Senior Staff Software Engineer - Agent Marketplace

What this role involves

Kong is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to architect and build an agent marketplace for machine-to-machine commerce. The role involves designing full-stack surfaces, agent-native UIs, and transaction infrastructure for discovery, identity, billing, and settlement. This is a founding member position in a zero-to-one squad within Kong's engineering team.

Skills this posting asks for

• golang
• kubernetes
• api infrastructure
• cloud-native patterns
• rest
• cli/sdk generation
• mcp
• multi-tenant architectures
• usage-based metering
• billing integration
• distributed systems
• full-stack development
• developer onboarding systems
• security
• agent applications
• tool-calling systems
• prompt loops

Requirements

• 7 years of experience
• Level: staff
• Remote policy: remote

From the employer’s posting

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