FreeHire

Kong

Senior Software Engineer - Fronend

Show

Are you ready to unlock intelligence?

If you don’t think you meet all of the criteria below but are still interested in the job, please apply. Nobody checks every box - we’re looking for candidates that are particularly strong in a few areas, and have some interest and capabilities in others.

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

#LI-MP1

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.