Senior Fullstack Software Engineer, Insomnia (Shanghai)
Shanghai
OCTO – OCTO /
Full-time /
On-site
Are you ready to power the World's connections?
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 Insomnia at Kong:
Kong creates software and managed services that connect APIs and microservices natively across and within clouds, Kubernetes, data centers and more using intelligent automation.
Insomnia, acquired in 2019, is a full-lifecycle API development platform that has quickly become an integral part of Kong’s product portfolio.
Built for developers, by developers, Insomnia enables collaborative API design, debugging and testing with the most popular API protocols (REST, GraphQL, gRPC, SOAP and Websockets). As an open source platform with ~25K stars on GitHub, Insomnia has received rave reviews in the community thanks to its intuitive UI, snappy performance and diverse plugin ecosystem.
The Insomnia team is on a mission to make API innovation frictionless. We know that APIs never rest, but that shouldn’t keep you up at night. With an emerging enterprise business and more than 160,000 developers leveraging Insomnia at the world’s most innovative companies, we’d love for you to join us on this journey to build the API workflows that developers have always dreamed of.
Follow Insomnia updates at @GetInsomnia on Twitter. Check out the repo here: https://github.com/Kong/insomnia. Read more about Kong: http://konghq.com
About the role:
Insomnia is a popular API development platform that includes an API client, API designer, API testing and more, that millions of developers around the world use to build digital products across both Top Global 2000 organizations, and individual developers at smaller organizations.
Insomnia is a growing product and it is an important part of Kong’s strategy. Check out the repo here: https://github.com/Kong/insomnia. Read more about Kong https://konghq.com
As a Senior Full Stack Engineer, you will be responsible for developing new features and tools for Insomnia, a powerful open-source API client used by millions of developers worldwide. You will also build and maintain APIs in Golang that support complex application features. Additionally, you will serve as the primary point of contact for backend system changes and oversee system deployments in GCP.
What you’ll be doing
- Developing high-quality code within a React.js presentation layer.
- Designing and implementing APIs to support innovative Insomnia features.
- Developing Golang APIs to enable Insomnia’s cloud functionalities.
- Rapid development of APIs to extend the features of Insomnia Cloud.
- Creating automated tests to validate code behavior and prevent regressions.
- Collaborating as a key member of a small, globally distributed agile software development team to deliver features end-to-end.
- Performing any other duties as assigned by management.
What you’ll bring
- 6+ years of professional experience in TypeScript and Golang development.
- Demonstrated experience building Electron applications.
- Proven ability to collaborate within an agile and distributed team.
- Practical application of relational databases and SQL.
- Expertise in RESTful and GraphQL APIs.
- Strong track record of producing well-structured and thoroughly tested code.
- Highly proficient in Git and GitHub workflows.
- Superior verbal and written communication skills.
- Experience contributing to product documentation with technical writing teams.
Bonus Points:
- Possesses experience in security engineering.
- Demonstrates expertise in C/C++
About Kong:
Kong is THE cloud native API platform with the fastest, most adopted API gateway in the world (over 300m downloads!). Loved by developers and trusted with enterprises’ most critical traffic volumes, Kong helps startups and Fortune 500 companies build with confidence – allowing them to bring solutions to market faster with API and service connectivity that scales easily and securely.
83% of web traffic today is API calls! APIs are the connective tissue of the cloud and the underlying technology that allows software to talk and interact with one another. Therefore, we believe that APIs act as the nervous system of the cloud. Our audacious mission is to build the nervous system that will safely and reliably connect all of humankind!
We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.
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