The Senior Middleware Engineer at LPL Financial will join the middleware team to build and maintain the Kong AI gateway platform, focusing on enabling secure and standardized onboarding of large language model (LLM) and machine learning processing (MCP) traffic through a shared API gateway used by multiple teams. This role involves collaborating with product and technology teams, developing internal solutions, writing technical documentation, maintaining the Kong platform, and configuring plugins for authentication, rate limiting, logging, and transformation. The ideal candidate has at least six years of experience in software development, middleware engineering, and enterprise API platforms, proficiency in Linux environments, hands-on experience with Kong API gateway and AI integrations, knowledge of APIs, microservices, containerized architectures, and cloud providers like GCP, AWS, and Azure. Strong organizational skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment are essential.
Skills
Kong
Terraform
Lua
AWS
GCP
Azure
Python
Linux
APIs
microservices
containerized architectures
Google Apigee
IBM API Connect
Docker
CI/CD
What you'll do
Develop internal solutions and tools to enhance AI integration capabilities.
Configure and develop Kong plugins for authentication, rate limiting, logging, and transformation.
Maintain and upkeep the Kong platform to ensure secure and scalable operations.
Enable onboarding of LLM and MCP traffic through a shared AI gateway platform.
Write or edit technical documentation for developed solutions.
What we're looking for
Minimum 6 years of experience in software development, middleware, and platform engineering.
Proven expertise in designing and managing scalable API ecosystems for enterprise platforms.
Hands-on experience with Kong API gateway and AI integrations in enterprise settings.
Proficiency in Linux environments, cloud services, and development tooling.
Strong knowledge of APIs, microservices, containerized architectures, and Lua scripting.
Experience deploying software solutions using AI coding agents and multiple programming languages.
Understanding of AI/LLM concepts and interaction with LLM APIs and MCP servers.
Market check
Salary context
This
$101,970–$169,950
range sits above
11%
of similar postings on FindRole.
Peer median band
$164,450–$241,500
Median floor and ceiling across peers.
Typical midpoint (25–75%)
$161,875–$246,150
Middle half of comparable postings.
Based on 240 comparable postings.*
* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.
Employer
About LPL Financial
LPL Financial is the largest independent broker-dealer in the United States, providing brokerage and investment advisory services to independent financial advisors and financial institutions. Industry: Financial Services & Wealth Management
LPL Financial currently has
18 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$127,514–$212,489
across 18 roles with salary data.