LiveKit

Forward Deployed Engineer

LiveKit

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $120,000 - $250,000 per year

About the role

  • Work directly with customer engineering teams to design and implement real-time applications built on LiveKit.
  • Design scalable architectures for voice AI, real-time media, and developer platform use cases.
  • Build prototype integrations, reference implementations, and sample applications to accelerate customer development.
  • Help customers navigate SDKs, APIs, infrastructure, 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 that inform product and platform development.
  • Partner with Product and Engineering to improve developer experience, documentation, and tooling.
  • Contribute code, examples, or improvements to LiveKit’s open-source ecosystem when helpful.
  • Act as a trusted advisor helping customers successfully launch and scale applications on LiveKit.

Requirements

  • Strong engineering background with 5+ years of experience in backend or infrastructure engineering
  • Proficient in one or more 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 directly with customer engineering teams and internal product teams
  • Comfortable operating in fast-paced, low-process environments where ownership and initiative matter
  • Excited to work hands-on with customers solving complex technical implementation challenges.
Benefits
  • Competitive salary and equity package
  • Health, dental, and vision benefits
  • Flexible vacation policy
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Hard Skills & Tools
GoPythonNodeRustC++APIsSDKsdistributed systemscloud infrastructurereal-time systems
Soft Skills
strong communicatorcollaborationownershipinitiativeproblem-solvingtechnical insightscustomer engagementleadershipadaptabilitydebugging