AI Platform Engineer: Go/Python & API Gateways

P2P; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) with employer match

Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

Job summary

DRW, a diversified trading firm headquartered in Chicago, seeks a Platform Engineer to build and operationalize its AI tooling ecosystem. You will connect external cloud AI providers, internal models, and end-user tools into a unified control plane, collaborating with the Team Lead and senior engineers.

Responsibilities include configuring API gateways, migrating tools to the centralized plane, and ensuring secure logging.

Qualifications

• Solid backend programming experience in Go and/or Python.
• Hands-on experience with API design, integration, and platform/cloud engineering concepts.
• Familiarity with API gateways, proxy configuration, or distributed system networking.
• Interest in the evolving LLM ecosystem and AI tooling mechanics.
• Collaborative mindset with focus on maintainable code.

Responsibilities

• Configure and manage multi-engine API gateways with dynamic routing, rate limits, and fallback for LLM requests.
• Migrate and integrate firm-wide tools into a centralized management plane with secure logging and governance.
• Work with Cloud team to manage AI services in enterprise landing zones (Azure OpenAI, deployments, keys).
• Write robust Go and Python code to support usage dashboard sync loops and automated alerts.
• Collaborate with Inference Infrastructure to register and route self-hosted models.

Skills

Go

Python

API design

Cloud/On-prem

Distributed systems

Job description

DRW, a diversified trading firm headquartered in Chicago, seeks a Platform Engineer to build and operationalize its AI tooling ecosystem. You will connect external cloud AI providers, internal models, and end-user tools into a unified control plane, collaborating with the Team Lead and senior engineers.

Responsibilities include configuring API gateways, migrating tools to the centralized plane, and ensuring secure logging.