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$220,000 – $260,000
Listed on OpenRouter’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.
What this role is
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.
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What they ask for
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