Product Designer

ABOUT THE ROLE

OpenRouter is the largest marketplace of LLMs, providing a unified API to access and orchestrate models across providers. As the platform grows, so does the complexity of how developers discover, evaluate, and integrate models into real applications.

We’re hiring a Product Designer to help shape both the product and how it’s presented.

This role spans core product surfaces (user dashboards, documentation, model pages, rankings, policy & guardrails, chatroom) and external-facing surfaces (landing pages, email templates, and other marketing touchpoints). You’ll help define how OpenRouter works and how it communicates.

This is a hands-on role for someone who ships. You’ll operate in an AI-first workflow, using modern tools to move quickly from idea → prototype → production-quality output. You should be comfortable working in the space between design and development—building, iterating, and refining in close collaboration with engineers.

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

• Core product surfaces (dashboards, model pages, usage + analytics)
• Model discovery, comparison, and evaluation experiences
• Developer workflows (API onboarding, docs, playgrounds, integrations)
• Marketing and brand surfaces (landing pages, email templates, growth experiments)
• New product directions (tooling, marketplaces)
• Rapid prototypes to explore and validate ideas

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

PRODUCT & UX

• Design clear, intuitive interfaces for complex systems (LLMs, APIs, routing, pricing, latency)
• Turn ambiguous ideas into concrete product direction and shipped experiences
• Own work end-to-end: concept → prototype → production

MARKETING & BRAND

• Design and build high-quality landing pages and growth surfaces
• Create scalable templates (email, content, campaigns)
• Help evolve OpenRouter’s visual identity as the product expands

AI-FIRST EXECUTION

• Use AI tools to accelerate design, prototyping, and iteration
• Move fluidly between design tools, code-adjacent environments, and production surfaces
• Prototype ideas quickly and validate through real usage

SYSTEMS & CONSISTENCY

• Contribute to and evolve the design system
• Create reusable patterns for technical and data-heavy interfaces
• Maintain consistency across product and marketing surfaces

COLLABORATION

• Work closely with engineers in a fast, low-process environment
• Review and understand PRs, frontend changes, and implementation details as needed
• Contribute to product and growth strategy, not just execution
• Communicate through prototypes and shipped work rather than long specs

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

CORE REQUIREMENTS

• 3–8+ years of product design experience
• Strong portfolio of shipped work
• Experience with complex or technical products (developer tools, SaaS, data-heavy apps)

DESIGN × ENGINEERING FLUENCY

• Comfortable reading and understanding frontend code, PRs, and engineering workflows
• Able to collaborate directly with engineers on implementation details
• Able to use code-based or AI-assisted tools to prototype and iterate
• Ability to write code is a plus, but not required

AI-FORWARD BUILDER

• Comfortable using AI tools as a core part of your workflow
• Able to move quickly from idea to implementation using modern tooling
• Interested in how AI changes how products are designed and built

PRODUCT THINKING

• Strong ability to simplify complex systems
• Good judgment on scope, prioritization, and tradeoffs
• Comfortable working with ambiguity

CRAFT & EXECUTION

• High bar for visual design, interaction design, and clarity
• Ability to produce production-ready work with minimal iteration
• Attention to detail across both product and marketing surfaces

NICE TO HAVE

• Experience with AI/ML products or developer platforms
• Experience designing data visualization or analytics interfaces
• Experience designing high-performing marketing sites or growth surfaces
• Ability to write or meaningfully modify frontend code (e.g. React, HTML/CSS)