Job Description
Kong API Engineer
Location: London - 5 days per week onsite
Contract: 6 months
Rate: £425 per day
IR35: Inside IR35
We are looking for an experienced Kong API Engineer to join a major banking environment in London. This is a hands-on engineering role focused on API management, API security and cloud-native technologies.
Banking or financial services experience is essential.
Key Skills & Experience Required
- Strong programming experience in Golang and/or Lua
- Hands-on experience with API Management platforms, ideally Kong API Gateway
- Strong understanding of RESTful APIs and the OpenAPI Specification (OAS)
- Hands-on API security experience, including:
- OAuth 2.0
- OpenID Connect (OIDC)
- JWT validation
- Key Authentication
- Mutual TLS (mTLS)
- Strong cloud-native engineering experience
- Experience across CI/CD, Kubernetes and Terraform
Desirable Skills
- AWS experience, including ECS, EKS and MSK
- Deep hands-on experience with Kong API Gateway
- Strong Golang and/or Lua development skills
This is an excellent opportunity for a strong API Engineer to work on a major banking programme in a highly technical, hands-on environment.
Please note: This role requires 5 days per week onsite in London and candidates must have banking/financial services experience.
Rate: £425/day Inside IR35 | 6-month contract
Kong API Engineer (urgent start) in London employer: Uniting People
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