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LiveKit

Forward Deployed Engineer

LiveKit
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4 months ago
Remote, United StatesSenior
H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$215k - $250k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Work directly with customer engineering teams to design and implement real-time applications built 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, infrastructure, and deployment strategies.
  • 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.
  • Partner with Product and Engineering to improve developer experience and tooling.
  • Contribute code or improvements to LiveKit’s open-source ecosystem.
  • Act as a trusted advisor to help customers launch and scale applications.

Requirements

  • Strong engineering background with 5+ years of experience in backend or infrastructure engineering.
  • Proficient in programming languages such as Go, Python, Node, Rust, or C++.
  • Comfortable working across APIs, SDKs, distributed systems, and cloud infrastructure.
  • Experience building or integrating developer platforms or real-time systems.
  • Able to quickly understand complex systems and debug issues in real-world environments.
  • Strong communicator who can collaborate with customer and internal teams.
  • Comfortable operating in fast-paced, low-process environments.
  • Excited to work hands-on with customers solving complex technical challenges.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to build technology for the next generation of real-time and voice AI applications.
  • Work alongside world-class engineers and open-source contributors.
  • Competitive salary and equity package.
  • Health, dental, and vision benefits.
  • Flexible vacation policy.

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