Forward Deployed Engineer
Core
Forward Deployed Engineer helping customers implement, adopt, and scale OpenRouter's AI inference platform in production.
Role type
Senior IC post-sales engineer (customer implementation & adoption)
Builds
Production AI inference workflows, integration playbooks, and customer success strategies
Domain
AI/ML infrastructure, LLM inference, developer platforms
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | client delivery
Required skills
software engineering fundamentals, API/SDK integration, cloud infrastructure, LLM inference, model evaluation, prompt engineering, technical customer engagement, architecture design, cost optimization
Preferred skills
OpenAI-compatible APIs, model routing, observability, LLM application frameworks, Python, TypeScript, REST/streaming APIs, enterprise customer experience, technical content creation
Technologies
OpenRouter API, LLMs, cloud infrastructure, Python, TypeScript, REST APIs, streaming APIs
Responsibilities
Lead technical onboarding and integration for new customers, troubleshoot API and deployment issues, recommend model routing and cost-optimization strategies, build technical relationships with customer engineering teams, create implementation guides and reusable playbooks, drive customers from initial usage to scaled production deployment
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
