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Kong

Senior Software Engineer, Kong Identity

CompanyKong
Roles
  • Senior Software Engineer, Kong Identity
  • Building developer-facing APIs and SDKs
Role taxonomySoftware EngineeringSenior
SpecialtiesSoftware Engineering
LocationToronto, Canada
SalaryC$145k–215k/yr (“CA$145K–215K”)
Apply viaApplication linkhttps://jobs.ashbyhq.com/kong/51d67676-a475-4f1e-a598-85f7ca1dd4d3
Hiring notes
TechGoKubernetes
Parsed locationsToronto, Canada
RegionsCanada
Posted bylucastetreault
PostedJun 2, 2026
SourceView on Hacker News ↗

Original posting

Kong | Senior Software Engineer, Kong Identity | Toronto, Canada | CA$145K–215K I'm a Staff Engineer on Kong's Identity team. We're hiring a Senior Software Engineer to help build the identity platform behind Konnect. The team owns authentication and authorization services, OAuth 2.0 / OpenID Connect infrastructure, token issuance and validation, client credential management, claims generation, and the APIs that let customers automate identity workflows. Some of the problems we work on: - Building low-latency token generation, validation, and introspection services - Designing multi-tenant identity systems with strong tenant isolation - Implementing OAuth 2.0 and OIDC flows across Kong products - Developing dynamic claims engines and authorization capabilities - Operating globally distributed authentication services with caching, replication, and edge optimization - Building developer-facing APIs and SDKs - Improving observability, security, and reliability of critical auth infrastructure Our stack is primarily Go, Kubernetes, and cloud-native infrastructure. We're looking for engineers with experience building backend and distributed systems. Experience with identity systems, OAuth, OIDC, JWTs, or authentication platforms is helpful but not required. Job posting: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/kong/51d67676-a475-4f1e-a598-85f7ca...