Forward Deployed Engineer

LiveKit
Ireland
Workplace: RemoteFull timeEUR 153,000 - 274,000 annuallyFunction: Solutions Engineering & Sales EngineeringExperience: 5+ yearsSkills: ["Clear communication","Collaboration","Problem-solving","Fast learning","Ownership"]

Work directly with customer engineering teams to design and implement real-time audio/video and voice AI applications on the LiveKit platform. Build scalable architectures, prototype integrations, reference implementations, and sample apps to accelerate development. Guide production deployments by helping customers navigate SDKs, APIs, infrastructure, and deployment strategies, and by debugging complex issues. Lead technical workshops and translate customer needs into platform and developer-experience improvements.

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LiveKit
LiveKit
1 month ago

Forward Deployed Engineer

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Job Summary

Work directly with customer engineering teams to design and implement real-time audio/video and voice AI applications on the LiveKit platform. Build scalable architectures, prototype integrations, reference implementations, and sample apps to accelerate development. Guide production deployments by helping customers navigate SDKs, APIs, infrastructure, and deployment strategies, and by debugging complex issues. Lead technical workshops and translate customer needs into platform and developer-experience improvements.
Location: Ireland
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key 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.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: EUR 153,000 - 274,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years of experience in backend or infrastructure engineering.
  • •Proficiency in one or more programming languages such as Go, Python, Node, Rust, or C++.
  • •Comfort working across APIs, SDKs, distributed systems, and cloud infrastructure.
  • •Experience building or integrating developer platforms or real-time systems.
  • •Ability to quickly understand complex systems and debug issues in real-world environments.
Experience:5+ years
Skills:Clear communicationCollaborationProblem-solvingFast learningOwnership
Tech Stack:GoPythonNodeRustC++APIsSDKsDistributed systemsCloud infrastructureWebRTCReal-time media systemsTelephonySIP

Company Brief

LiveKit
LiveKit provides an open-source realtime cloud and developer platform for building, deploying, and scaling voice, video, and physical AI agents with low-latency WebRTC infrastructure and edge services for production voice/video applications.
Industry: Cloud Computing
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series C
Headquarters: San Jose, United States
Founded: 2021
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