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# Platform Engineer

- **Company:** D R W Inc
- **Location:** United States
- **Salary:** $130,000.0 - $190,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Clean Code Principles, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), Network Control, Dynamic Routing, Large Language Models, AI Platforms, Api Design, Api Gateway
- **Published:** September 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/platform-engineer-ai-engineering-drw-9992807

## About the Role

* Strong backend programming experience, specifically in Go and/or Python.
 * Hands-on experience with API design, integration, and platform/cloud engineering concepts.
 * Familiarity with API gateways, proxy configuration, or distributed system networking.
 * A strong interest in the rapidly evolving LLM ecosystem and the technical mechanics of AI tooling.
 * A collaborative mindset with a focus on writing clean, maintainable code to replace prototype systems.

## Description

We are looking for a Platform Engineer to help build and operationalize our AI tooling ecosystem. Working closely with the Team Lead and Senior/Staff SWE, you will be the hands-on integrator connecting external cloud AI providers, internal models, and end-user tools into our unified control plane., * Configure and manage multi-engine API gateways, implementing dynamic routing rules, rate limits, and fallback logic for LLM requests.

 * Execute the technical migration and integration of firm-wide tools into our centralized management plane to ensure all AI traffic is securely logged and governed.
 * Operate within our Shared Responsibility Model alongside the Cloud team to manage AI services deployed in enterprise landing zones (e.g., managing Azure OpenAI instances, model deployments, and API key generation).
 * Write robust Go and Python code to support the continuous sync loop for our usage dashboard and implement automated "progressive friction" mechanisms, such as alerts.
 * Partner with the Inference Infrastructure pod to ensure our self-hosted, on-premise models are successfully registered and routable within our AI gateways.


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