Site Reliability Engineer

Kong is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to join their team in Bangalore, India in a hybrid work arrangement. This role is crucial for developing and operating Kong's Managed Gateways offerings, including both Dedicated Cloud Gateways and Serverless Gateways. The position requires maintaining high reliability (99.99% uptime) for Kong's API Management suite, Konnect.

Kong's platform offers customers the ability to create managed API gateways in any cloud globally, with two main products: Dedicated Cloud Gateways providing private, isolated environments, and Serverless Gateways offering fully managed, elastic solutions. This role combines both development and operations, requiring expertise in cloud platforms, Kubernetes, and distributed systems.

The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of SaaS development experience, strong expertise in networking concepts, and proven experience with high-reliability systems. They'll work in a hybrid model (three days office, two days remote) and will be responsible for both technical leadership and mentoring other engineers.

Kong, with over 300 million downloads of their API gateway, is leading the cloud API technologies space, helping organizations from startups to Fortune 500 enterprises become API-first and accelerate their market presence. The company's mission is to build the nervous system that will safely and reliably connect all of humankind, making this an exciting opportunity for those passionate about scalable, reliable systems.