Solutions Architect

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Collaborate with an account executive as the technical lead on strategic projects, guiding them from discovery and architectural design through to demonstrations, proofs-of-concept, and technical determinations.

• Provide expert advice to customers on cloud architecture and deployment options across self-hosted environments and LiveKit Cloud on AWS, GCP, and Azure.

• Develop live demonstrations and reusable reference applications, which may include voice agents, video pipelines, and telephony integrations.

• Define and execute proofs-of-concept based on shared success criteria, while guiding customers towards production readiness.

• Offer insights to customers regarding connectivity, infrastructure, and end-to-end latency to ensure scalability and reliability.

• Produce technical documentation such as blog posts, guides, webinars, and presentations for conferences.

• Serve as the technical enabler for the regional pod, sharing field insights with Product and Engineering teams to influence the development roadmap.

• Work closely with Sales, Engineering, and Product teams to secure technical decisions and assist in product development efforts.

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum of 4 years in solutions architecture, sales engineering, or a customer-facing engineering position, or equivalent practical engineering experience with strong customer-focused instincts.

• Practical experience with at least one of the major cloud service providers: AWS, GCP, or Azure.

• Proven experience in architecting, deploying, and troubleshooting real-world applications.

• Familiarity with containers, Kubernetes, infrastructure-as-code, and networking fundamentals, including load balancing, DNS, and firewalls/NAT.

• Ability to analyze connectivity, infrastructure, and end-to-end latency effectively.

• Proficient programming skills in Python, TypeScript/Node, or Go.

• Capable of demonstrating, presenting, and writing for technical audiences.

• Must be legally authorized to work in the UK or the respective country of residence.

• Nice to have: knowledge of WebRTC, RTP/SRTP, or WebSockets.

• Nice to have: familiarity with STT/TTS providers, LLM integration, speech-to-speech models, turn detection, and telephony/SIP.

• Nice to have: experience presenting at meetups or conferences, technical writing skills, or contributions to open-source projects.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equity package.

• Flexible vacation policy.

• Opportunity to contribute to open-source projects alongside world-class engineers.