Senior Vue.js Engineer - Toronto

Kong Core UI Engineering team is looking for a highly talented Vue.js engineer to help create scalable, performant business logic components for the Kong cloud platform. You will be responsible for working with our amazing frontend team to take our Vue 3 code base to the next level. You will collaborate closely with other frontend engineers and the design team to deliver scalable components for the application and improve user experience. The UI code you will write is the foundation of every Kong Web application.

We're looking for a hardworking and passionate person to join this amazing team, if you feel this is you, we'd love to hear from you.

Great understanding of Vue 3 and other related technologies in the ecosystem (Pinia, Vue router, TypeScript, etc). Design and build scalable solutions for our Web UI Components in Vue 3. Design and implement Kong SaaS Web application and web developer tools.

Set direction and partner with Kong web engineers to implement technologies like module federation and reusable web components into all Kong web applications. Work with engineers to enable us to move to Micro-frontend architecture. Experience with Vitest, Cypress, pnpm. 

Experience on GraphQL is a plus.   

3+ years of professional experience of VueJS and TypeScript. Very good professional knowledge of Vue 3, Pinia4+ years of experience building SaaS Web applications and web developer tools. Deep understanding of UI/UX principles and user and developer experience. Great understanding of micro-frontend architecture.

Market Opportunity - We are on a quest to build a $10b+ software company over the next few years and need YOUR help!

Why APIs Matter? APIs have been enabling innovation for decades!

Strong VC team, Series D, strong year over year revenue growth!

Technical Leadership - We are recognized as the leader in innovation in the connectivity space.

Marco, our CTO/co-founder - “We are the Cisco of L4 and L7” - CUBE Conversation, March 2021

We are the leading innovator in the connectivity space!

Amazing Team & Culture - Come be a "Konger" and find out what we mean.

Great Place to Work Certified in 2020 & 2021

Kong employees exemplify our culture at our 2022 Sales Kickoff

Building Great Products - Learn why the world's largest companies love our tech!

Over 250m+ downloads of our open source API gateway!  Over 40k+ stars on Github between Kong API and Kong Insomnia!

Compensation varies depending on a wide array of factors, including but not limited to specific candidate location, role, skill set and level of experience. Certain roles are eligible for additional rewards including sales incentives depending on the terms of the applicable plan and role. Benefits may vary depending on location. The typical base pay range for this role in Canada is $135,000-$190,000 CAD.

We are a group of makers, thinkers, and doers focused on helping today’s developers build tomorrow’s technology. Our teams work on the bleeding edge of API innovation to provide our users with a central nervous system for data and services. 

We put design at the heart of everything we do, and we’re relentlessly focused on creating beautiful experiences for our customers. That’s why technology companies, major banks, e-commerce innovators, and government agencies put Kong in front of their most important web applications. 

We believe in the power of Open Source and everything it stands for. That’s why developers around the world enthusiastically contribute on top of our open-source platform. 

Be Inclusive. We work together from anywhere to achieve our common goals. Our differences make us stronger. 

Be Authentic. We are genuine, principled and confident without arrogance. Show respect and kindness, especially in tough moments. 

Be Relentlessly Resourceful. We work with purpose, obsession and grit. It takes muscle to do hard things and doing hard things build muscle. 

Be Customer Obsessed. We care. Customers are everything, we put them at the center of everything you do. We are all empowered to make an impact. 

Be Curious. We value ideas over hierarchy. Never accept the status quo. We make bold bets, fail, and learn everyday. There is always a way. 

Be an Owner. We are drivers not passengers and own the quality and outcomes of our work.

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!