Hiring: Platform Engineer - AI Engineering Company: DRW Location: Chicago, IL Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 11:41:25 Target Skills & Keywords : API Design, Azure, Equities, Fixed Income, LLM, Python About the job Required Skills: •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. Qualifications: •Strong backend programming experience, specifically in Go and/or Python. •Applied hands-on capability in API design, integration, and platform/cloud engineering concepts. •Operational 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. •For more information about DRW's processing activities and our use of job applicants' data, please view our Privacy Notice at https://drw.com/privacy-notice. •California residents, please review the California Privacy Notice for information about certain legal rights at https://drw.com/california-privacy-notice. Compensation: •$130,000 - $190,000 / year •We have also leveraged our expertise and technology to expand into three non-traditional strategies: real estate, venture capital and cryptoassets Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!