Overview

We're looking for a AI Gateway Engineer. Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Right Balance provides top-tier technology talent for innovative companies in the US. We’re in the top 50 companies to watch in LA.

Client Engagement Details

In a rapidly evolving world of interactive entertainment, this company positions itself not as a game creator—but as the engine that empowers creators. Think of them as the behind‑the‑scenes partner who enables studios, publishers, and producers to move faster, smarter, and at scale.

Their target clients are game publishers, developers, and producers who have big visions but need help making those visions reliable, viable, and financially efficient. They’re not selling games—they’re selling enablement: future‑proofed operations, leaner infrastructure, richer data, and immersive innovation.

Our client is looking for an experienced AI Engineer to architect, implement, and optimize AI-powered solutions driving our next-generation products and platforms. This hands-on role will focus on integrating, deploying, and scaling machine learning models, collaborating closely with product and engineering teams, and ensuring robust, reliable, and secure AI services across their organization.

• Availability: Full-time.
• Length: 1+ Year
• Client: Gaming Giant

What’s in it for you

1. Learn and evolve your skills using the latest and greatest technology tools in a rapidly growing company.
2. Learn from the best people around you. We constantly challenge the status quo and invent new ways of building a great product.
3. 100% remote. Work anywhere, whether it is remotely in the comfort of your home, in a shared co-working space, in an RV on the beach, or while being a nomad in another country.
4. Work on challenging problems, innovate, and positively impact many people's lives while having fun doing it.

Required Qualifications

• Upper-intermediate to fluent speaking and writing English. Able to have a real-time conversation.
• 4+ years of full-time hands-on Python/Tensorflow/Pytorch experience.
• 3+ years of full-time hands-on API Gateway experience.
• 3+ years of full-time hands-on Golang experience.
• 3+ years of full-time hands-on AWS experience.
• 3+ years of full-time hands-on MCP experience.
• Experience implementing prompt management, data protection, and content moderation systems for AI-powered applications.
• Track record building scalable data and ML pipelines.
• Familiarity with cloud-native architecture (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
• Proficiency in model development, training, and deployment using leading ML/DL frameworks.
• Strong capability in API integration and RESTful service design for serving AI models.
• Experience with data engineering, caching (Redis), and monitoring tools.
• Comfort integrating external APIs (e.g., third-party LLM/AI services) and designing abstraction layers.
• Experience with AI Gateway platforms (Kong, Mosaic, TrueFoundry, Portkey) and integrating with LLM APIs.

Nice to haves

• Familiarity with observability stacks (OpenTelemetry, Datadog, Prometheus).
• Background building multi-tenant platforms or scaling AI applications for large userbases.
• Experience with the Golang programming language.
• AI Getaway experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent demonstrated ability.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are your typical clients?

The majority of our clients are venture-backed startups at the growth stage. Usually, at this stage, the company already achieved a product-market fit and is looking to expand rapidly. That’s where we bring the best engineering practices, strong architecture, the latest technologies, and consistent processes to help companies scale.

What is the length of your engagements?

Most of our long-term full-time engagements last multiple years. It allows you to evolve your career with the client company taking on more responsibilities.

What’s your company size?

The Right Balance team is 55+ engineers going to 75+ by the end of the year. The current client size team is 150+ people. The timing is great to be a part of a rapidly growing team making meaningful contributions.

What happens if the engagement is completed?

Most of our engagements are long-term in nature. That said, if the current engagement is ramping down, we’ll present you with more long-term opportunities to transition into.

What are your core values?

Client First: we only win when our clients win. We treat client challenges as our own.

Ownership: we embrace responsibility, taking on challenges, getting them to completion, and enjoying getting things done.

Quality: we’re passionate about achieving quality outcomes by applying meticulous attention to detail.