Summary role description: 

Hiring for a Kong Gateway Architect, for a scale-up provider of Digital Engineering platform solutions.

Company description:

Our client is a new age Digital Engineering company, that leverages digital and emerging technologies like data, analytics, cloud, automation, and cybersecurity to build intelligent products & automation platforms that help their customers deliver unique experiences and actionable insights. They help their clients innovate faster, with lower risks and optimised to thrive in the digital economy. Their Microsoft practice – with Azure IaaS, PaaS, Power Platform and others – has been at the forefront of these efforts and they are further strengthening it by adding Application Architects.  

Role details:

• Title / Designation:  Kong Gateway Architect
• Location: Bangalore / Chennai / Hyderabad
• Work Mode: Remote

Role & responsibilities:

• Design and implement scalable Kong Gateway solutions for API traffic across microservices.
• Define API management standards covering design, auth, rate limits, logging, and analytics.
• Collaborate with Dev, SecOps, and Product teams to align backend integration.
• Develop and manage Kong plugins (Lua, Go, Python) to extend gateway functionality.
• Architect hybrid/on-prem/cloud deployments with high availability and failover.
• Secure APIs using OAuth2, JWT, mTLS, and related protocols.
• Enable versioning, caching, and traffic routing (blue/green, canary).
• Integrate Kong with CI/CD, monitoring (Prometheus, Grafana), and logging (ELK, Loki).
• Optimize performance, manage capacity, and resolve API infrastructure incidents.
• Lead architecture reviews, document solutions, and conduct knowledge-sharing sessions.

Candidate requirements:

• 7+ years in software engineering, DevOps, or architecture roles.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with Kong Gateway (open source or enterprise).
• Deep understanding of API gateway patterns, microservices, and service mesh concepts.
• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker, networking, and security protocols.
• Experience with Lua scripting and developing or customizing Kong plugins.
• Familiarity with authentication/authorization standards (OAuth2, OpenID Connect, JWT, mTLS).
• Proficiency with infrastructure automation (Terraform, Ansible) and CI/CD pipelines.

Assessment process:

• 2 Technical Interviews
• HR Discussions