Senior Frontend Engineer, Kong
Vue.js/Nuxt.js
Microservice API gateway
Open for applications
Microservice API gateway
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To build the nervous system that will safely and reliably connect all of humankind!
Role
Who you are
- An eye for detail and user experience is the key
- We're looking for a hardworking and passionate person to join this amazing team, if you feel this is you, we'd love to hear from you
- Great understanding of Vue, Nuxt, TypeScript and design principles
- Attention to detail for pixel perfection and UX
- Professional experience building UI component systems
- 4+ years of professional experience of Vue/Nuxt and TypeScript
- 5+ years of experience building SaaS Web applications and web developer tools using HTML, CSS, JS
- Deep understanding of UI/UX principles and understanding of user and developer experience
- Working understanding of mono repos, micro-frontends
- Demonstrates good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions
- Can design and build features from limited specification and without day to day input
- Great understanding of CI/CD, Github Actions
- Able to learn new systems and languages with short ramp up period
- Can own projects and communicate effectively with stakeholders
Desirable
- Familiar/worked with Developer Portals, OpenAPI/Swagger Spec renderers
- Payment gateway integrations
- Familiar with API Gateways
What the job involves
- Kong is expanding the UI Engineering team and is looking for a highly talented Senior JavaScript (Vue/Nuxt) engineer to help create scalable, robust, responsive and accessible user interfaces and components packages for our applications
- You will be responsible for taking our Konnect and developer portal application to the next level
- You will collaborate closely with other frontend engineers and the product team to deliver scalable components and frontend solutions for the application and improve user experience
- The ui components and experience you will help write is the foundation of every Kong Web application
- Collaborate with design and build scalable, responsive UI components in CSS and Vue
- Work with engineers to improve the architecture of our frontend application and shared components
- Help us to build a world class developer portal experience
- Write tests (component, regression, smoke) using Cypress, Vitest with great code coverage
Our take
Kong provides a cutting-edge API and service lifecycle management platform tailored for modern architectures, such as microservices, containers, cloud, and serverless environments. With a focus on flexibility, scalability, speed, and performance, Kong allows developers and Global 5000 enterprises to securely connect and orchestrate microservice APIs for today's sophisticated applications.
The core products offered by Kong include Kong, an open-source API and Microservices management solution Galileo, a platform for API analytics and debugging; Gelato, a platform for creating developed portals for PIs and Microservices; and API Marketplace, a hub for discovering and publishing cloud APIs. Additionally, the recent introduction of a new collection of AI plug-ins in Kong Gateway 3.6 enhances the platform's capabilities further, reinforcing its commitment to innovation and advancement.
In pursuit of growth, the company is prioritizing expanding its marketing efforts, bolstering its customer service team, and accelerating product development. By focusing on these key areas, Kong aims to continue providing unparalleled solutions and support to its ever-expanding user base in the rapidly evolving landscape of modern application development.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
23% female employees
2% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Nov 2024
$175m
SERIES E
Feb 2021
$100m
SERIES D
Total funding: $344.1m
Company benefits
- Flexible time off: Take time to take care of yourself and the things that matter most
- Stock options: We want you to share in our success. That's why stock options are offered to most Kongers
- U-First Fridays: Get 4 hours a month for continuous learning with a book, podcast, or course of your choice
- Virtual events: Stay connected with Donut chats, trivia, fitness challenges, guided meditations, and more
- Dedicated unplug days: Silence those notifications. Enjoy some well-deserved long weekend where the entire team unplugs
- Home office stipend: Build a home office environment tailored to support your productivity
Company values
- Global: Be inclusive. We work together from anywhere to achieve our common goals. Our differences make us stronger
- Real: Be authentic. We are genuine, principled and confident without arrogance. Show respect and kindness, especially in tough moments
- Unstoppable: Be relentlessly resourceful. We work with purpose, obsession and grit. It takes muscle to do hard things and doing hard things build muscle
- Champions: Be customer obsessed. We care. Customers are everything, we put them at the center of everything you do. We are all empowered to make an impact
- Explorers: Be curious. We value ideas over hierarchy. Never accept the status quo. We make bold bets, fail, and learn everyday. There is always a way
- Own it: Be an owner. We are drivers not passengers and own the quality and outcomes of our work
Company HQ
The East Cut, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
Augusto Marietti
(CEO)Previously founded Mashape API Marketplace. Before Mashape, Augusto was an SF homeless immigrant from Italy.
Janet Phillips
(Vice President of People)Previously Director at SonicWALL for 5 years and Senior Director at Symantec for 7 years.
Marco Palladino
(CTO)Previously co-founded MemboxX, an online service for storing documents and small pieces of personal data.
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