Kong Jobs in the City of London

4 of 4 Kong Jobs in the City of London

Java Technical Lead

City of London, London, United Kingdom
Ascendion
architectural practices. • Lead development of RESTful APIs and microservices along with mobile platforms, ensuring consistency and alignment with business and UX goals. • Drive integration with API Gateway technologies (e.g., Kong, Apigee, AWS API Gateway) to enforce access control, rate limiting, and API lifecycle management. • Implement robust authentication and authorization workflows using IDAM platforms such as Ping Identity, Okta, or Auth0 … Spring Boot, and the Spring ecosystem (Spring MVC, Data, Security). • Proven experience architecting and deploying microservices-based systems in complex enterprise environments. • Hands-on experience with API Gateways (Kong, Apigee, or AWS API Gateway) and secure API development. • Working knowledge of IDAM platforms like Ping Identity, Auth0, or Okta. • Work closely with mobile app teams to ensure backend services More ❯
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Platform Engineer

City of London, London, United Kingdom
Ascendion
Looking to elevate your career? We are hiring a Sr. Platform Engineer for one for our partners. If you have worked on Kong API Gateway, Kubernetes or any other service mesh this could be your perfect opportunity. I'd like to encourage you to apply for candidates with relevant experience. If you have any other questions, don't hesitate to … get in touch with raj.tiwari@ascendion.com About the Role: Key Responsibilities: Implement and manage Kong Mesh to support service-to-service communication within a Kubernetes and/or hybrid environment. Configure and maintain features such as mTLS, traffic routing, circuit breakers, rate limiting, and observability. Collaborate with developers and SREs to onboard applications onto the service mesh. Automate service mesh … organizational use. Requirements: Must-Have: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field. Experience in DevOps, SRE, or platform/infrastructure roles. Hands-on experience with Kong Mesh (or other service mesh solutions like Istio, Linkerd, Kuma). Solid understanding of Kubernetes, Envoy proxy, and container orchestration concepts. Experience with microservices architecture and network security (mTLS, RBAC More ❯
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Senior Java Tech Lead

City of London, Greater London, UK
developrec
Senior Java Tech Lead with Kong API experience Hybrid (1 day a week in London office) Up to £120k per annum A leading technology consultancy is seeking a highly experienced and motivated Senior Java Tech Lead to join its technology consulting practice, supporting a prestigious banking client. The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in application development and team … monitoring and improvement initiatives. Communicate effectively with stakeholders and team members, ensuring alignment and timely delivery. Required Qualifications Significant experience as a Senior/Lead Java Developer Familiarity with Kong API Gateway. Prior experience in the financial services domain. Exposure to Open Banking frameworks and standards. Experience with identity and access management tools, particularly Ping Identity IAM. Hands-on experience More ❯
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Infrastructure Specialist

City of London, London, United Kingdom
Ascendion
About the Role: • We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Kong Mesh Tech Lead to architect, implement, and manage service mesh solutions across our distributed systems. In this role, you will lead the design and operation of Kong Mesh (based on Kuma) for managing microservices communication, security, and observability at scale. You’ll play a crucial role in defining … service-to-service architecture and ensuring platform reliability, scalability, and security. Key Responsibilities: • Lead the design and deployment of Kong Mesh across our environments (on-prem and cloud). • Define and enforce best practices for service mesh architecture, traffic routing, zero-trust security, observability, and policy enforcement. • Collaborate with infrastructure, security, and development teams to integrate Kong Mesh with CI …/CD, monitoring, and logging solutions. • Develop custom policies, plugins, and automation scripts to enhance Kong Mesh capabilities. • Monitor mesh performance, troubleshoot service communication issues, and optimize mesh configurations. • Provide technical leadership and mentorship to platform and application teams. • Stay up to date with the Kong ecosystem and propose enhancements aligned with evolving business and technical needs. Requirements: Must-Have More ❯
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