LiveKit

Forward Deployed Engineer

We captured this posting once, on 2026-07-06, and did not track it afterwards — so we cannot tell you whether it is still open.

Employer
LiveKit
Location
New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WA
Seniority
Mid level
Experience asked for
5+ years
Pay band
$170K – $250K

When we saw it

  • Posted 2026-07-01 — the date the employer published it
  • Archived 2026-07-06 — when we saved this copy

Found via LinkedIn — US keyword pulls.

Skills the posting named

system designprototypingdebuggingcustomer implementationarchitecture designintegrationtroubleshootingtechnical workshopstechnical advisinggopythonnode

From the posting

About LiveKit LiveKit is building the infrastructure layer for the agentic era of computing. Our platform gives developers everything they need to build, test, deploy, scale, and observe AI agents in production. Founded in 2021, LiveKit powers voice and agentic AI applications for OpenAI, Salesforce, Spotify, Meta, and tens of thousands of other developers, collectively facilitating billions of calls each year. 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. Forward Deployed Engineers partner closely with customers to design systems, prototype solutions, and solve complex technical challenges as teams move from experimentation to production. …

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