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About this role

OpenRouter is hiring for a Engineering Manager, Provider Ecosystem role (full-time). See the official posting for full details.

Requirements

4+ years of engineering management experience, including at least one environment where you built or scaled a team during a period of rapid growth.
Strong technical foundation in distributed systems, API design, and LLM inference. You understand how inference is served (streaming, tool calling, prompt caching, quantization, throughput and latency trade-offs), how p…
Hands-on and comfortable staying that way. You write code, use AI-assisted development tools, and lead by example in a team where everyone ships.
Comfortable being externally facing. You can sit across from a model lab’s engineering team, negotiate an integration, and represent OpenRouter’s technical requirements without a PM in the room.
Data-driven about quality. You want benchmarks, evals, and production telemetry deciding which provider gets traffic, not vibes.
Proven ability to recruit and retain strong engineers. Ideally, you’ve built teams people want to join and you bring a network of talent with you.
High agency and clear communication. You don’t wait for direction, you identify what matters, make a plan, and drive it forward. You speak up when you disagree and back it with substance.
Pragmatic about what a lean engineering org actually needs versus what a 500-person org would do. You optimize for speed and clarity, not process.

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