LiveKit tech stack
LiveKit builds mostly with Go, Python, C++, Rust. Its stack also includes OpenAI, GitHub, ClickHouse, OpenTelemetry. OpenAI is named in 37 of the 38 job postings LiveKit published in the last 12 months (97%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of LiveKit, updated Oct 1, 2026.
What programming languages does LiveKit use?
Go is named in 42% of job postings at LiveKit, followed by Python (34%), C++ (24%), Rust (24%).
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What frameworks and libraries does LiveKit use?
OpenTelemetry is named in 8% of job postings at LiveKit, followed by FSDP (3%), SGLang (3%).
What databases does LiveKit use?
ClickHouse is named in 11% of job postings at LiveKit, followed by Snowflake (5%), CockroachDB (3%), BigQuery (3%).
BigQuery 
What cloud and platforms does LiveKit use?
OpenAI is named in 97% of job postings at LiveKit, followed by GitHub (16%), Kubernetes (16%), NATS (11%).
GitHub
6 16%
Kubernetes
6 16%
NATS
4 11%
Okta
2 5%
AWS
1 3%
Apache Kafka
1 3%
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What developer tools does LiveKit use?
WebRTC is named in 37% of job postings at LiveKit, followed by Prometheus (8%), gRPC (8%), etcd (8%).
What AI and ML technologies does LiveKit use?
LLM is named in 16% of job postings at LiveKit, followed by ChatGPT (8%), Gemma (3%), Claude (3%).
Which engineering practices does LiveKit ask for?
AI Agents is named in 45% of job postings at LiveKit, followed by Multimodal AI (8%), Voice Agents (8%), Teleoperation (5%).
AI Agents
17 45%
Multimodal AI
3 8%
CI/CD
1 3%
Incident Management
1 3%
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What does each LiveKit team work with?
The technologies each team's postings require most often, with the number of postings that require them.
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How much does LiveKit pay by technology?
Median stated pay of the postings that name each technology, against the median of all LiveKit postings with stated pay: $265k across 37 postings.
| Technology | Postings with pay | Median | vs company median |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI | 36 | $265k | 0% |
| Go | 15 | $300k | +13% |
| Python | 13 | $300k | +13% |
| C++ | 9 | $319k | +20% |
| Rust | 9 | $319k | +20% |
| TypeScript | 6 | $250k | −6% |
| LLM | 6 | $220k | −17% |
| GitHub | 5 | $300k | +13% |
| Kubernetes | 5 | $300k | +13% |
How is the LiveKit stack changing?
Read from the dates of the postings themselves: a technology is new when the first posting that names it appeared in the last six months, rising or falling when its share of postings moved between the last two quarters.
How modern is the LiveKit stack?
LiveKit scores 85 out of 100 (Cutting-edge). The score averages how current each technology in the stack is and adds weight for AI adoption. AI technologies in the stack: 8; legacy ones: 0.
How common is the LiveKit stack in its industry?
Share of the 364 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.
What sets LiveKit apart
LiveKit products in its job postings
Postings at LiveKit name its own products. They describe what the company makes, so they are left out of the stack above.
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Questions about the LiveKit tech stack
What programming languages does LiveKit use?
The languages named in LiveKit job postings are Go (42%), Python (34%), C++ (24%), Rust (24%), TypeScript (16%), as a share of the 38 postings of the last 12 months.
Does LiveKit use OpenTelemetry?
Yes. OpenTelemetry is named in 3 of 38 job postings (8%) and required in 3 of them.
What cloud and platforms does LiveKit use?
The cloud and platforms named in LiveKit job postings are OpenAI (37), GitHub (6), Kubernetes (6) (postings in brackets).
What skills do you need for a Backend job at LiveKit?
Backend postings at LiveKit most often require OpenAI (9), Go (7), C++ (4), ClickHouse (4), out of 9 postings in the last 12 months.
Is the LiveKit tech stack changing?
Yes. Text-to-Speech, JavaScript, SQL, Snowflake first appeared in LiveKit job postings in the last six months.
How modern is the LiveKit tech stack?
LiveKit scores 85 out of 100 (Cutting-edge). The score averages how current each technology in the stack is and adds weight for AI adoption. AI technologies in the stack: 8; legacy ones: 0.
How does Alion know the LiveKit tech stack?
Alion reads every job posting LiveKit publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 38 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Oct 1, 2026.
Method and citation
Alion reads every job posting the company publishes and tags the technologies each one names. Shares count the postings of the last 12 months, open and closed; the company's own products are counted apart. How we count
Alion, "LiveKit tech stack: 62 technologies from 38 job postings", as of Oct 1, 2026. https://alion.io/company/livekit-com/technologies