Remote Kong AI Gateway Engineer & LLM Platform Lead

Allstate Foundation; Illinois; Remote; USD 100,000 - 171,000; Full time

Job summary

Allstate is seeking a Software Engineer Lead Consultant to architect and lead Kong AI Gateway projects. You will design, implement, and operate enterprise API gateway solutions, integrate multiple LLM providers, and drive security, observability, and governance across digital platforms.

This role requires 8+ years in API management or platform engineering, hands‑on Kong administration, and cloud‑native experience. Candidates must be able to work Central Time or Eastern Time hours from Illinois.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in API Management, Middleware, or Platform Engineering.
• Minimum 3–5 years hands-on Kong Gateway Administration.
• Experience with cloud-native and microservices architectures preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement enterprise-grade AI Gateway solutions using Kong AI Gateway.
• Configure AI-specific policies including prompt logging, content filtering, token controls, and guardrails.
• Enable secure access to multiple LLM providers through a unified gateway architecture.
• Implement AI observability, token analytics, usage tracking, and cost governance.
• Develop routing strategies across multiple AI models based on latency, cost, and availability.
• Integrate RAG-based AI services through secure API management frameworks.
• Ensure compliance with enterprise AI governance, security, and regulatory requirements.
• Establish AI platform standards, reusable AI APIs, and best practices for GenAI adoption.
• Support AI agent and MCP-based integrations within enterprise ecosystems.
• Drive AI platform reliability, scalability, and operational excellence.
• Configure, administer, and support Kong Gateway environments.
• Develop and manage AI Gateway proxies for GenAI/LLM services.
• Implement API security, authentication, throttling, and governance policies.
• Integrate AI platforms such as Azure OpenAI and OpenAI through secure API gateways.
• Deploy and manage Kong in Kubernetes-based environments.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize gateway performance and availability.
• Automate deployments and operational processes using DevOps tools.

Skills

Kong Gateway

API Management

AI Gateway Development

OpenAI Integration

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Tools

Docker

Helm

Prometheus

Grafana

Jenkins

Job description

Allstate is seeking a Software Engineer Lead Consultant to architect and lead Kong AI Gateway projects. You will design, implement, and operate enterprise API gateway solutions, integrate multiple LLM providers, and drive security, observability, and governance across digital platforms.

This role requires 8+ years in API management or platform engineering, hands‑on Kong administration, and cloud‑native experience. Candidates must be able to work Central Time or Eastern Time hours from Illinois.