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Forward Deployed Engineer

LiveKit· COGs
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Remote€153k - €274kFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) to work with customers building real-time communication and voice AI applications on the LiveKit platform. Interface between engineering, architecture, and customer implementation to design, prototype, and deploy scalable real-time systems for production use.

Responsibilities

  • Work directly (remotely or on-site when necessary) 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

Qualifications

  • Strong engineering background with 7+ 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

Skills

Required:Backend / infrastructure engineeringGoCustomer-facing communicationDistributed systemsProblem solving in production environments
Nice to have:PythonNodeRustC++Open-source contribution

Benefits

  • Health, dental, and vision benefits
  • Flexible vacation policy
  • Competitive salary and equity package
  • Opportunity to contribute to open source
  • Chance to work on impactful real-time infrastructure for AI applications
Last updated Sep 30, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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Open source agent framework and cloud platform for apps that see, hear, and speak.

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