135K–300K USD / year
Backend Engineer, Real-Time Media
BackendRemote — North America
Published on 2026-09-16
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About this role
As a Backend Engineer on the real-time media team, you will be responsible for owning and operating the real-time media distribution system, ensuring its reliability and performance. Your work will directly impact LiveKit's media backend, which supports billions of calls each year and enhances customer-facing features.
About the company
LiveKit provides open-source and cloud real-time media infrastructure for building voice, video, and AI agent experiences.
The team
Real-Time Media Team
Stack
GoRustC/C++JavaC#WebRTC
What you'll do
- Own and operate the LiveKit SFU and real-time media distribution mesh
- Build new real-time systems to support customer-facing features
- Drive down latency and improve call quality
- Assess and adopt modern media and transport protocols
- Collaborate with various internal teams on architecture and reliability
What we're looking for
- Experience building real-time media systems
- Thorough knowledge of the WebRTC stack
- Strong systems programming skills in Go, Rust, or similar
- Ability to design asynchronous and multi-threaded systems
- Clear communication and high ownership in small teams
Nice to have
- Contributions to Pion open-source media stack
- Built instrumentation for real-time media quality measurement
- Knowledge of distributed systems algorithms
- Experience designing public-facing APIs
Benefits
- An opportunity to build impactful technology
- Work alongside world-class engineers on open-source projects
- Competitive salary and equity package
- Health, dental, and vision benefits
- Flexible vacation policy