Senior Software Engineer, Media Backend

What You’ll Do

• Design, build, and optimize the media pipeline and services around LiveKit's real-time core
• Build distributed systems that ingest media from heterogeneous sources into the LiveKit ecosystem, and export LiveKit sessions to wherever they need to go
• Shape LiveKit's strategy on media features, formats, and codecs
• Choose the algorithms and implementation approaches that strike the right tradeoffs between performance, reliability, and quality
• Support and advise other teams building on top of media services, and raise the quality bar for the systems they depend on
• Help maintain operational excellence
• Technologies include Golang, GStreamer, FFmpeg, libavcodec, WebRTC, RTMP, WHIP, HLS, H264, VP9, AV1, ISO/MP4, CMAF, VMAF

Who You Are

• You have experience building and operating production media processing services at scale
• You have a strong grasp of distributed systems — asynchronous pipelines, parallel processing, and synchronization — and can break complex systems into clear components
• You own your work end-to-end, from design through implementation, deployment, and iteration
• You're comfortable with ambiguity, evolving requirements, and unfamiliar problem domains
• You value clear communication and building systems that others enjoy working with

Our Commitments to YouWe 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

LiveKit is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of any characteristic protected by applicable law. If you require a reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process, please contact recruiting@livekit.io.