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.
You'll thrive at LiveKit 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 😊
About This Role:We’re looking for a generalist SDK engineer who thrives on variety and loves moving between layers of the stack. At LiveKit, you’ll help power real-time communications across platforms by contributing to SDKs, shared modules, and developer tooling that enable teams around the world to build high-quality, low-latency apps.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys deep technical work: whether it’s diving into a Rust core module, debugging audio or video issues on iOS or Android, benchmarking / improving low latency frameworks in a distributed environment, improving CI pipelines, or refining APIs to unify developer experience across languages. You’ll work with a small, world-class engineering team that values autonomy, collaboration, and craftsmanship.
What makes this role unique is its breadth, ownership, and impact — you’ll become the owner or DRI of one or more LiveKit SDKs (such as Python, Go, or Rust), guiding their design, implementation, and long-term direction. At the same time, you’ll help unify the developer experience across all SDKs, ensuring performance, reliability, and consistency throughout the LiveKit ecosystem.
What You'll Do:Own one or two SDKs (such as Python, Go, Rust, or other SDKs), becoming the go-to engineer responsible for design, development, and long-term maintenance.
Contribute to high-performance shared modules that power LiveKit’s multi-language SDK ecosystem.
Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams (client SDKs, agents, cloud teams, PMs) to ensure smooth integration, shared standards, and consistent developer experience.
Diagnose and solve complex cross-platform performance or reliability issues, often at the intersection of mobile, desktop, web clients and servers.
Improve CI/CD, testing, and make releases across SDKs, strengthening release pipelines and developer tooling.
Push the boundaries of real-time performance, optimizing systems for low latency, scalability, and efficiency.
You have strong engineering fundamentals and experience shipping production-quality code in at least two of: Rust, Python, Swift, Kotlin, TypeScript/JS, C++, or C#.
You’re comfortable moving between languages and toolchains, picking up new technologies quickly as the problem demands.
You’ve built or maintained SDKs, APIs, or developer-facing frameworks, with an eye for usability and long-term maintainability.
You have hands-on experience with CI/CD, testing, and release processes in multi-language environments.
You’re collaborative, pragmatic, and communicative, able to work closely with other engineers to solve tough cross-platform challenges.
(Bonus) You understand real-time systems, WebRTC, or network performance, and enjoy profiling and optimizing complex codebases.
(Bonus) You’ve worked on cross-platform SDK design or have experience bridging native modules (e.g., Rust/C++ to mobile or web).
The opportunity to shape the brand of a fast-growing developer platform
Collaboration with a small, senior team that deeply values craft and creativity
Competitive salary and equity package
Health, dental, and vision benefits
Flexible vacation policy
