Senior Product Engineer, Robotics
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 possible
love building for developers and have strong opinions about what good DX looks like
write code that's fast, reliable, and right-sized to the problem
own what you ship you feel it when something you built isn't working for users
move fast without losing rigor on the details that matter
can explain complex technical concepts clearly to other engineers
pick 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 CLI
Design and implement features that make LiveKit feel obvious and powerful to the developers using it
Engage directly with developers and customers to understand how they're building with LiveKit and where the rough edges are
Move quickly from prototype to production, iterating on real usage rather than guesses
Contribute 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-end
Strong 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 implementation
Comfort with ambiguity. You can take a vague problem, frame it, and start shipping.
Excellent written and verbal communication
Genuine excitement about physical AI, robotics, and helping developers enable
Nice to Have
Experience building developer platforms, SDKs, CLIs, or APIs as the primary product
Experience working with and operating production distributed systems (Kubernetes-based deployments, analytics/telemetry, and observability) at scale
Hands on experience building hardware or robotics
Open source contributions, especially on infra or developer tools
Background in realtime, audio/video, or AI tooling
Based 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 world
Contribute to open source alongside world-class engineers
Competitive salary and equity package
Health, dental, and vision benefits
Flexible 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 [email protected].