livekit - Staff Rust SDK Engineer
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Requirements
• You have strong expertise in Rust and experience delivering production-quality libraries or SDKs. • You have familiarity with common crates in the Rust ecosystem (e.g., the Tokio async runtime, Criterion for benchmarking, etc). • You’re collaborative and communicative, comfortable working across multiple teams and platforms. • You have experience developing SDKs or libraries for multi-platform clients (mobile, web, or embedded). • You understand testing, CI/CD, and release best practices in modern Rust ecosystems. • (Bonus) You’ve worked with Livekit techs. • (Bonus) You have real-time systems, networking, and performance optimization, and may already have experience in WebRTC or related technologies. • OUR COMMITMENT TO YOU • An opportunity to build something truly impactful to the world • Contribute to open source alongside world-class engineers
Responsibilities
• Design, build, and maintain the LiveKit Rust SDK and the shared Rust core modules that power LiveKit’s multi-platform client ecosystem. • Lead by example — guide and mentor engineers with less Rust experience, promote share code, best practices, and foster a culture of high quality, maintainable, and testable Rust code. • Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams (client SDKs, agents, cloud teams, PMs) to ensure smooth integration, shared standards, and consistent developer experience. • Own the testing, CI/CD, and release processes for Rust projects, ensuring reliability and stability across environments. • Profile and optimize performance in real-time, low-latency systems to push the boundaries of what’s possible in LiveKit’s SDKs. • Contribute to SDK architecture and design decisions, shaping the long term technical direction for both the Rust SDK and cross-platform SDK interoperability.
Benefits
• Software Engineer $120K – $250K • Offers Equity • Upload your resume here to autofill key application fields. • Drop your resume here! • Parsing your resume. Autofilling key fields... • or drag and drop here • Tell us about you and why you're excited to apply to this specific role at LiveKit! • Decline to self-identify • Hispanic or Latino - A person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race. • Hispanic or Latino • White (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa. • White • Black or African American (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. • Black or African American • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands. • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander • Asian (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian Subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam. • Asian • American Indian or Alaska Native (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America), and who maintain tribal affiliation or community attachment. • American Indian or Alaska Native • Two or More Races (Not Hispanic or Latino) - All persons who identify with more than one of the above five races. • Two or More Races • Hispanic or Latino • White (Not Hispanic or Latino) • Black or African American (Not Hispanic or Latino) • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (Not Hispanic or Latino) • Asian (Not Hispanic or Latino) • American Indian or Alaska Native (Not Hispanic or Latino) • Two or More Races (Not Hispanic or Latino) • I identify as one or more of the classifications of protected veteran listed above • I am not a protected veteran
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