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Software Engineer 2, AI Gateway

Hybrid

Part remote, part office, you need to live within commuting distance of a named location.

Hybrid · Milan, Italy

Employer listed it 4 days ago · Added 2 days ago

First listed 4 days ago and still open.

Salary

€64k to €79k per year

Location

Hybrid · Milan, Italy

Timezone

Not stated

Contract

Full-time

Experience

Mid

What the advert says

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Where you can work from: Location eligibility not confirmed
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Remote flexibility

Hybrid

This role is only partly remote, the employer expects time in the office around Milan, Italy, Hybrid, so you need to live within commuting distance.

What the employer says

Source listing states candidate location: "Milan, Italy, Hybrid"
Listing mentions "Hybrid"

What Nomaders makes of it

Not suitable if you plan to move between countries

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Before you apply

Experience: employer states

Written as a requirement

“Experience 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.”

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About the role

Are you ready to unlock intelligence?

If 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.

About the Role:

You 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.

As 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.

What You'll Do:

Responsible for building and maintaining API management software for AI and LLMs and its underlying stack.

Implement new innovative features including proxying capabilities, load balancing, databases support that extend Kong AI Gateway’s offering.

Bugs troubleshooting, performance tuning and low-level optimizations.

Fill the gaps between Kong and third-party deployment platforms and tooling.

Any additional tasks required by manager.

What You'll Bring:

3+ years of programming in server-side applications and components.

Hands on experience with either Golang or Rust

Experience building and debugging applications that are highly scalable, distributed, reliable and resilient.

Solid hands-on low-level technical expertise in Linux systems troubleshooting, and profiling.

Experience 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.

Comfortable working with a remotely distributed team.

Strong sense of ownership and excellent verbal and written communication skills -- engineers at Kong write the documentation for their products

Familiarity with AI LLM concepts and applications development

Bonus Points:

Hands on experience with NGINX/OpenResty/Kong/LuaJIT.

Hands on experience with Envoy or Istio.

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Requirements

·3+ years of programming in server-side applications and components.
·Hands on experience with either Golang or Rust
·Experience building and debugging applications that are highly scalable, distributed, reliable and resilient.
·Solid hands-on low-level technical expertise in Linux systems troubleshooting, and profiling.
·Experience 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.

Benefits

No benefits package published with this listing. Ask about it at first interview.

How to apply

1Check the flexibility label above, hybrid, matches where you plan to live and work.
2Tailor your CV to the role at Kong, mentioning your remote working experience.
3Apply directly on the employer's careers page using the button below. Nomaders never handles your application.

Found 3d ago. Last checked today. Always confirm the details on the original posting, salary and location can change after publication.

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