Job
Core
Design, build, and operate high-performance gateway and routing components for Workato's API management, AI Gateway, and MCP Gateway infrastructure.
Role type
Senior Backend Engineer (Go)
Builds
API management, AI Gateway for LLM traffic, and MCP Gateway for Model Context Protocol integration
Domain
Cloud-native infrastructure, API management, distributed systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Go (10+ years exp), concurrency patterns, performance profiling, Go internals (scheduler, GC, memory model), systems programming, TCP/TLS/HTTP/2/3/WebSocket/SSE, cryptography, distributed systems design, load balancers, reverse proxies, Kubernetes
Preferred skills
Ruby (Rails), AI/LLM serving infrastructure, Docker, cloud infrastructure (AWS/Azure/GCP), Redis, API gateway/service mesh internals, REST/gRPC integration
Technologies
Go, Kubernetes, TCP, TLS, HTTP/2, HTTP/3, WebSocket, SSE, Redis, Docker, AWS, Azure, GCP
Responsibilities
Design and build high-performance gateway components; own technical direction and architectural reviews; build infrastructure for auth, caching, rate limiting, and traffic shaping; collaborate with SRE/Platform teams; present architectural proposals; deliver features end-to-end
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC