Worldwide · North America, EMEA and APJ, as listed by the employer

Backend Engineer, Real-Time Media

LiveKit Posted 1 day ago $135K - $300K

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About the role

Build and operate LiveKit’s real-time media backend and distribution mesh. Own reliability, latency and on-call responsibilities, develop new media systems, and assess transport protocols including MoQ/WARP. The role calls for deep WebRTC knowledge and systems programming experience; Go is preferred.

Remote: North America, EMEA and APJ, as listed by the employer.

Employer posting date: 2026-09-16.

Skills

Backend Go Networking Distributed Systems

How to apply

Apply directly on the employer's application page. Your application goes straight to them.

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