Livekit Engineer

Position: LiveKit Engineer
Location: Freelancer
Experience: 3–6 Years

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced LiveKit Engineer to design, develop, and maintain scalable real-time audio, video, and data communication applications using the LiveKit platform. The ideal candidate will possess strong expertise in WebRTC technologies, backend development, cloud infrastructure, and real-time media streaming to build secure, high-performance communication solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy real-time communication applications using LiveKit.
• Build and maintain scalable audio, video, screen-sharing, and data communication solutions.
• Integrate LiveKit SDKs with web and mobile applications.
• Develop backend services for authentication, room management, participant management, and media workflows.
• Optimize application performance, latency, bandwidth utilization, and media quality.
• Troubleshoot WebRTC connectivity issues, including ICE, STUN, TURN, and NAT traversal.
• Implement recording, streaming, and media processing capabilities.
• Collaborate closely with Product, Frontend, Backend, and DevOps teams to deliver reliable communication features.
• Monitor system performance, troubleshoot production issues, and ensure high platform availability.
• Follow secure coding practices and implement authentication, authorization, and encrypted communication.
• Prepare and maintain technical documentation, deployment guides, and API documentation.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 3–6 years of software development experience with strong backend expertise.
• Hands-on experience with LiveKit Server and LiveKit SDKs.
• Strong understanding of WebRTC architecture and real-time communication protocols.
• Experience with STUN, TURN, ICE, RTP, SRTP, and WebSockets.
• Proficiency in Go, Node.js, Python, or Java.
• Experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs.
• Knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes for containerized deployments.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), or Microsoft Azure.
• Familiarity with PostgreSQL, Redis, or similar databases.
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline.
• Experience building enterprise-scale real-time communication platforms.
• Knowledge of SIP, VoIP, telephony integrations, or media servers.
• Experience with recording, transcription, live streaming, and media processing pipelines.
• Familiarity with monitoring tools such as Prometheus and Grafana.

Preferred Skills (Good to Have)

• Experience with AI Voice Agents and conversational AI applications.
• Integration experience with Speech-to-Text (STT), Text-to-Speech (TTS), and Large Language Models (LLMs).
• Knowledge of LiveKit Agents framework.
• Experience with FFmpeg, GStreamer, or media processing pipelines.
• Exposure to distributed systems and scalable cloud architectures.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary with performance-based incentives.
• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge real-time communication and AI technologies.
• Flexible work environment.
• Continuous learning and professional development opportunities.
• Collaborative, innovative, and growth-oriented engineering culture.
• Excellent career advancement opportunities.

Success Metrics

• Deliver secure, scalable, and low-latency communication solutions.
• Maintain high system availability and media quality.
• Improve communication reliability and reduce connection failures.
• Deliver high-quality features within project timelines while following engineering best practices.

Benefits:

• Provident Fund

Work Location: In person