Software Engineer 2, Ai Gateway
pJoin the AI Gateway engineering team to help build and evolve Kong's API management stack for AI and LLM workloads. You will shape core features like multi-LLM routing, semantic caching, and high-scale components, partnering with a distributed team to deliver reliable, low-latency capabilities. You’ll work on proxying, load balancing, and platform integrations, driving performance and robustness.
This role offers the chance to influence how enterprises govern AI-driven API traffic at scale. A strong candidate brings hands-on systems expertise and a proactive, ownership-driven approach. /p ul liEquity /li liBonus /li liHealth, dental, and vision insurance /li liPaid holidays and PTO /li liBuild and maintain API management software for AI/LLM stacks /li liDevelop features such as proxying, load balancing, and database support for Kong AI Gateway /li liTroubleshoot bugs, tune performance,
and perform low-level optimizations /li liBridge Kong with third-party deployment platforms and tooling /li liHandle additional tasks as assigned by managementli /lili3+ years of server-side programming /li liHands-on experience with Golang or Rust /li liProven ability to build and debug highly scalable, distributed, reliable systems /li liStrong Linux systems troubleshooting and profiling skills /li liExperience with distributed systems and Linux networking on L7/L4 /li liComfortable working in a globally distributed team /li liStrong ownership and communication skills (documentation written by engineers) /li liFamiliarity with AI/LLM concepts /li liownership /li liclear written and verbal communication /li licollaboration in a distributed team /li liGolang /li liRust /li liLinux systems programming and profiling /li /ul pSoftware Engineer 2, AI Gateway perugia, umbria, it /p
This role offers the chance to influence how enterprises govern AI-driven API traffic at scale. A strong candidate brings hands-on systems expertise and a proactive, ownership-driven approach. /p ul liEquity /li liBonus /li liHealth, dental, and vision insurance /li liPaid holidays and PTO /li liBuild and maintain API management software for AI/LLM stacks /li liDevelop features such as proxying, load balancing, and database support for Kong AI Gateway /li liTroubleshoot bugs, tune performance,
and perform low-level optimizations /li liBridge Kong with third-party deployment platforms and tooling /li liHandle additional tasks as assigned by managementli /lili3+ years of server-side programming /li liHands-on experience with Golang or Rust /li liProven ability to build and debug highly scalable, distributed, reliable systems /li liStrong Linux systems troubleshooting and profiling skills /li liExperience with distributed systems and Linux networking on L7/L4 /li liComfortable working in a globally distributed team /li liStrong ownership and communication skills (documentation written by engineers) /li liFamiliarity with AI/LLM concepts /li liownership /li liclear written and verbal communication /li licollaboration in a distributed team /li liGolang /li liRust /li liLinux systems programming and profiling /li /ul pSoftware Engineer 2, AI Gateway perugia, umbria, it /p