Software Engineer AI Gateway

Kong Inc.

Full-time Computer Occupations
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Location
Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Posted
July 12, 2026

Job Description

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 Be Doing

  • 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 ...