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$215,000 – $285,000
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 is seeking a platform engineer to own and scale the infrastructure systems handling millions of daily LLM requests across cloud and edge platforms. This hands-on role suits experienced infrastructure engineers who thrive in fast-growing environments and enjoy broad ownership of critical systems from database layer to edge compute.
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What they ask for
Required
- 5+ years building and operating production infrastructure
- Experience with cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, or Azure)
- Experience with edge-first serverless platforms like Cloudflare Workers
- Deep expertise operating large-scale databases
- Comfortable working across the full stack in TypeScript
- High agency and bias toward action
- Regular use of AI coding agents and LLMs
Nice to have
- Existing OpenRouter user
- Active side projects in AI products, infrastructure, or developer tooling