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About the role:
Kong is looking for highly talented JavaScript/Typescript and Vue engineers to help create scalable, robust, responsive and accessible user interfaces and components packages for our applications.
As a Frontend Engineer, you will be instrumental in enhancing our Konnect product/platform. Your role involves close collaboration with fellow frontend engineers, backend engineers and the product team to deliver scalable features, ultimately enhancing the application's user experience.
What you'll be doing:
Working on major Konnect features like Catalog and Context Mesh.
Building highly visible Konnect features using latest frontend frameworks like Vue and TypeScript
Collaborate with design and build reusable, scalable, responsive UI components
Work with engineers, product managers and designers to build UI functionalities.
Write tests (unit, component, regression, smoke) using Playwright, Vitest and other modern testing frameworks with great code coverage.
Peer reviewing team members' work.
Mentor other team members.
What you'll bring:
5+ years working in a team to develop, deliver, and maintain complex software solutions.
Expertise in Vue.js, Typescript, and Javascript.
Experience developing and supporting a large scale SaaS platform.
Expertise in Rest API design
Expertise in System Design (componentization, reusability)
Understanding of and development with git, CI/CD patterns with Github Actions and other platforms.
Expertise in test-driven development and automated testing.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Bonus Points:
Familiarity with Docker, K8s
Familiarity with fullstack development
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About Kong:
Kong Inc., a leading developer of API and AI connectivity technologies, is building the infrastructure that powers the agentic era. Trusted by the Fortune 500 and startups alike, Kong's unified API and AI platform, Kong Konnect, enables organizations to secure, manage, accelerate, govern, and monetize the flow of intelligence across APIs and AI models. For more information, visit www.konghq.com.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive for many roles, particularly in senior and technical positions, with bonuses and overtime enhancing earnings for some. Compensation is generally described as strong across a range of functions.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Policies such as flexible time off, company Unplug Days, U‑First Fridays, and a paid sabbatical create multiple avenues for rest and personal development. These offerings support work‑life balance for a distributed workforce.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Stock options and an employee stock purchase plan enable broad participation in company equity. Equity is positioned as a meaningful component of total rewards alongside cash compensation.
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Kong Inc., a leading developer of cloud API technologies, is on a mission to enable companies around the world to become “API-first” and securely accelerate AI adoption. Kong helps organizations globally — from startups to Fortune 500 enterprises — unleash developer productivity, build securely and accelerate time to market.
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