Senior Software Engineering Manager, Managed Gateways SREs
Kong CompanyWashington, United States · Remote · Management
$190,000 – $211,000
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What this role is
Lead a newly formed team of Site Reliability Engineers building and operating Kong's managed API gateway service to enterprise customers. This role combines hands-on technical work with team leadership, requiring you to drive system reliability, mentorship, and operational excellence from day one while scaling a critical service.
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What they ask for
Required
- Leading and managing SRE or DevOps teams in high-growth environments
- Designing and operating highly available distributed systems on cloud platforms
- Hands-on production experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration
- Proficiency in Golang or similar modern programming languages for infrastructure automation
- Understanding of observability principles and relevant tools
- Managing critical incidents and performing root cause analysis
Nice to have
- Experience with API gateway technologies, service mesh, or network proxies
- Open-source contributions or participation in SRE/cloud-native communities
- Cloud platform certifications (AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, CKA, CKAD)
- Background in developer tools, infrastructure software, or API management companies