LiveKit
Senior Software Engineer, Distributed Systems
Remote, U.S · Senior
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 49 days ago
Distributed SystemsGitKubernetesPrometheusgRPCSystems EngineeringCommunicationCollaboration
About the role
- We're looking for a Senior/Staff Engineer to work across some of the most technically demanding parts of LiveKit's platform - core services, telephony, and observability.
- You'll work on problems where latency, availability, and operational simplicity are critical, and where the right answer often requires careful tradeoffs and outside-the-box thinking.
Responsibilities
- Design and evolve the core control, data, and observability systems that power LiveKit Cloud
- Implement resilient, region-spanning architectures that degrade gracefully under partial failure
- Build libraries, protocols, and tooling that raise reliability and developer velocity across the org
- You value clear communication, practical engineering, and building systems that others enjoy working with
Requirements
- You have experience designing and delivering distributed systems in production
- You think in terms of data flow, state, performance, and correctness, and you can reduce complex systems into understandable components
- While distributed systems experience is valuable, we care just as much about strong programming fundamentals, sound judgment, and the ability to learn fast.
Nice to have
- Go fluency - if you haven't written Go yet, you've been meaning to
- Hands-on experience with pub/sub, RPC, or coordination systems (NATS, etcd, Raft, Paxos)
- Exposure to real-time or low-latency infrastructure - you know what microseconds feel like
- You've shipped observability tooling you'd actually want to use (tracing, metrics, at-scale logging)
- In those school group projects, you did most of the work (:sigh:)
- The opportunity to shape the brand of a fast-growing developer platform
- Collaboration with a small, senior team that deeply values craft and creativity
Skills
- obsess with crafting code that is fast, reliable and practical for the problem
- are known as the go-to person for tackling tough technical problems
- work hard and can build and ship fast
- can clearly explain complex technical concepts to others
- are a fast learner, frequently picking up new languages and tools
Compensation
- Founded in 2021, LiveKit has rapidly grown to support over 3 Billion calls annually, 100,000+ developers globally, and industry giants like OpenAI, Character AI, Spotify, and Meta.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and equity package
- Health, dental, and vision benefits
- Flexible vacation policy
Equal opportunity
- equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of any characteristic protected by applicable law.
- If you require a reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process, please contact recruiting@livekit.io.
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