Remote Senior Software Development Engineer in Test - (Remote)

Description:

• Seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to join the development team.
• Role focuses on ensuring quality and reliability of software products, particularly in Go and RESTful API development.
• Opportunity to work on building a global control plane with secure, scalable, and reliable APIs.
• Responsibilities include contributing to pull requests, understanding new features, addressing inefficiencies, designing and implementing technical solutions, and writing automated tests.
• Support services in production through participation in an on-call rotation.
• Additional tasks as required by the manager.

Requirements:

• Minimum 5 years of experience in developing, delivering, and maintaining complex software solutions within a team.
• Expertise in Golang, with bonus points for Lua experience.
• Background in developing and supporting large-scale SaaS platforms.
• Proficiency in git and GitHub workflows.
• Familiarity with test-driven development environments and automated testing.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Benefits:

• Competitive base pay ranges based on global work locations.
• Additional rewards and sales incentives for certain roles.
• Benefits may vary by location, with US-based employees typically offered healthcare benefits, a 401(k) plan, disability benefits, and life insurance.
• Base pay range for this role in Euros is 80,080 - 94,640.
• Opportunity to work with a team focused on API innovation and creating beautiful experiences for customers.
• Emphasis on Open Source contributions and solving challenges shaping the future of technology.
• Core values include being customer champions, owners, unstoppable, real, accelerators, global, and explorers.
• Kong is a cloud native API platform with the fastest API gateway globally, helping startups and Fortune 500 companies build confidently with scalable and secure API connectivity.