Responsibilities
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Contribute to and evolve the design system
- Create reusable patterns for technical and data-heavy interfaces
- Maintain consistency across product and marketing surfaces
- 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
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)
- 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
- 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
- Strong ability to simplify complex systems
- Good judgment on scope, prioritization, and tradeoffs
- Comfortable working with ambiguity
- 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
- Ability to write code is a plus, but not required
- 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)