ngrok Inc.

cloud networking

SoftwareEngineerIII/Senior,AIGateway

$166–248k San Francisco, California, United States FULL TIME
The Brief

“Software Engineer III/Senior, AI Gateway at ngrok Inc.. Skills: AI Gateway, AI traffic classification, AI traffic handling, AI traffic policy enforcement, AI usage tracking, AI token consumption measurement, AI behavior observability, AI behavior explainability. Build and evolve the AI Gateway. Own AI traffic policy enforcement”

What You'll Achieve.

prevent runaway costs; prevent misuse; prevent accidental exposure without breaking legitimate traffic; customers can understand how their AI systems behave and what they’re consuming; customers can turn these features on with confidence

Industry & Context.

cloud networking
Eligibility Requirements

US-based, legally authorized to work in the United States, authorized to work in the United States on a permanent, ongoing basis without the need for current or future sponsorship

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

US-based, legally authorized to work in the United States, authorized to work in the United States on a permanent, ongoing basis without the need for current or future sponsorship

Nice to Have

Go, worked with AI/LLMs, care about developer experience and thoughtful abstractions, enjoy defining system behavior, not just plumbing, thought about retries, limits, and costs before being asked, like systems that move complexity from the user to the system, worked on AI platforms or inference infrastructure, worked on API gateways with product-level opinions, worked on usage limits, quotas, or billing-adjacent systems, worked on customer-facing observability tools

What You'll Do.

Build and evolve the AI Gateway

Own AI traffic policy enforcement

Track AI usage and token consumption

Make AI behavior observable and explainable

Design abstractions that hide complexity

Ship systems customers trust in production

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

collaborate with product and design; collaborate closely with Gateway, Customer Data, and Platform teams

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