Livekit
Forward Deployed Engineer
New York, NY (Remote). Posted 8 months ago
The role
Forward Deployed Engineers work directly with customers to design and implement real-time applications on the LiveKit platform. They design scalable architectures, build prototype integrations, and troubleshoot production issues to help developers scale voice and AI applications.
What you will do
- Work 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
- Help customers navigate SDKs, APIs, infrastructure, and deployment strategies
- Debug and troubleshoot complex technical issues in production environments
- Lead technical workshops and architecture sessions
- Translate customer needs into technical insights for 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
- Act as a trusted advisor helping customers launch and scale applications
Required qualifications
- 7+ 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
Nice to have
- Experience with WebRTC, real-time media systems, or telephony/SIP infrastructure
- Familiarity with voice AI, conversational agents, or AI infrastructure
- Experience working in customer-facing engineering roles such as Solutions Engineer, Field Engineer, or Forward Deployed Engineer
- Experience contributing to open-source projects or developer ecosystems
- Previous experience building with or integrating LiveKit
Benefits
- Opportunity to build something impactful
- Contribute to open source alongside world-class engineers
- Competitive salary and equity package
- Health, dental, and vision benefits
- Flexible vacation policy
About the company
LiveKit is building the infrastructure layer for the agentic era of computing. The platform powers voice and agentic AI applications for companies like OpenAI, Salesforce, Spotify, and Meta.