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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
Build client-facing AI products across CLI, Slack, and desktop that let enterprises put language models to work flexibly without vendor lock-in. This hands-on role spans agent runtime infrastructure, model switching, secrets management, and deployment tooling on a small team shipping fast with a co-founder.
Our summary, not OpenRouter’s wording. The full posting is on their site.
What they ask for
Required
- 5+ years shipping production software with ownership of developer tools, CLIs, or agent products
- Daily fluency with coding agents like Claude Code, Codex, or OpenCode
- Understanding of agent internals: tool calling, context management, prompt caching, model tradeoffs
- Systems judgment for safe agent execution including sandboxing and secrets management
- High agency and bias toward action on a small team
Nice to have
- Built or maintained an open-source agent harness, CLI, or developer tool
- Experience with multi-agent systems, agent skills, memory, or eval tools
- Shipped a Slack app or native macOS app
- Existing OpenRouter or Ori user with active AI tooling side projects