Software Engineer, AI Gateway

Kong·Milan, Italy·Remote·Posted 23 October 2026

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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…

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