ppbAre you ready to unlock intelligence?
/b /p pIf 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.
/p h3About the role /h3 pYou will join the engineering team that builds the Kong AI gateway, empowering companies and developers around the world to govern every step of their AI LLM based innovation.
/p pAs a Software Engineer in the AI Gateway Team, you will be working on core features such as multi-LLM routing and balancing, semantic caching and routing, MCP, and more.
/p h3What you'll be doing /h3 ul liResponsible for building and maintaining API management software for AI and LLMs and its underlying stack.
/li liImplement new innovative features including proxying capabilities, load balancing, database support that extend Kong AI Gateway's offering.
/li liBug troubleshooting, performance tuning and low-level optimizations.
/li liFill the gaps between Kong and third-party deployment platforms and tooling.
/li liAny additional tasks required by manager.




/li /ul h3What you'll bring /h3 ul li3+ years of programming in server-side applications and components.
/li liHands on experience with either Golang or Rust.
/li liExperience building and debugging applications that are highly scalable, distributed, reliable, and resilient.
/li liSolid hands-on low-level technical expertise in Linux systems troubleshooting, and profiling.
/li liExperience in distributed systems, Linux networking stack and computer systems programming; Kong works with APIs on both L7 and L4 transports and protocols, so this expertise and knowledge are required.
/li liComfortable working with a remotely distributed team.
/li liStrong sense of ownership and excellent verbal and written communication skills -- engineers at Kong write the documentation for their products.
/li liFamiliarity with AI LLM concepts and applications development.
/li /ul h3Bonus Points /h3 ul liHands on experience with NGINX/OpenResty/Kong/LuaJIT.
/li liHands on experience with Envoy or Istio.
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📌 Software Engineer Ai Gateway (Milano)
🏢 Kong
📍 Milano