# Staff Software Engineer, Distributed Systems at LiveKit

- Company: LiveKit
- What the company does: Backed by Index and Redpoint.
- Company website: http://livekit.io/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: North America
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $135K to $300K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-07-23
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/livekit/b278b3c7-f9cd-4564-9c6b-ee655de75039
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/livekit-staff-software-engineer-distributed-systems/

## About the role

We're looking for a Staff 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.

## What they're looking for

- 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

Tags: R&D