Software Engineer
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 ancona, marche, it /p #J-18808-Ljbffr
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 ancona, marche, it /p #J-18808-Ljbffr