Description
About OpenRouter
OpenRouter is the open AI routing and infrastructure layer that enterprises use to access, manage, and optimize the best large language models across providers, without lock-in, capacity constraints, or unnecessary cost.
The Role
We're looking for a Community Lead to become the heartbeat of OpenRouter's developer community. You will be the person our community knows by name and recognizes in person, the one who is always around, always listening, and always making the community a better place to be.
OpenRouter's Discord is already one of the largest AI communities anywhere. Over 50,000 members, hundreds of threads, and thousands of chats every week. It is THE place where people talk about models, harnesses, new techniques, and projects. Not just OpenRouter, but AI in general.
You are a community person first and a developer at heart. You've built with LLMs, you understand what AI builders care about, and you're fluent in the culture of the spaces where they gather. You will own this Discord and grow our presence across Twitter/X, Reddit, and other community channels, turning an already thriving community into the best place on the internet to be an AI builder.
What You'll Do
- Own and run OpenRouter's Discord end to end. Design and run Discord-specific events, giveaways, and challenges that keep the community engaged and growing.
- Own and scale our recognition programs for contributors and helpers.
- Recruit, onboard, and support a team of community moderators.
- Actively listen to how the community feels about OpenRouter, about models, and about the AI space overall, and report that pulse back to the team continuously.
- Build and maintain automations that surface community sentiment, trends, and signals at scale.
- Partner with our events team to make community events a flywheel over time.
- Extend community energy to Twitter/X and other socials.
- Own the loop from community to product.
- Partner with marketing and DevRel on community-facing campaigns.
What Success Looks Like (First 6 Months)
- OpenRouter's Discord is widely seen as one of the best AI builder communities.
- A healthy, active moderator team is in place.
- Community members are consistently recognized for their contributions.
- The team has a reliable, always-on read of community sentiment.
- Community feedback visibly informs product decisions.
What We're Looking For
- 3+ years of experience in community management, developer community, or a closely related role.
- Experience running Discord communities at meaningful scale.
- Hands-on experience building with LLMs and their APIs.
- Personable, humble, and highly accessible.
- Strong written communication.
- Background designing contributor, ambassador, or moderator programs.
- Experience running online events.
- A 1:n mindset.
- Self-directed and entrepreneurial.
- Comfortable being publicly visible as a representative of OpenRouter.
Nice to Have
- Experience building automations for community listening and sentiment tracking.
- Experience running or scaling in-person community events.
- Familiarity with OpenRouter as a user.
- Experience creating light content that resonates with developer audiences.
Why OpenRouter
- Work at the center of the AI infrastructure stack.
- High ownership and autonomy.
- Opportunity to shape a foundational function.
- Fully remote team.
- Competitive compensation.