OverviewIn this role you join the AI Gateway Engineering Team to build and evolve the Kong AI gateway.
You will tackle multi-LLM routing, semantic routing, and performance-focused features that power AI-enabled workflows.
You will contribute to a scalable API management stack, bridging Kong with third-party deployment platforms, and drive reliability at scale.
This role offers hands-on development, optimization, and cross-functional collaboration in a mission-driven, innovative environment.
You will help shape how organizations govern AI and LLM-based innovation.
ResponsabilitàBuild and maintain API management software for AI/LLMs and its underlying stack
Implement features like proxying, load balancing, and databases support for Kong AI Gateway
Troubleshoot bugs, tune performance, and perform low-level optimizations
Bridge Kong with third-party deployment platforms and tooling




Handle additional tasks as directed by management
Requisiti fondamentali3+ years of server-side application and component development
Hands-on experience with Golang or Rust
Experience building and debugging highly scalable, distributed, reliable systems
Strong Linux systems troubleshooting and profiling skills
Knowledge of distributed systems and Linux networking; API exposure on L7/L4
Comfortable working with a remotely distributed team
Strong ownership and communication skills; experience documenting products
Familiarity with AI/LLM concepts and applications development
strong communication
ownership
collaboration
Golang or Rust
Linux troubleshooting and profiling
distributed systems

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