Community Lead, Developer Relations

About this role

Lead and grow OpenRouter’s developer community, with primary ownership of its 50,000-plus-member Discord and a broader presence across social channels. Build scalable community programs, moderation systems, events, and feedback loops that help developers connect and inform product decisions.

About the company

OpenRouter is a unified API that routes requests across large language model providers so developers can access, switch, and scale models without lock-in or complex multi-provider integrations.

What you'll do

• Steward the Discord community and run events, challenges, and giveaways.
• Create recognition programs for contributors, helpers, and moderators.
• Recruit, onboard, and support a community moderator team.
• Monitor community sentiment and report trends to internal teams.
• Build automations for community listening and signal tracking.
• Create playbooks that help members run local events.
• Engage developers on social platforms and amplify community activity.
• Synthesize community feedback and close the loop on product changes.

What we're looking for

• 3+ years of community management or related experience.
• Experience managing large Discord communities, including events and moderation.
• Hands-on experience building with LLMs and their APIs.
• Strong written communication across Discord and social platforms.
• Experience designing contributor, ambassador, or moderator programs.
• Able to build scalable systems and execute independently.
• Comfortable serving as a public representative of the company.
• Based in the Bay Area or able to travel regularly for events.

Nice to have

• Experience building community listening or sentiment-tracking tools.
• Experience scaling in-person events across cities or regions.
• Familiarity with OpenRouter.
• Experience creating developer-focused social content.

Benefits

• Equity