Jobs in Olympia, WA

About the role

As a Site Reliability Engineer , you’ll join the global Platform SRE team responsible for building, operating, and scaling Kong’s multi-region SaaS platform that powers the world’s API connectivity. You’ll design, automate, and run production systems serving thousands of customers across AWS, GCP, and Azure. You’ll work on everything from multi-region Kubernetes clusters to service mesh and gateway architectures , ensuring the reliability, scalability, and security of Kong’s SaaS offerings. This is a hands-on role ideal for engineers who thrive on running production SaaS systems at scale , automating operations, and continuously improving performance, resilience, and deployment pipelines.

What you'll bring

• BS in Computer Science; or equivalent practical experience.
• Proven experience managing SaaS or PaaS systems at enterprise scale (multi-region, multi-tenant, secure environments).
• Deep expertise in Kubernetes, including debugging cluster/networking issues and designing for fault tolerance and scalability.
• Strong proficiency with Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform or Terragrunt.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows (ArgoCD, Atlantis, Helm).
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages ( Go, Python, Bash ) for automation and tooling.
• Solid understanding of Linux/Unix systems, networking (DNS, TLS/SSL, HTTP), load balancers and distributed systems.
• Experiencing working with API gateway and service mesh technologies
• Familiarity with streaming systems like Kafka and observability platforms (Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana).
• Experience working in a 24/7/365 production support environment.
• Hands-on experience with Kong Gateway, Kong Mesh, or similar service connectivity technologies.
• Experience operating ClickHouse, Druid, or other time-series and analytics databases.