Software Engineer, Product

Stack

Responsibilities

• ▹Build and ship high-quality, customer-facing products and features
• ▹Own products from concept to production, ensuring they are performant, reliable, and delightful
• ▹Make good product and design decisions, staying open to feedback and collaborative creation
• ▹Partner with product and design teams to shape what gets built, not just how
• ▹Identify bottlenecks, build great monitoring, and optimize performance across frontend and backend
• ▹Help raise the bar for product quality, design polish, and craft as the team grows

Requirements

• ▹4+ years shipping external-facing products as a full-stack or product engineer with strong product taste and judgment
• ▹Proficient in React, TypeScript, Next.js, and JS runtimes
• ▹High agency and a bias toward action; you talk to users, iterate, and ship
• ▹AI-forward workflow: frequent, deliberate use of coding agents and workflow automation
• ▹Comfortable in a small, fast-moving environment where team boundaries are intentionally fluid
• ▹Strong written communication and a collaborative style with PMs and designers

Nice to have

• ▹Prior experience at fast-growing applied AI or product-led companies
• ▹Experience building product in fast-moving, ambiguous industries
• ▹Existing user of OpenRouter, or active side projects in AI tooling

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹$215,000 – $285,000 USD base salary (US), plus benefits and equity
• ▹Compensation adjusted to local market conditions for international candidates

About the company

OpenRouter is the leading AI routing and infrastructure layer that enterprises use to access, manage, and optimize the best large language models across providers, without lock-in, capacity constraints, or unnecessary cost.