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LiveKit

Forward Deployed Engineer

LiveKit
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about 3 hours ago
Remote, Worldwide or Seattle, WA, USAMid Level / Senior
H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$170k - $250k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Work with customer engineering teams to design and implement real-time applications on LiveKit.
  • Design scalable architectures for voice AI and real-time media use cases.
  • Build prototype integrations and reference implementations to accelerate customer development.
  • Help customers navigate SDKs, APIs, and deployment strategies for production systems.
  • Debug and troubleshoot complex technical issues in production environments.
  • Lead technical workshops and architecture sessions with developers and product teams.
  • Translate customer needs into technical insights for product development.
  • Contribute to LiveKit's open-source ecosystem when helpful.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in backend or infrastructure engineering.
  • Proficient in programming languages such as Go, Python, Node, Rust, or C++.
  • Comfortable working with APIs, SDKs, distributed systems, and cloud infrastructure.
  • Experience building or integrating developer platforms or real-time systems.
  • Strong communication skills for collaboration with customer and internal teams.
  • Ability to quickly understand complex systems and debug real-world issues.
  • Excited to work hands-on with customers to solve technical challenges.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to build impactful solutions.
  • Contribute to open source alongside experienced engineers.
  • Competitive salary and equity package.
  • Health, dental, and vision benefits.
  • Flexible vacation policy.