[Hiring] Senior Payroll Specialist @LiveKit

Role Description

LiveKit's team is growing fast, in the US and around the world, and Finance is taking over payroll. You'll be the person who makes it run: every employee, every state, every country, every filing.

Most senior payroll roles hand you a well-oiled machine and ask you not to break it. This one asks you to build it. You'll own US and international payroll, set up the calendar and controls, assist with month end close, and be the internal expert on anything that touches a paycheck.

You'll thrive as the Senior Payroll Specialist if you:

• are obsessive about tying out numbers to the penny
• are known as the go-to person for tackling tough problems
• work hard and can build and ship fast
• are focused on polish, detail and quality
• are a fast learner, frequently picking up new tips, tricks, and skills

The best way to impress us is with thoughtful ways you'd implement LiveKit, and potentially tinkering with it 😊

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience running both US and international payroll, including Canada and/or the EU
• Experience managing payroll tax filings directly, not just handing them off to a provider
• Experience with multi-state US payroll for a remote, distributed team
• Strong experience working within PEO and/or EOR structures
• Familiarity with startup-focused platforms such as Rippling, Deel, Remote, or similar
• Comfort working independently as the subject-matter expert, juggling many moving pieces and flagging tax, legal, and compliance risk before it becomes a problem

Nice to Have

• CPP, FPC, or a similar payroll certification
• Experience moving payroll in-house, switching providers, or migrating an HRIS
• Experience with equity administration in Carta
• Experience at a fast-growing company with a distributed, international team
• You've personally caught a payroll error before anyone else did, and you still think about it fondly

Benefits

• An opportunity to build something truly impactful to the world
• Contribute to open source alongside world-class engineers
• Competitive salary and equity package
• Health, dental, and vision benefits
• Flexible vacation policy

Company Description

LiveKit is building the infrastructure layer for the voice-driven era of computing. Our platform gives developers everything they need to build, test, deploy, scale, and observe agents in production. Founded in 2021, LiveKit powers voice AI applications for OpenAI, xAI, Salesforce, Coursera, Spotify, and thousands of others, collectively facilitating billions of calls each year.