Kong Software Engineer, Kong Identity Toronto, Canada CA 145K-215K
Design and build identity platform components, including authentication and authorization services, OAuth 2.0/OpenID Connect infrastructure, and APIs for automating identity workflows.
Kong | Senior Software Engineer, Kong Identity | Toronto, Canada | CA$145K–215K I'm a Staff Engineer on Kong's Identity team. We're hiring a Senior Software Engineer to help build the identity platform behind Konnect. The team owns authentication and authorization services, OAuth 2.0 / OpenID Connect infrastructure, token issuance and validation, client credential management, claims generation, and the APIs that let customers automate identity workflows. Some of the problems we work on: - Building low-latency token generation, validation, and introspection services - Designing multi-tenant identity systems with strong tenant isolation - Implementing OAuth 2.0 and OIDC flows across Kong products - Developing dynamic claims engines and authorization capabilities - Operating globally distributed authentication services with caching, replication, and edge optimization - Building developer-facing APIs and SDKs - Improving observability, security, and reliability of critical auth infrastruct
Posted June 5, 2026