Software Engineer, Agents
LiveKit · Remote · North America · APJ · EMEA ·
COMPENSATION
$135k – $300k
Listed on the employer's job board (Ashby)
- Fully remote
- Python + TypeScript
- AI Agent Infrastructure
- Open Source Contribution
- Competitive Equity
Join the Agents team at LiveKit to shape the infrastructure layer for agentic computing. You will work on core abstractions that enable developers to build, test, and deploy sophisticated AI agents, handling real-time interactions and durable workflows.
The role focuses on creating clean APIs over complex distributed systems, supporting text and voice modalities, and enabling agent-to-agent communication. You will collaborate with world-class engineers in a remote environment to deliver tools used by major tech companies.
What you'll do
- Design and develop core functionality for the LiveKit Agents framework
- Define text modality features for agent interactions via channels like SMS
- Create abstractions for stateful and durable agentic workflows
- Shape patterns for agent-to-agent communication and task delegation
- Build developer-friendly APIs for complex distributed real-time systems
- Iterate on products based on feedback from the developer community
- Write clear documentation, examples, and reference implementations
What you'll need
- Experience building LLM-based applications and agentic systems
- Ability to navigate complex systems and create clean abstractions
- Comfort with reasoning about state, concurrency, and async workflows
- Product-minded approach to designing APIs and developer experiences
- Comfortable working collaboratively in a remote environment
Nice to have
- Experience building developer tools, frameworks, or SDKs
- Interest in exploring emerging patterns in agent architecture
Stack
- Python
- TypeScript
How you'll work
- Fully remote position
- Collaborative remote work environment
What you get
- Competitive salary and equity package
- Health, dental, and vision benefits
- Flexible vacation policy
- Opportunity to contribute to open source projects