Staff Software Engineer, (Insomnia)

Kong
Full-time
San Francisco, CA
$163685-$245,480
Posted on 5 months ago

Job Description

Kong is building the future of API management for developers. As a Staff Software Engineer on the Insomnia team, you'll be working with a globally distributed team responsible for building the desktop Insomnia application, the accompanying insomnia CLI, and other adjacent products.

Responsibilities

  • Work with a global team of engineers, designers, and leaders to create meaningful product experiences
  • Engage with the Insomnia open source community
  • Help maintain strong and healthy engineering standards by engaging in discussions, reviewing decisions and pull requests, and more
  • Any additional minor responsibilities necessary to build a great product in a small team

Requirements

  • Strong coding skills, with an emphasis on the ability to build understandable and maintainable software while collaborating with others
  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, evident in the quality of technical specifications, discourse, and quality of feedback
  • Empathy for your teammates and end users, reflected in how usable your product is, how you write your code, and how you work with others
  • Enthusiasm to learn and expand your knowledge
  • Bonus: An understanding of building software outside the web sandbox

Benefits

  • No benefits