Staff Software Engineer, Distributed Systems

We're looking for a Staff 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.