$250,000 – $270,000
Listed on Kong Company’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.
What this role is
This role leads the architectural design and implementation of Kong's agent marketplace infrastructure, building the transaction systems and coordination layer that enables machine-to-machine commerce. It suits an experienced distributed systems architect who has shipped autonomous agent applications and wants to establish Kong's platform leadership in the agentic era.
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What they ask for
Required
- 7+ years building enterprise production software
- Design and build complex distributed systems from scratch
- Master-level expertise in modern backend languages like Golang
- Deep architectural knowledge of API infrastructure and Kubernetes
- Hands-on experience developing autonomous agent applications and tool-calling systems
- Experience with multi-tenant architectures and usage-based billing
- Strong written technical communication skills
- Ability to work in remote, globally distributed teams
Nice to have
- West Coast/Bay Area timezone alignment