Who can apply: Only open to applicants in: California.
Location as listed by the employer: “San Francisco Bay Area, California”
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About this role
OpenRouter is hiring for a Forward Deployed Engineer role (full-time). See the official posting for full details.
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience in a technical customer-facing 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-quality code.
- Experience working with APIs, SDKs, cloud infrastructure, developer platforms, or AI/ML infrastructure.
- Familiarity with LLMs, inference, model evaluation, prompt engineering, agents, latency/cost tradeoffs, and production AI application patterns.
- Ability to work directly with developers and engineering leaders to diagnose problems and design practical solutions.
- Strong customer instincts: you understand how to drive outcomes, manage ambiguity, and build trust.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, especially when explaining technical topics to mixed audiences.
- High ownership, bias for action, and comfort operating in a fast-moving startup environment.
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