Software Engineer – Platform

OpenRouter

Software Engineer managing and evolving edge and cloud infrastructure for OpenRouter, focusing on routing systems for AI. Collaborating with engineers to optimize performance as traffic rapidly grows.

Posted 4/24/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $215,000 - $285,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformPostgresTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own and evolve our edge and cloud infrastructure across Cloudflare, Google Cloud, and Vercel.
Scale and operate our data layer including Spanner, ClickHouse, and Postgres.
Ensure we are optimizing for performance when serving LLM inference as traffic rapidly grows.
Partner with engineering leadership on capacity, reliability, and cost across the routing layer, with ownership of the systems carrying production traffic.
Set the bar and playbook for how we run infrastructure and operations as the team grows — tooling, observability, on-call, and the patterns other engineers build against.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years building and operating production infrastructure at companies where uptime, latency, and cost matter.
Proven experience with cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure) and edge-first serverless platforms (e.g. Cloudflare Workers)
Deep expertise in operating large scale databases (e.g Postgres, Spanner, etc).
A full-stack TypeScript shop won't faze you; you can move across the stack when the platform needs it.
High agency and a bias toward action. You don't wait for tickets — you see the bottleneck and fix it.
AI-forward in your workflow. You use coding agents, MCPs, and LLMs heavily and have opinions about what works.
Pragmatic about tradeoffs between speed and simplicity.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Education OpenRouter is a platform providing a unified interface for interacting with various large language models (LLMs). It focuses on delivering better prices and uptime without the need for subscriptions. The platform supports multiple AI tasks and showcases models like Mistral Small 3 and DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B, which are designed for fast performance and high accuracy. OpenRouter also features gaming and coding tools that enhance usability across different sectors such as marketing, finance, and education. Software Engineer – Platform Job not on LinkedIn 🔥 12 minutes ago 🇺🇸 United States – Remote 💵 $215k - $285k / year ⏰ Full Time 🟡 Mid-level 🟠 Senior 🧑‍💻 Full-stack Engineer AWS Azure Cloud Google Cloud Platform Postgres TypeScript Apply Now Find Hiring Managers Customize resume for this job Report problem ☆ Save ☑️ Mark as applied ❌ Hide 📋 Description
Own and evolve our edge and cloud infrastructure across Cloudflare, Google Cloud, and Vercel.
Scale and operate our data layer including Spanner, ClickHouse, and Postgres.
Ensure we are optimizing for performance when serving LLM inference as traffic rapidly grows.
Partner with engineering leadership on capacity, reliability, and cost across the routing layer, with ownership of the systems carrying production traffic.
Set the bar and playbook for how we run infrastructure and operations as the team grows — tooling, observability, on-call, and the patterns other engineers build against. 🎯 Requirements
5+ years building and operating production infrastructure at companies where uptime, latency, and cost matter.
Proven experience with cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure) and edge-first serverless platforms (e.g. Cloudflare Workers)
Deep expertise in operating large scale databases (e.g Postgres, Spanner, etc).
A full-stack TypeScript shop won't faze you; you can move across the stack when the platform needs it.
High agency and a bias toward action. You don't wait for tickets — you see the bottleneck and fix it.
AI-forward in your workflow. You use coding agents, MCPs, and LLMs heavily and have opinions about what works.
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Hard Skills & Tools

cloud infrastructuredata layer optimizationlarge scale databasesTypeScriptLLM inferenceserverless platformsproduction infrastructureobservabilitytoolingcapacity management

Soft Skills

high agencybias toward actionproblem-solvingcollaborationleadershipadaptabilitypragmatismcommunicationinitiativecritical thinking