

Employee count: 201-500

Canada only

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About the role:

On the DevX team at Kong, you will design, develop, and maintain microservices and APIs that power the Konnect Dev Portal. The Konnect Dev Portal is the primary way our customers’ users discover, experiment, and integrate with their APIs hosted on the Konnect platform. Working closely with Engineering and Product teams, you will develop API-focused software components that will materially impact the business of both Kong and Kong’s customers.

What you'll do:

Implement and maintain microservices and APIs that power the Konnect Dev Portal. Examples include Developer Portal configuration, API catalogs, Markdown and OAS documentation solutions, API authentication configuration, metering, and subscription 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 the behavior of code and avoid regressions.
And any additional tasks required by your manager.

What you'll bring:

5+ years working in a team to develop, deliver, and maintain complex software solutions.
Experience with Typescript, Javascript, and modern NodeJS frameworks like NestJS.
Experience with relational databases like PostgreSQL.
Experience developing and supporting SaaS platforms.
Understanding of and development with git and GitHub workflows.
Experience in test-driven development and automated testing.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Bonus points:

Experience with Golnag, Kubernetes, Docker, Kafka, CDC, and Flink.
Fullstack capable
A passion for APIs, OAS, and Documentation.

About Kong:

Kong Inc., a leading developer of cloud API technologies, is on a mission to enable companies around the world to become “API-first” and securely accelerate AI adoption. Kong helps organizations globally — from startups to Fortune 500 enterprises — unleash developer productivity, build securely, and accelerate time to market. For more information about Kong, please visit www.konghq.com or follow us on X @thekonginc.

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About the job

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Jan 13, 2026

Posted on

Nov 14, 2025

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Senior

Location requirements

Canada

Hiring timezones

Canada +/- 0 hours

About Kong

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Speed up time to market by unleashing developer productivity, automating security, and streamlining API management.

Kong powers the API world

Kong provides the foundation that enables any company to become an API-first company — speeding up time to market, creating new business opportunities, and delivering superior products and services.

Built on the world’s most adopted API gateway, Kong’s unified cloud API platform delivers fast, reliable, secure digital experiences. With Kong, organizations can increase developer productivity, security, and performance at scale with a single easy-to-use platform for API management, service mesh, and ingress controller.

We put customers at the heart of everything we do. That’s why everyone from e-commerce startups to the world’s leading biotech companies trust Kong to run mission-critical applications.

We embody open source and everything it stands for. We foster a culture of individualism — encouraging our people to bring new ideas and innovations, regardless of level and function.

How we do it

We’re passionate about solving the challenges that will fundamentally shape the future of tech. If you believe in taking ownership of your work, making an impact, and having fun along the way, come join us!

Global: Be Inclusive. We work together from anywhere to achieve our common goals. Our differences make us stronger.

Real: Be Authentic. We are genuine, pricipled and confident without arrogance. Show respect and kindness, especially in tough moments.

Unstoppable: Be Relentlessly Resourceful. We work with purpose, obsession and grit. It takes muscle to do hard things and doing hard things builds muscle.

Champions: Be Customer Obsessed. We care. Customers are everything, we put them at the center of everything you do. We are all empowered to make an impact.

Explorers: Be Curious. We value ideas over hierarchy. Never accept the status quo. We make bold bets, fail, and learn everyday. There is always a way.

Own It: Be an owner. We are drivers not passengers and own the quality and outcomes of our work.