Senior AI Gateway Systems Engineer (Remote)

CrowdStrike Inc.

Denver (CO)

Remote

USD 125,000 - 180,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation & equity

Wellness programs

Paid time off

Parental leave

Professional development

Employee networks

Job summary

CrowdStrike is seeking an experienced Senior Systems Engineer to own and scale the enterprise Kong AI Gateway platform as part of the AI Platform Enablement team. You will work on a governed AI connectivity layer, enabling secure, scalable integration across MCP servers, agents, and cloud-native services.

Responsibilities include onboarding internal apps, configuring routes and access policies, and implementing security, observability, and CI/CD pipelines to support GitOps deployments.

Qualifications

8+ years of professional engineering experience in full-stack or enterprise architecture.
Experience with enterprise-scale platforms handling high-volume traffic and multi-system integrations.
Strong understanding of API gateway architecture and secure-by-design operating models.

Responsibilities

Deploy, configure, and maintain the enterprise Kong AI Gateway platform for high availability and low latency.
Secure routing for MCP servers, tools, and agents across microservices and external ecosystems.
Implement IAM controls including OAuth 2.0, Okta integrations, and mTLS across MCP tool calls.

Skills

API gateway

Kubernetes

IAM

OpenTelemetry

CI/CD

Education

Master’s degree in CS or AI

Tools

Kubernetes

GitLab CI/CD

Helm

cert-manager

Job description

Responsibilities include onboarding internal apps, configuring routes and access policies, and implementing security, observability, and CI/CD pipelines to support GitOps deployments.

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