PpAre 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. /ph3About The Role /h3pThe Software Developer in Test is an integral part of the scrum team, participating in all sprint activities and contributing to the overall quality of the finished feature by being involved from the earliest stages of design and development through verification, deployment, and production support. /ph3What You’ll Be Doing /h3ulliHelp in building an Engineering culture that enables quality in all software feature development teams across the company. /liliDevelop and execute plans for continuously increasing coverage and decreasing test execution time. /liliMake frequent contributions to our test automation harness as part of the continuous integration pipeline. /liliDesign test cases and execute all types of tests (e.g. functional, integration, end-to‑end, security, and performance, both manual and automated). /liliBuild tools to support automated testing of our products. /liliInteract and participate in meetings with key stakeholders, team members and internal users regarding timelines, and technical issues. /li /ulh3What You’ll Bring /h3ulliExperience and good knowledge of JavaScript/TypeScript /liliFunctional testing experience, including defining test strategy, test planning, test case design, execution, and reporting. /liliExpertise with automated testing tools and strategies. /liliUnderstanding of web application structure and potential "soft spots". /liliUnderstand the concepts of LLM and Generative AI and typical use cases. /liliRecent exposure to a startup environment building and contributing to a test framework, including automation, from the ground up. /liliYou will have a solid understanding of various Test Frameworks and Automation of frontend and backend systems. /liliExperience with Docker /liliExperience with Continuous Integration/Delivery concepts and tools including Jenkins and GitHub Actions. /liliAPI testing (RESTful, gRPC) /liliA passion for testing, development, and solving challenging technical problems. /li /ulh3Bonus Points /h3ulliExperience and knowledge in any one of Cypress, Playwright or WebdriverIO /liliExperience in use, setup or operating LLM and Generative AI applications. /liliKnowledge of IaC (Infrastructure as code) tools such Terraform, Pulumi. /liliExperience with containers (Docker) and container orchestration systems (ECS, Kubernetes, Docker Swarm/Data Center, EKS, GKE). /liliExperience measuring and testing quality for a high-availability PaaS or SaaS offering /liliExperience with working Cloud Platforms such as AWS, GCP, Azure /liliExperience in testing high-availability Enterprise scale and SaaS offerings. /liliKnowledge of Lua Programming Language. /li /ulh3About Kong /h3pKong Inc., a leading developer of cloud API technologies, is on a mission to enable companies around the world to become “API-first” and securely accelerate AI adoption. Kong helps organizations globally — from startups to Fortune 500 enterprises — unleash developer productivity, build securely, and accelerate time to market. For more information about Kong, please visit or follow us on X @thekonginc. /ph3Seniority level /h3pEntry level /ph3Employment type /h3pFull-time /ph3Job function /h3pEngineering and Information Technology /ph3Industries /h3pSoftware Development /p /p #J-18808-Ljbffr