Founding AI Product Engineer

Responsibilities

• Build new product features from concept to production
• Work directly with customers to understand pain points and validate solutions
• Ship quickly while maintaining a high quality bar
• Prototype new ideas and iterate based on user feedback
• Own major product areas and continuously improve them over time
• Design backend APIs and services using Python and FastAPI
• Build intuitive developer experiences across our API, dashboard, and CLI
• Collaborate directly with the founders on product direction and technical decisions
• Help define and build LiteLLM's second major product

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field
• Strong software engineering fundamentals
• Experience building production software, preferably with Python
• Ability to move across the stack (backend, frontend, infrastructure, APIs)
• Strong product intuition and curiosity
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• High ownership and ability to operate in ambiguity

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience at an early-stage startup
• Experience building developer tools or infrastructure products
• Open source contributions
• Experience building and launching personal products
• Familiarity with AI infrastructure, LLMs, or developer platforms

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity
• Health, dental, and vision benefits
• Direct collaboration with founders

About the Company

LiteLLM is the world's most widely adopted AI Gateway, providing a unified API for 100+ LLM providers along with routing, authentication, budgets, observability, and governance for production AI systems.