Real-Time AI Platform Engineer (Forward Deployed)

LiveKit; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and equity

Health, dental and vision benefits

Flexible vacation

Job summary

LiveKit in the United States is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to work directly with customers building real-time communication and voice AI applications on the LiveKit platform. You will design architectures, prototype solutions, debug production issues, and develop reference implementations that demonstrate best practices while scaling customer deployments.

This role blends engineering, architecture, and customer success, offering hands-on work, collaboration with Product, and a chance to

Qualifications

• 7+ years of backend or infrastructure engineering experience.
• Proficient in one or more of Go, Python, Node, Rust, or C++.
• Comfortable working across APIs, SDKs, distributed systems, and cloud infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with customer engineering teams to design and implement real-time applications built on LiveKit.
• Design scalable architectures for voice AI and real-time media use cases.
• Build prototype integrations, reference implementations, and sample apps to accelerate customer development.

Skills

Backend/Infrastructure

Go/Python/Node/Rust/C++

APIs/SDKs/Distributed Systems

Customer-facing engineering

Job description

LiveKit in the United States is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to work directly with customers building real-time communication and voice AI applications on the LiveKit platform. You will design architectures, prototype solutions, debug production issues, and develop reference implementations that demonstrate best practices while scaling customer deployments.

This role blends engineering, architecture, and customer success, offering hands-on work, collaboration with Product, and a chance to