Applied AI Engineer

OpenRouter
United States
Workplace: RemoteFull timeFunction: Data Science & Machine LearningSkills: ["Build-over-buy conviction","Reliability focus","Data rigor","Security mindset","Time-boxed execution"]

Build and ship internal agentic workflows on the OpenRouter platform, automating support and go-to-market operations from prototype through production. Integrate OpenRouter systems with internal tools and replace them where appropriate. Own reliability through evals, guardrails, and monitoring, and use rigorous measurement to prove impact—deflecting support volume, accelerating GTM motions, and reducing manual toil.

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OpenRouter
OpenRouter
2 months ago

Applied AI Engineer

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Job Summary

Build and ship internal agentic workflows on the OpenRouter platform, automating support and go-to-market operations from prototype through production. Integrate OpenRouter systems with internal tools and replace them where appropriate. Own reliability through evals, guardrails, and monitoring, and use rigorous measurement to prove impact—deflecting support volume, accelerating GTM motions, and reducing manual toil.
Location: United States
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Data Science & Machine Learning

Key Responsibilities

  • •Build internal agentic workflows end-to-end on OpenRouter, from prototype to production, to automate support and GTM operations.
  • •Integrate OpenRouter systems with company tools and replace tools where it makes sense.
  • •Own reliability of what you ship, including evals, guardrails, and monitoring.
  • •Drive measurable impact (deflect support volume, accelerate GTM motions, reduce manual toil) and prove it with data.
  • •Partner with support, GTM, and engineering to identify and iterate on the highest-leverage workflows to automate next.

Key Requirements

  • •Build internal tooling with a build-over-buy mindset, championing internal solutions over external options when they’re genuinely better.
  • •Work on internally-built systems to deliver the “last 20%” with reliability, edge cases, and polish.
  • •Have domain fluency in support or go-to-market workflows, including hands-on experience with ticketing, CRM, sales ops, or customer-facing workflows.
  • •Understand systems end-to-end with deep backend orientation and the ability to jump into any part of a system.
  • •Use a security mindset when building integrations with broad internal access, considering permissions, blast radius, and second-order effects.
Experience:AILLMsAgentic systems
Skills:Build-over-buy convictionReliability focusData rigorSecurity mindsetTime-boxed execution

Company Brief

OpenRouter
Provides a unified, standards-compatible API and marketplace to route requests to 400+ large language models and cloud hosts, optimizing for cost, performance, and reliability for developers and enterprises.
Industry: API Platforms
Company Size: Micro (1 to 10 employees)
Revenue: USD 1M to 5M
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: USD 250M to 500M
Funding: Series A
Headquarters: New York, United States
Founded: 2023
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