LiveKitSoftware Engineer, Agents
LiveKit is hiring a Software Engineer, Agents for a remote role. It pays $135k-$300k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on LiveKit.
Level's read on this job
- Level rates this software engineer role Builds AI ●●●●: the job is building AI systems.
- This is listed as a remote role.
- The posting mentions OpenAI, Python and TypeScript among its tools and skills.
- Level classes it as a mid-level role.
- LiveKit has 29 other open roles on Level.
AI in this role
Design and build core functionality for the LiveKit Agents framework, shaping the future of agentic AI and real-time developer tooling.
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 AI agents in production. Founded in 2021, LiveKit powers voice and agentic AI applications for OpenAI, Salesforce, Spotify, Meta, and tens of thousands of other developers, collectively facilitating billions of calls each year.
About This Role
We are looking for an exceptional engineer to join the Agents team and help shape the future of agentic computing. You'll work on the core abstractions and infrastructure that developers use to build sophisticated AI agents; from real-time voice and text interactions to durable workflows and agent-to-agent communication.
What You'll Do
Design and develop core functionality for the LiveKit Agents framework
Help define the text modality of the framework, enabling agents to interact with users across channels such as SMS
Design abstractions for stateful and durable agentic workflows, allowing agents to maintain state and coordinate work across interactions that may span minutes, hours, or longer
Shape agent-to-agent communication and delegation patterns, enabling voice agents to hand off tasks, collaborate, and compose into more sophisticated systems
Build simple, powerful developer APIs over complex distributed and real-time systems
Iterate quickly based on feedback from our developer community
Write clear documentation, examples, and reference implementations
Work primarily with Python and TypeScript
Who You Are
Experienced building LLM-based applications and agentic systems
Skilled at navigating complex systems and turning complexity into clean abstractions
Comfortable reasoning about state, concurrency and asynchronous workflows
Product-minded and excited about designing APIs and developer experiences
Experience building developer tools, frameworks, or SDKs is a plus
Interested in exploring emerging patterns in agent architecture rather than simply applying established ones
Comfortable working collaboratively in a remote environment
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 recruiting@livekit.io.
How we rate this
Software Engineer, Agents at LiveKit rates 95 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Builds AI (AI Level 4 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Builds AI. The job is building AI systems.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.
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Pay
- This job starts at
- $135k
- Typical software engineer job
- $167k
This posting starts 19% below the typical software engineer job. See software engineer jobs
Questions you could be asked
- How do you decide when an AI agent can act on its own versus asking for approval first?
- Tell me about a project where llm was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where agentic systems was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where distributed systems was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where developer tools was part of your work. What did you do?
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- List these exact terms on your resume: AI agents, LLM, Agentic Systems, Distributed Systems, and Developer Tools. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
- Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them. A tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.
- Lead with what you built, trained or shipped. This role is judged on the AI system itself, not the tools around it.
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