# Forward Deployed Engineer

Hiring organization: [OpenRouter](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/openrouter)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/2db7375a-b7fc-4687-b164-2173f9558aaf

Listed on OpenRouter's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Seniority: Mid
- Location: Remote (US)
- Remote: yes
- Salary: 220000 – 260000 USD per year

## Summary

OpenRouter seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer to guide customers through technical implementation and optimization of their AI inference platform. This role bridges customer engineering and product, combining hands-on debugging and architecture guidance with the business acumen to drive adoption and expansion.

_Our summary, not OpenRouter's wording._

## Skills named

Cloud Infrastructure, LLMs (Large Language Models), Prompt Engineering, Python, REST APIs, TypeScript

## Required

- 4+ years in technical customer-facing roles like Forward Deployed Engineer, Solutions Engineer, Solutions Architect, Technical Account Manager, Developer Advocate, or Customer Engineer
- Strong software engineering fundamentals with ability to read, write, and debug production code
- Experience with APIs, SDKs, cloud infrastructure, or developer platforms
- Familiarity with LLMs, inference, model evaluation, and production AI patterns
- Ability to diagnose problems and design solutions with developers and engineering leaders
- Understanding of customer outcomes and ability to build trust
- Excellent written and verbal communication, especially for technical audiences
- High ownership and comfort in fast-moving startup environment

## Nice to have

- Experience with OpenAI-compatible APIs, model routing, evals, observability, or LLM frameworks
- Prior post-sales engineering or implementation experience at API, infrastructure, developer tools, or AI companies
- Experience building AI agents, chat products, copilots, or production LLM applications
- Knowledge of Python, TypeScript, REST APIs, streaming APIs, and backend architectures
- Experience with enterprise customers, startups, or technical founders
- Ability to create technical content like guides, demos, or architecture diagrams

Apply on OpenRouter's site: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/openrouter/1b26f0a2-4aab-4bef-8c21-0f8de9a059e3/application