Forward Deployed Engineer
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Forward Deployed Engineer working with customer teams on real-time applications for voice AI on the LiveKit platform. Designing systems and solving complex technical challenges for successful deployments.
Responsibilities:
- Work directly 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.
Requirements:
- Strong engineering background with 5+ 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.
Benefits:
- Competitive salary and equity package
- Health, dental, and vision benefits
- Flexible vacation policy
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