Distributed Systems Engineer

Ovii's Interpretation of the Role

LiveKit seeks a senior‑level Distributed Systems Engineer to own and evolve core platform services, observability, and telephony. The role demands strong fundamentals, fast‑learning, and the ability to ship reliable, low‑latency infrastructure at scale.

Role Snapshot

• Senior/Staff Engineer
• Remote (U.S.)
• Full‑Time
• Individual contributor
• Distributed systems focus
• Go‑centric stack

Must-Have Requirements

• Go
• gRPC / psrpc
• Raft
• NATS
• Kubernetes
• Prometheus
• OpenTelemetry
• ClickHouse
• designing and delivering distributed systems in production

Nice-to-Have Signals

• Go fluency
• pub/sub, RPC, or coordination systems (e.g., NATS, etcd, Raft, Paxos)
• real‑time or low‑latency infrastructure experience
• observability tooling you’ve shipped
• pub/sub, RPC, coordination systems
• real‑time low‑latency infrastructure
• observability tooling

Work Setup

• Location: United States
• Work mode: REMOTE
• Remote scope: COUNTRY_RESTRICTED
• Remote countries: United States
• Employment type: Full-Time

Eligibility Gates

• Visa sponsorship: unknown

Application Requirements

• GitHub required

Not Specified in JD

• Salary range
• Visa sponsorship
• Equity details

What You'll Likely Work On

• Design and evolve core control, data, and observability systems for LiveKit Cloud
• Implement resilient, region‑spanning architectures that degrade gracefully
• Build libraries, protocols, and tooling to improve reliability and developer velocity
• Diagnose and harden critical paths using metrics, tracing, testing, and traffic insights
• Shape new platform capabilities around identity, scheduling, observability, and distributed state

Good Fit If You Have

• Known as the go‑to person for tough technical problems
• Clear communicator of complex technical concepts
• Fast learner who picks up new languages and tools quickly