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. /pulliEquity /liliBonus /liliHealth, dental, and vision insurance /liliPaid holidays and PTO /liliBuild and maintain API management software for AI/LLM stacks /liliDevelop features such as proxying, load balancing, and database support for Kong AI Gateway /liliTroubleshoot bugs, tune performance,
and perform low-level optimizations /liliBridge Kong with third-party deployment platforms and tooling /liliHandle additional tasks as assigned by management /lili3+ years of server-side programming /liliHands-on experience with Golang or Rust /liliProven ability to build and debug highly scalable, distributed, reliable systems /liliStrong Linux systems troubleshooting and profiling skills /liliExperience with distributed systems and Linux networking on L7/L4 /liliComfortable working in a globally distributed team /liliStrong ownership and communication skills (documentation written by engineers) /liliFamiliarity with AI/LLM concepts /liliownership /liliclear written and verbal communication /lilicollaboration in a distributed team /liliGolang /liliRust /liliLinux systems programming and profiling /li /ulpSoftware Engineer 2, AI Gateway • napoli, campania, 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. /pulliEquity /liliBonus /liliHealth, dental, and vision insurance /liliPaid holidays and PTO /liliBuild and maintain API management software for AI/LLM stacks /liliDevelop features such as proxying, load balancing, and database support for Kong AI Gateway /liliTroubleshoot bugs, tune performance,
and perform low-level optimizations /liliBridge Kong with third-party deployment platforms and tooling /liliHandle additional tasks as assigned by management /lili3+ years of server-side programming /liliHands-on experience with Golang or Rust /liliProven ability to build and debug highly scalable, distributed, reliable systems /liliStrong Linux systems troubleshooting and profiling skills /liliExperience with distributed systems and Linux networking on L7/L4 /liliComfortable working in a globally distributed team /liliStrong ownership and communication skills (documentation written by engineers) /liliFamiliarity with AI/LLM concepts /liliownership /liliclear written and verbal communication /lilicollaboration in a distributed team /liliGolang /liliRust /liliLinux systems programming and profiling /li /ulpSoftware Engineer 2, AI Gateway • napoli, campania, it /p