Senior Software Engineer, Distributed Systems
LiveKitReal-time Communication company
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Index Ventures
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Software Engineering
About the role
TL;DR
Design and evolve distributed systems for LiveKit Cloud.
- •We're looking for a Senior Engineer to work across some of the most technically demanding parts of LiveKit's platform
- •core services, telephony, and observability.
- •At LiveKit, the infrastructure is the product
- •you're not building the layer underneath, you are the layer.
- •Key Responsibilities Design and evolve the core control, data, and observability systems that power LiveKit Cloud Implement resilient, region-spanning architectures that degrade gracefully under partial failure Build libraries, protocols, and tooling that raise reliability and developer velocity across the org Diagnose and harden critical paths using metrics, tracing, testing, and real-world traffic insights Shape new platform capabilities across identity, scheduling, observability, and distributed state management Requirements You have experience designing and delivering distributed systems in production You take ownership end-to-end
- •prototype, test, ship, monitor, and iterate You're comfortable with consensus, coordination, and the realities of distributed failure modes You think in terms of data flow, state, performance, and correctness, and you can reduce complex systems into understandable components You value clear communication, practical engineering, and building systems that others enjoy working with
Required skills
GoKubernetesPrometheusgRPCMicroservices
Benefits & perks
Competitive salary and equity package, Health, dental, and vision benefits, Flexible vacation policy
Tech stack
GogRPCKubernetesPrometheus