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Principal Engineer, Secure AI Gateway

Santa Clara, CA💼 Full-time💰 $133,500–$133,500🗓 2026-09-02 → 2026-09-26

Core

Architect and design a scalable, high-performance cloud API routing and orchestration platform to secure and inspect traffic for LLM providers and Generative AI services.

Role type

Principal Engineer, Secure AI Gateway

Builds

Cloud API Gateway platform for multi-provider LLM orchestration and security inspection

Domain

Cloud Security, Generative AI, Distributed Systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Golang, distributed systems, cloud-native architecture, Layer 3-7 networking, microservices, Linux system/kernel, Docker, Kubernetes, threat detection, DLP, credential management

Preferred skills

Generative AI platforms, multi-provider orchestration, deep packet inspection, UEBA, prompt injection mitigation, startup experience

Technologies

GoLang, Docker, Kubernetes, gRPC, REST, gdb, Valgrind

Responsibilities

Design and develop high-performance security systems for LLM APIs; define architectural direction for the Cloud API Gateway; lead engineering teams and mentor junior engineers; implement dynamic routing algorithms and load balancing; integrate security features like DLP and threat protection; perform code reviews and architectural reviews.

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with strategic leadership

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