Latest Lua, Rust, Scheme jobs at Kong

Overview

Kong is a cloud-native platform that powers API-led connectivity for developer productivity, automating security, and microservices.

Key Information

Central Office: San Francisco, CA, USA
Founded: 2017

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Software Engineer, Gateway

Mid-level+

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Shanghai, China

Design and optimize high-performance, asynchronous Rust-based proxying and load-balancing features for a globally distributed, open-source API gateway.

Rust

Verified Feb 28, 2026 View listing

Past Jobs

EXPIRED

Staff Software Engineer, Runtime Interpreter

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Remote, France, Remote, Germany, Remote, Ireland, Remote, Italy, Remote, Netherlands, Remote, Poland, Remote, Spain, Remote, Sweden, Remote, UK

Staff-level role building a Rust-based interpreter for a Scheme DSL powering Kong’s API Gateway. Requires 5+ years' experience, deep Rust and Scheme skills, Linux debugging expertise.

RustScheme

First seen Apr 12, 2025 Last seen Aug 19, 2025

EXPIRED

Software Engineer, Gateway

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Shanghai, China

Systems role working on core API gateway features in Rust. Focus on proxying, load balancing, Linux systems, and async networking. 3+ years' Rust and distributed systems experience required.

LuaRust

First seen Jul 10, 2025 Last seen Aug 19, 2025

EXPIRED

Senior Software Engineer, Gateway

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Shanghai, China

Rust

First seen Apr 12, 2025 Last seen May 3, 2025

EXPIRED

Senior Software Engineer, AI Gateway

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Shanghai, China

Lua

First seen Apr 12, 2025 Last seen Apr 22, 2025