[Hiring] Backend Engineer @LiveKit

Role Description

As a Backend Engineer on the real-time media team, you'll own real-time media distribution end to end:

• Interaction with real-time clients
• Distributed mesh allowing fast and reliable media distribution globally
• New systems that customer-facing features depend on

This role is for someone who has built real-time systems that real customers relied on, and who wants that work to matter to the whole product rather than sit in a corner of it.

Qualifications

• Obsess over crafting code that is fast, reliable, and practical for the problem
• 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 other engineers
• Fast learner, frequently picking up new languages and tools

Requirements

• Built critical real-time media systems and pipelines that real customers depended on
• Strong knowledge of the WebRTC stack: ICE, DTLS-SRTP, RTP/RTCP, congestion control, SDP negotiation
• Strong systems programming skills in Go, Rust, C/C++, Java, or C# (Go preferred)
• Design asynchronous and multi-threaded systems, and can debug them under production load
• Clear communication and thrive with high individual ownership on a small team

Nice to Have

• Contributions to Pion open-source media stack
• Built instrumentation for real-time media quality measurement
• Distributed systems algorithms, including consensus
• Designed public-facing APIs that outside developers built on

Benefits

• 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