# Applied AI Engineer

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

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/c2f168f8-c09d-4d3b-8662-91b3d19a95be

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

- Employment type: full time
- Location: Remote (US)
- Remote: yes
- Salary: 215000 – 280000 USD per year

## Summary

OpenRouter is seeking an engineer to build internal agentic tools that automate support and go-to-market operations, replacing off-the-shelf software with purpose-built systems. This role suits someone who thrives on finishing work thoroughly, owns reliability end-to-end, and can work directly across teams to identify high-impact automation opportunities.

_Our summary, not OpenRouter's wording._

## Skills named

Systems Architecture

## Required

- Build internal tools over buying external solutions
- Push for reliability and polish in edge cases
- Hands-on domain knowledge of support or GTM workflows
- End-to-end systems understanding with backend depth
- Security-conscious integration design
- Quantitative measurement of automation impact

## Nice to have

- Experience with three or more agent frameworks
- Custom agent harness development
- Production LLM and agentic systems with strong fundamentals
- Open-source contributions to dev tools or agent frameworks

Apply on OpenRouter's site: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/openrouter/407f71b5-4b1f-4666-91bd-394f3c26f19d/application