Software Engineer, Product

Build and ship high quality customer-facing products and features.

Own products from concept to production, ensuring they are performant, reliable, and delightful for users. Make good product and design decisions, and be open to feedback and collaborative creation.

Bring a strong product instinct — push back when something doesn't make sense, and propose your own ideas to help make our product even better.

Partner with product and design teams to shape what we build, not just how we build it.

Identify bottlenecks, build great monitoring, propose solutions, and optimize performance across both frontend and backend systems.

Help raise the bar for product quality, design polish, and craft as the team grows.

4+ years of experience 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, you iterate, you ship.

AI-forward in your workflow. You use coding agents often, found interesting ways to automate your work, and have opinions about what works and what doesn’t

Comfortable in a small, fast-moving environment where boundaries between teams are intentionally fluid.

Strong written communication and a collaborative working style with PMs and designers.

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.

The base salary for this full-time position in the United States, spanning multiple internal levels depending on qualifications, ranges between $215,000 to $285,000 plus benefits & equity. Compensation for internationally based candidates will vary to reflect local market conditions.

If you don't think you meet all of the criteria below but still are interested in the job, please apply. Nobody checks every box, and we're looking for someone who is excited to join the team.