What are the responsibilities and job description for the Kong Architect/Developer position at Teamware Solutions?
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Job Description:
We are looking for an experienced Kong Architect / Senior Developer to design, implement, and maintain our API gateway infrastructure. You will be the subject matter expert for Kong Gateway, driving best practices across API management, security, and platform reliability.
- Key ResponsibilitiesArchitect
and implement Kong Gateway ( OSS and/or Enterprise) deployments across multiple environments (on-prem, cloud, hybrid) - Design and enforce API
gateway policies including authentication, rate limiting, traffic control, and observability - Build and maintain custom
Kong plugins using Lua and/or Go - Collaborate with application
teams to onboard services and define API contracts - Define and govern API
lifecycle management standards across the organization - Integrate Kong with upstream/
downstream systems: identity providers (OAuth2/OIDC/SAML), service meshes (Kuma, Istio), CI/CD pipelines, and monitoring stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog) - Champion infrastructure-as-
code practices using Terraform, Helm, or decK for Kong configuration management - Required Skills & Experience5
years of experience in API gateway or platform engineering roles - Deep hands-on expertise with
Kong Gateway (OSS or Enterprise) - Strong understanding of
RESTful API design, GraphQL, and gRPC - Proficiency in Lua (for Kong
plugin development) and at least one of: Go, Python, or Node.js - Experience with Kubernetes,
Docker, and cloud platforms ( AWS, Google Cloud Platform, or Azure) - Solid knowledge of security
protocols: OAuth2, OIDC, JWT, mTLS, API key management - Familiarity with decK (Kong''s
declarative configuration tool) and GitOps workflows