Senior Product Engineer, Robotics
LiveKit · San Francisco Bay Area · 2 days ago
HybridInformation Technology$200k–$300k/yrFull-time
About LiveKit LiveKit is building the infrastructure layer for the agentic era of computing. Our platform gives developers everything they need to build, test, deploy, scale, and observe physical AI in production. Founded in 2021, LiveKit powers voice and agentic AI applications for OpenAI, Salesforce, Spotify, Meta, and physical AI applications for Skydio, Ultra Robotics, Polymath Robotics, Nuro, Oxa, and many other across AV, drones, warehouse robots, delivery robots, humanoids, and more. About This Role We're hiring Product Engineers to build the surfaces developers use to ship robotics applications on LiveKit. Most of this work lives on the web and in our CLI: the dashboards, tooling, observability, and debug surfaces that turn LiveKit from a set of APIs into a platform people love to build on. This is a core engineering role. You'll write a lot of production code in TypeScript and Go, work end to end across the stack, and ship features that real developers depend on. We expect strong technical chops and a high bar for craft. What sets a Product Engineer apart at LiveKit is product instinct. You think about the shape of the experience, not just the correctness of the code. The things you ship are built from deep knowledge of actual customer use-cases, and you continuously measure, seek feedback, and iterate to maximize your impact. This role is based in our SF HQ, where you'll be part of a collaborative in-office culture! You'll Thrive at LiveKit if You are genuinely excited about physical AI and want to build the infrastructure that makes them possiblelove building for developers and have strong opinions about what good DX looks likewrite code that's fast, reliable, and right-sized to the problemown what you ship you feel it when something you built isn't working for usersmove fast without losing rigor on the details that mattercan explain complex technical concepts clearly to other engineerspick up new languages, tools, and domains quickly What You'll Do Build and ship core product surfaces end to end, primarily on the web and in our CLIDesign and implement features that make LiveKit feel obvious and powerful to the developers using itEngage directly with developers and customers to understand how they're building with LiveKit and where the rough edges areMove quickly from prototype to production, iterating on real usage rather than guessesContribute to technical and product decisions that shape what we build next Who You Are 6+ years of engineering experience, with meaningful time spent shipping product end-to-endStrong coding skills in TypeScript, with fluency in modern web frameworks. Comfort with Go is a plus. A track record of building user-facing software that developers or technical users actually adopted. Experience working on dashboards & interfaces for robotics applications. Strong product sense: you weigh user experience, trade-offs, and value alongside technical implementationComfort with ambiguity. You can take a vague problem, frame it, and start shipping. Excellent written and verbal communicationGenuine excitement about physical AI, robotics, and helping developers enable Nice to Have Experience building developer platforms, SDKs, CLIs, or APIs as the primary productExperience working with and operating production distributed systems (Kubernetes-based deployments, analytics/telemetry, and observability) at scaleHands on experience building hardware or roboticsOpen source contributions, especially on infra or developer toolsBackground in realtime, audio/video, or AI toolingBased in or willing to spend time in the San Francisco Bay Area Our Commitment to You An opportunity to build something truly impactful to the worldContribute to open source alongside world-class engineersCompetitive salary and equity packageHealth, dental, and vision benefitsFlexible vacation policy LiveKit is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of any characteristic protected by applicable law. If you require a reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process, please contact recruiting@livekit.io. Compensation Range: $200K - $300K