Product Designer

Role Overview

OpenRouter is hiring a Product Designer to shape both the product experience and its external presentation. This is a hands-on role spanning core product surfaces (dashboards, model pages, rankings, documentation) and external-facing surfaces (landing pages, email templates, marketing touchpoints). You'll operate in an AI-first workflow, moving quickly from idea to prototype to production.

Key Responsibilities

Product & UX Design

• Design clear, intuitive interfaces for complex systems (LLMs, APIs, routing, pricing, latency)
• Own work end-to-end: concept → prototype → production
• Create interfaces for core product surfaces including dashboards, model pages, and usage analytics
• Design model discovery, comparison, and evaluation experiences
• Develop developer workflows (API onboarding, docs, playgrounds, integrations)

Marketing & Brand

• Design and build high-quality landing pages and growth surfaces
• Create scalable templates for email, content, and campaigns
• Evolve OpenRouter's visual identity as the product expands

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

AI-First Execution

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

Collaboration

• Work closely with engineers in a fast, low-process environment
• Review and understand PRs and frontend changes
• Contribute to product and growth strategy
• Communicate through prototypes and shipped work

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
• Strong ability to simplify complex systems
• Good judgment on scope, prioritization, and tradeoffs
• High bar for visual design, interaction design, and clarity
• Ability to produce production-ready work with minimal iteration

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 (React, HTML/CSS)