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Forward Deployed Engineer

LiveKit

Remote · United States$15,000–26,667 gross/mofull-timeLiveKit Careers

About This Role LiveKit is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) to work directly with customers building real-time communication and voice AI applications on the LiveKit platform. This role sits at the intersection of engineering, architecture, and customer implementation.

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

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    Work format
    Remote
    Seniority
    Mid
    Posted
    17 Mar 2026
    Last verified
    In the last 5 days

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