Software Engineer, Kong

Job Description

About FIS

Are you curious, motivated, and forward-thinking? At FIS you’ll have the opportunity to work on some of the most challenging and relevant issues in financial services and technology. Our talented people empower us, and we believe in being part of a team that is open, collaborative, entrepreneurial, passionate and above all fun.

About the Team

This role is part of the FIS API Gateway platform engineering team. The API Gateway serves as the entry point to the serverless revolution, enabling customers to transform business logic and application code into scalable, fault-tolerant production systems without requiring every developer to master deployment technologies and infrastructure management.

The API Gateway simplifies complex tasks such as traffic management, authentication and authorization, monitoring, and API versioning into easily configurable steps. Our team manages infrastructure that supports thousands of APIs and processes millions of API transactions daily.

What you will be doing

• Oversee and maintain API Gateway infrastructure both on-premises and in the cloud.

• Handle installation, configuration, upgrades, and troubleshooting for the API Gateway platform.

• Automate and enhance API pipeline scripts to support extensive API publishing on the platform.

• Create and monitor alerts using Splunk and Thousand Eyes tools.

• Engage in performance tuning activities and seek opportunities to enhance platform performance.

• Collaborate with product managers and users to define system requirements and necessary modifications.

What you bring

• Over 2 years of experience with Kong Konnect API Management, Cloud technologies, virtualization platforms, and containers such as Docker, AKS, EKS, etc.

• Experienced with the KONG or any Service Mess Platform.

• Relevant experience in a Cloud Admin or similar role, including working with Microsoft Azure services like Azure Logic Apps, Azure Functions, Web Apps, AKS, Key Vaults, etc.

• Strong understanding of continuous integration/delivery practices and other DevOps concepts.

• Familiar with the Agile software development model.

• Skilled in developing and understanding sequence diagrams, class models, etc.

Bonus if you have

• Programming language: Python, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery.

• Scripting: Bash, Groovy.

• Deployment Cycle: Jenkins, Git.

• Framework: Spring.

• API Gateway: Experience with Wso2 and KONG API Management platform.

• Cloud Technology: AWS Public Cloud, Azure Public Cloud, Harness, Terraform, Harness.io.

What we offer you

• A multifaceted job with a high degree of responsibility and a broad spectrum of opportunities.

• A modern, international work environment and a dedicated and motivated team.

• A broad range of professional education and personal development possibilities – FIS is your final career step!

• A work environment built on collaboration, flexibility and respect.

• Varied and challenging work to help you grow your technical skillset.

Privacy Statement

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EEOC Statement

FIS is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, genetic information, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics. The EEO is the Law poster is available here supplement document available here

For positions located in the US, the following conditions apply. If you are made a conditional offer of employment, you will be required to undergo a drug test. ADA Disclaimer: In developing this job description care was taken to include all competencies needed to successfully perform in this position. However, for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) purposes, the essential functions of the job may or may not have been described for purposes of ADA reasonable accommodation. All reasonable accommodation requests will be reviewed and evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

Sourcing Model

Recruitment at FIS works primarily on a direct sourcing model; a relatively small portion of our hiring is through recruitment agencies. FIS does not accept resumes from recruitment agencies which are not on the preferred supplier list and is not responsible for any related fees for resumes submitted to job postings, our employees, or any other part of our company.

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