LiveKit Growth

Forward Deployed Engineer

New York, NY Hybrid $180K - $320K Mid (3-5 yrs) Added 2 days ago

About the role

LiveKit seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer to partner with customers building real-time communication and voice AI applications on the LiveKit platform. Role sits at intersection of engineering, architecture, and customer implementation. FDE designs architectures, prototypes solutions, debugs production issues, builds reference implementations, and leads technical workshops alongside customers engineering teams. 5+ years backend/infrastructure engineering; proficient in Go, Python, Node, Rust, or C++; experience with distributed systems and cloud infrastructure. WebRTC, voice AI, and AI infrastructure experience a plus. Hiring at multiple levels (FDE, Senior FDE, Staff FDE). Remote with on-site travel as needed. $180K-$320K + equity.

Industry

Real-time communications / AI infrastructure

Top skills for this role

  • real-time systems engineering
  • WebRTC/voice AI
  • distributed systems

Languages

GoPythonNode.jsRustC++

Frameworks & tools

WebRTCSDKsdistributed systemscloud infrastructure

AI / ML skills

voice AIconversational agentsAI infrastructure

Customer skills

customer-facing engineering, developer ecosystem support

Domain knowledge

real-time communications, agentic AI platforms

Travel: remote with on-site as needed
Equity: Y

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