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Forward Deployed Engineer
Livekit
Contract type
Ongoing
Work mode
100% remote
Experience
Senior · 7+ years
Job description
Key details
- Work directly (remotely or on-site when necessary) 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
- Company mission
- Information not specified
Primary stack
Core technologies
GoPython (Programming Language)Node.js
Benefits
- An opportunity to build something truly impactful to the world
- Contribute to open source alongside world-class engineers
- Competitive salary and equity package
- Health, dental, and vision benefits
- Flexible vacation policy
Requirements & details
- Strong engineering background with 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 where ownership and initiative matter
- Excited to work hands-on with customers solving complex technical implementation challenges
- 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
- Hiring across multiple levels (Forward Deployed Engineer, Senior FDE, and Staff FDE)
- Compensation will be determined by experience, technical depth, and interview performance
- £132K – £240K • Offers Equity
- Go, Python, Node.js, Rust, C++, WebRTC, SIP
- Go
- Python (Programming Language)
- Node.js