AI Provider Operations & Support Engineer
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AI model gateway and marketplace offering a unified API to access, route, and manage models from multiple providers.
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About OpenRouter
OpenRouter provides developers and businesses with a single, OpenAI-compatible API for hundreds of AI models. It supports provider failover, routing for price, latency and reliability, plus enterprise controls and observability.
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About the Role
You will build internal tools and evaluations that accelerate model onboarding. You will run model-launch playbooks, coordinate provider integrations and quality assurance, manage versioning and migrations, and document processes for automation.
Requirements
- 2–3 years of experience at a startup, in software engineering, product operations, or a similar role
- Ability to build with inference APIs, including Chat Completions, Responses, or Messages APIs
- Ability to read API documentation and troubleshoot with logs, cURL, or Postman
- Experience with TypeScript, JavaScript, or Python
- Technical aptitude
Responsibilities
- Build internal tools to speed up model onboarding
- Build internal evaluations for models and endpoints
- Document internal processes for automation
- Run end-to-end model launch playbooks
- Coordinate provider integrations, quality assurance, and launch dates
- Maintain versioning and release notes
- Manage deprecations and migrations
Benefits
- Equity