Senior Software Engineer, Distributed Systems

About the Role

ABOUT LIVEKIT LiveKit is revolutionizing the AI landscape by providing the essential network infrastructure that powers multimodal AI interfaces, enabling seamless audio and visual interactions. Founded in 2021, LiveKit has rapidly grown to support over 3 Billion calls annually, 100,000+ developers globally, and industry giants like OpenAI, Character AI, Spotify, and Meta. ABOUT THIS ROLE We're looking for a Senior Engineer to work across some of the most technically demanding parts of LiveKit's platform — core services, telephony, and observability. At LiveKit, the infrastructure is the product — you're not building the layer underneath, you are the layer. You'll work on problems where latency, availability, and operational simplicity are critical, and where the right answer often requires careful tradeoffs and outside-the-box thinking. While distributed systems experience is valuable, we care just as much about strong programming fundamentals, sound judgment, and the ability to learn fast. The team is small. Your decisions ship directly into production. You'll thrive as a Distributed Systems Engineer if you: - obsess with crafting code that is fast, reliable and practical for the problem - are known as the go-to person for tackling tough technical problems - work hard and can build and ship fast - can clearly explain complex technical concepts to others - are a fast learner, frequently picking up new languages and tools The best way to impress us is with thoughtful Issues and/or PRs on our Github repos 😊 WHAT YOU'LL DO - Design and evolve the core control, data, and observability systems that power LiveKit Cloud - Implement resilient, region-spanning architectures that degrade gracefully under partial failure - Build libraries, protocols, and tooling that raise reliability and developer velocity across the org - Diagnose and harden critical paths using metrics, tracing, testing, and real-world traffic insights - Shape new platform capab

Key Responsibilities

• Design and evolve the core control, data, and observability systems that power LiveKit Cloud
• Implement resilient, region-spanning architectures that degrade gracefully under partial failure
• Build libraries, protocols, and tooling that raise reliability and developer velocity across the org
• Diagnose and harden critical paths using metrics, tracing, testing, and real-world traffic insights
• Shape new platform capab

Requirements & Qualifications

• Strong problem solving foundations, knowledge of modern engineering practices, and interest in technology systems.

Perks & Benefits

• Official mentor support
• verified hiring timeline
• and career progression.