Senior Kong AI Gateway & Platform Engineer

Allstate; United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Laptop provided

Connectivity reimbursement

Job summary

Allstate in the United States seeks a Software Engineer Lead Consultant to serve as a technical lead for Kong AI Gateway, bringing strong API gateway management, Kong administration, and AI/LLM proxy development experience. This role will architect, design, build, test, and support modern digital products while owning applications through production and driving success against key performance goals.

Candidates must be able to work Central Time or Eastern Time hours, and contribute to secure,

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in API Management, Middleware, or Platform Engineering.
• Minimum 3 to 5 years of hands-on experience with 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 Administration

API Management

AI Gateway / LLM Proxy Development

OpenAI / Azure OpenAI Integration

REST APIs / GraphQL

OAuth2 / JWT / OIDC

Kubernetes / Docker

CI/CD

Cloud Platforms (Azure AWS GCP)

LLMOps / AI Observability

AI Security & Governance

Job description

Allstate in the United States seeks a Software Engineer Lead Consultant to serve as a technical lead for Kong AI Gateway, bringing strong API gateway management, Kong administration, and AI/LLM proxy development experience. This role will architect, design, build, test, and support modern digital products while owning applications through production and driving success against key performance goals.

Candidates must be able to work Central Time or Eastern Time hours, and contribute to secure,