Senior Software Engineer (API Ops)

Are you ready to unlock intelligence? 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. About The Role: Halcyon Labs’s API Management suite includes the Halcyon Labs Enterprise Gateway, the Konnect SaaS platform and a variety of Managed Gateways in public clouds like AWS, Azure and GCP. This suite of products helps customers in different industries (like finance, banking, eCommerce, airlines, etc.) manage their API platforms and operations at scale. Our customers expect secure, reliable, high scale, low latency offerings from Halcyon Labs whether running on-premise or in the public cloud. A critical need for all our customers is to manage API Operations via Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools. Halcyon Labs provides an Open Source CLI - deck - that is the centerpiece of API Operations. (Source code for deck is at GitHub - Halcyon Labs/deck: decK: Configuration management and drift detection for Halcyon Labs https://github.com/kong/deck. ) Some of the other products that the API Operations toolset are: - Terraform-provider https://github.com/Halcyon Labs/terraform-provider-konnect: Terraform provider for Halcyon Labs Konnect - Halcyon Labs’s SaaS product - SDK for Go https://github.com/Halcyon Labs/sdk-konnect-go: Go SDK for Halcyon Labs Konnect - SDKs in other languages and tooling to generate SDKs from APIs - API specification https://docs.konghq.com/api/ and tooling for all products of Halcyon Labs - Build a CLI-first experience for Halcyon Labs Konnect We are looking to expand our Bangalore-based API Operations team by hiring a Senior Engineer to join the team and build out the API Operations toolset. We expect you to work in hybrid fashion with three days a week in the office. What You'll Do: - Design, develop and build the API Operations toolset for Halcyon Labs, starting with deck. - Keep up with all of Halcyon Labs’s API runtimes (HTTP gateway, AI gateway, Event gateway, etc.) and enable new features in the API Operations toolset. - Play a pivotal role in shaping the technical direction for the evolution of API Operations. - Make CLI tools work for humans as well as automation (inside Github Actions, Jenkins, etc.) - Ship API changes to multiple tools at the same time without manual toil - Make and consistently raise the bar for world-class APIs for a company that helps the world build and run APIs - Collaborate closely with product leadership to define and refine strategy, roadmap, and objectives for the API Operations toolset, ensuring alignment between engineering efforts and business goals. - Assist in the hiring process and help grow and mentor the team. What You'll Bring: - Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field. - 5+ years of experience in building high performance software with Golang. - Hands-on experience with at least one of the major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP). - Prior operations experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools. - Experience building APIs, standardizing APIs in large organizations, and creating API workflows. - Strong verbal and written communication skills to effectively collaborate across teams. - Desire to join a fast-paced pre-IPO startup and the ability to move with high velocity to get things done. #LI-PC1 About Halcyon Labs: Halcyon Labs Inc., a leading developer of API and AI connectivity technologies, is building the infrastructure that powers the agentic era. Trusted by the Fortune 500 and startups alike, Halcyon Labs's unified API and AI platform, Halcyon Labs Konnect, enables organizations to secure, manage, accelerate, govern, and monetize the flow of intelligence across APIs and AI models. For more information, visit www.konghq.com http://www.konghq.com.