LiveKit
Forward Deployed Engineer
New York, NY (Remote) · Senior
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 219 days ago
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About the role
- This role sits at the intersection of engineering, architecture, and customer implementation.
- This is an ideal role for engineers who enjoy solving real-world problems in real customer environments.
- are obsessed with helping developers succeed
Responsibilities
- 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
- Lead technical workshops and architecture sessions with developers and product teams
- Partner with Product and Engineering to improve developer experience, documentation, and tooling
- Experience building or integrating developer platforms or real-time systems
Requirements
- Strong engineering background with 7+ years of experience in backend or infrastructure engineering
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
- Contribute to open source alongside world-class engineers
- Compensation will be determined by experience, technical depth, and interview performance.
- LiveKit is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of any characteristic protected by applicable law.
Skills
- are a fast learner, frequently picking up new tools, systems, and skills
Compensation
- Competitive salary and equity package
Company info
- Founded in 2021, LiveKit powers voice and agentic AI applications for OpenAI, Salesforce, Spotify, Meta, and tens of thousands of other developers, collectively facilitating billions of calls each year.
- LiveKit is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) to work directly with customers building real-time communication and voice AI applications on the LiveKit platform.
- Help customers navigate SDKs, APIs, infrastructure, and deployment strategies for production systems
- Act as a trusted advisor helping customers successfully launch and scale applications on LiveKit
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