Kong hiring Staff Software Engineer, Runtime Interpreter (Scheme/Rust) • Remote (Work from Home) | Himalayas
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Staff Software Engineer, Runtime Interpreter (Scheme/Rust)

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

Kong

Employee count: 201-500

Salary: 93k-139k EUR

AF, AL + 146 more

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:

Kong is an Open-Core project. Its foundation is the Open-source API Gateway. On top of that there is an Enterprise Gateway, which extends and improves it. The Enterprise Gateway is the central piece of the Kong ecosystem, which includes other pieces of software and infrastructure that add even more value.
We are working on a series of exciting projects to further improve the core of the best API Platform for platform builders, and we are looking for a strong Software Engineer who is passionate about Scheme, Rust and implementing interpreters and compilers.
The job is fully remote for people in Europe. Kong can currently hire in Ireland, Italy, Spain, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, France or the United Kingdom.

What you'll be doing:

  • Architecture, design, and implement a Rust based interpreter for a Scheme-based Domain Specific Language.
  • Develop tooling to improve the developer experience (playgrounds, documentation, LLM code generation).
  • Bugs troubleshooting, performance tuning and low-level optimizations for the interpreter.
  • Work with a world-class engineering team distributed around the world.

What you'll bring:

  • 5+ years of programming, with demonstrable experience in Rust.
  • Experience working on designing Scheme-based dialects and implementing their interpreter, preferably in Rust.
  • Solid hands-on low-level technical expertise in Linux systems troubleshooting, and profiling.
  • Comfortable working with a remotely distributed team.
  • Strong sense of ownership and excellent verbal and written communication skills -- engineers at Kong write the documentation for their products.

About Kong

Kong has different base pay ranges for various work locations within the United States, allowing us to pay employees competitively and consistently across different geographic markets. Compensation varies based on numerous factors, including, but not limited to, the candidate's location, role, skill set, and experience level. Certain roles qualify for additional rewards, such as sales incentives, depending on the terms of the applicable plan and role. Benefits may differ depending on the location. US-based employees are typically offered access to healthcare benefits, a 401(k) plan, short- and long-term disability benefits, basic life and ADD insurance, among others. The typical base pay range for this role in Euros is 92,520 - 138,780.

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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Experience level

Senior

Salary

Salary: 93k-139k EUR

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Hiring timezones

EMEA +/- 0 hours

Job categories

Staff Software EngineerSenior Staff Software EngineerSenior Backend Rust EngineerStaff Fullstack Software EngineerStaff Backend Engineer

Skills

API GatewayScheme DesignRustInterpretersCompilerSoftware EngineeringToolingDeveloper ExperiencePerformance TuningLinux

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.

Employee benefits

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Unplug Days

Kong encourages taking well-deserved long weekends where the entire team unplugs to rest and recharge.

Equity Participation

Kongers are offered stock options to share in the success of the company, aligning employee and company growth.

Virtual Team Events

Kong hosts virtual events, donut chats, trivia, and fitness challenges to keep team members connected and engaged.

Office Stipend

Kong offers an office stipend to help employees build a home office environment tailored to support their productivity.

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Kong

Company size

201-500 employees

Founded in

2017

Chief executive officer

Augusto Marietti

Markets

Software DevelopmentService MeshAPI ManagementCloud ComputingCybersecurityDigital TransformationEnterprise SoftwareOpen Source

Employees live in

United StatesUnited KingdomCanadaFranceChinaSpainIndiaGermanyNetherlandsSweden
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