# Senior Product Engineer, Robotics

**Company:** [LiveKit](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/livekit)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Fullstack Engineering
**Salary:** $200k – $300k/yr
**Experience:** 6+ years
**Skills:** TypeScript, Go, web frameworks, cli, Kubernetes, Distributed Systems, Analytics, telemetry, Observability, Robotics, SDKs, APIs, realtime systems, audio/video, AI Tools
**Posted:** 2026-08-04

> Builds end-to-end web and CLI product surfaces that help developers create and operate robotics applications. The role requires 6+ years of engineering experience, strong TypeScript and modern web skills, product sense, and familiarity with robotics interfaces.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Build and ship core product surfaces end to end, primarily on the web and in the CLI.
- Design and implement features that make LiveKit intuitive and powerful for developers.
- Engage directly with developers and customers to understand use cases and identify rough edges.
- Move quickly from prototype to production, iterating based on real usage.
- Contribute to technical and product decisions that shape future development.

## Requirements
- 6+ years of engineering experience, including meaningful experience shipping products end to end.
- Strong TypeScript skills and fluency with modern web frameworks.
- Comfort with Go is a plus.
- Track record of building user-facing software adopted by developers or other technical users.
- Experience building dashboards and interfaces for robotics applications.
- Strong product sense and ability to weigh user experience, trade-offs, and value alongside technical implementation.
- Comfort with ambiguity and ability to frame vague problems and begin shipping solutions.
- Excellent written and verbal communication.
- Genuine enthusiasm for physical AI, robotics, and enabling developers.

## Nice to Have
- Experience building developer platforms, SDKs, CLIs, or APIs as a primary product.
- Experience operating production distributed systems at scale, including Kubernetes-based deployments, analytics, telemetry, and observability.
- Hands-on hardware or robotics experience.
- Open source contributions, especially in infrastructure or developer tools.
- Background in realtime, audio/video, or AI tooling.
- Based in or willing to spend time in the San Francisco Bay Area.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Competitive salary and equity package.
- Health, dental, and vision benefits.
- Flexible vacation policy.
- Opportunity to build impactful technology and contribute to open source.

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