Senior Software Engineer, Gateway

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 are looking for an exceptional engineer to join the Gateway team. We are building services that provide AI inference at the lowest latency possible with 100% uptime.

What You’ll Do:

• Build core services that would power inference at LiveKit

• Design fault-tolerant distributed systems that tolerate failure at every level

• Actively monitor, maintain, and strengthen the long-term health of critical systems

• Technologies you will work with include: Golang, psrpc, gRPC, raft, and other internal distributed systems infrastructure

Who You Are:

• You have built complex backend services

• You are experienced in designing and maintaining distributed systems

• You are capable of digging into low-level details to solve complex problems

Our Commitments to You

We offer

• 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