Design Engineer

LiveKit is revolutionizing the AI landscape by providing the essential network infrastructure that powers multimodal AI interfaces, enabling seamless audio and visual interactions. Founded in 2021, LiveKit has rapidly grown to support over 20,000 developers, including industry giants like OpenAI, Character AI, Spotify, and Meta. Our open-source tools facilitate real-time audio and video applications across various sectors, from customer support to autonomous farming. With a recent $22.7 million Series A funding led by Altimeter Capital, LiveKit is valued at $110 million and continues to drive innovation in AI's "nervous system," ensuring efficient and scalable data transfer to enhance AI capabilities.

Why LiveKit

While LiveKit operates as an infrastructure company, we believe that every detail matters—from backend to frontend, from a single line of code to a single pixel. Design is not just how it looks, but how all the pieces work and fit together — from a developer landing on our homepage to connecting and interacting with our APIs for the first time.

We’re in search of a Design Engineer to join our design team. The ideal candidate will have experience building highly immersive, interactive, and performant experiences for the web, and is excited about the future of realtime voice and video AI.

What you’ll do

• Transform static designs into dynamic, interactive web experiences using core web technologies like HTML, JavaScript, CSS, SVG, and WebGL.

• Bring designs to life with tools and frameworks such as Motion (formerly Framer Motion), Lottie, Rive, Three.js, and shaders.

• Define and implement best practices for building, optimizing, and maintaining key features across LiveKit’s marketing web surfaces, ensuring accessibility and responsiveness across different viewport sizes.

• Proactively identify and prioritize opportunities to improve LiveKit’s marketing surfaces, driving continuous refinement and innovation.

• Partner closely with other designers to elevate the quality of design and user experience across all LiveKit projects.

• Make things ✨.

Who you are

• 5+ years of experience creating polished, interactive web experiences with a focus on both interaction and motion design.

• Skilled in React, Tailwind, TypeScript, and Next.js, with an understanding of modern web standards including a11y.

• A portfolio that demonstrates your ability to craft high-performance, thoughtfully designed web experiences, showcasing your interaction and motion sensibilities.

• A strong sense of aesthetics and a keen eye for all facets of design, including user experience (UX), visual design, interaction, and motion.

• A collaborative problem-solver who thrives in partnerships with developers, designers, and stakeholders, contributing to every phase of a project.

• Adaptable and resourceful, with the ability to navigate the ambiguity of a fast-paced startup environment while maintaining a high-quality bar.

• Deeply curious about technology—not just the tools of your craft, but also its evolving role in areas like AI, voice, and interactive experiences.

• Proficient with design tools like Figma and others that help you turn ideas into reality.

Bonus

• Experience building for OSS, developer tooling, or similar fields.

• Experience designing new experiences based on established patterns or a design system.

If this sounds like your kind of challenge, we’d love to hear from you. Come join us to build the future of realtime voice and video AI.