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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 help customers implement and scale their AI inference platform after sale. This role blends technical depth with customer success, requiring you to debug integrations, design implementation strategies, and drive adoption across production environments.
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What they ask for
Required
- 4+ years in a customer-facing technical role such as Forward Deployed Engineer, Solutions Engineer, Solutions Architect, Technical Account Manager, Developer Advocate, or Customer Engineer
- Strong software engineering fundamentals and ability to read, write, and debug production code
- Experience with APIs, SDKs, cloud infrastructure, developer platforms, or AI/ML infrastructure
- Familiarity with LLMs, inference, model evaluation, and production AI application patterns
- Ability to diagnose problems and design solutions directly with developers and engineering leaders
- Customer instincts to drive outcomes, manage ambiguity, and build trust
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills for explaining technical topics to mixed audiences
- High ownership, bias for action, and comfort in a fast-moving startup environment
- Regular on-site availability with customers across San Francisco Bay Area and willingness to travel
Nice to have
- Experience with OpenAI-compatible APIs, model routing, evals, observability, or LLM application frameworks
- Prior experience in customer success, post-sales engineering, or implementation at an API, infrastructure, developer tools, or AI company
- Experience building AI agents, chat products, copilots, automation workflows, or production LLM applications
- Familiarity with Python, TypeScript, REST APIs, streaming APIs, and common backend application architectures
- Experience working with enterprise customers, startups, or technical founders
- Ability to create technical content such as guides, demos, example repositories, migration documentation, or architecture diagrams