Senior DevOps Engineer (WebRTC/LiveKit)

Senior DevOps Engineer (WebRTC/LiveKit)

• Location: Remote from the Americas or Europe
• Working hours: Full-time, aligned w/ Eastern or Central Time business hours. For Europeans, 4 hours of daily overlap with Eastern Time (9am-5pm ET) is acceptable, typically afternoons into early evening local time.

Job Type: Contractor, monthly payments in US dollars

Benefits: 9 paid holidays, plus 10 days of PTO available after 6 months

About Us

WebRTC.ventures is one of the few software development agencies in the world dedicated exclusively to real-time applications. Originally founded as AgilityFeat in 2010, we began specializing in WebRTC in 2015. We are headquartered in Charlottesville, VA with a QA center in Panama City, Panama. With primary operations in North and South America, we serve clients around the globe. Our team has always been remote, which fuels our passion for real-time communications.

The Role

We are looking for an proactive Senior DevOps Engineer with 5+ years of hands-on experience implementing DevOps practices in cloud environments and 3+ years of WebRTC infrastructure experience, including hands-on work with LiveKit. Please do not apply if you do not have these qualifications. Your application will not be considered.

Fluent English is a must! B2+ or above is required. Please do not apply if you have only intermediate English.

Key Responsibilities

Build and scale infrastructure for AI agents using LiveKit and other real-time frameworks

Configure and manage cloud-based infrastructure based not restricted to AWS for web and mobile applications

Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code (IaC), and automated testing

Automate deployment, scaling, and monitoring of real-time applications

Establish and maintain observability systems including logging, monitoring, metrics collection, and alerting

Ensure system reliability and performance through proactive monitoring and incident response planning

Participate in daily standups with teammates and weekly demos with clients

Collaborate with development teams to optimize build processes and deployment strategies

Assist in maintaining security best practices across infrastructure and application deployments

Technical Qualifications

Experience deploying and operating LiveKit (self-hosted or Cloud) to support AI agent workloads

3+ years of experience building and operating WebRTC infrastructure, including media server deployment, TURN/STUN configuration, and real-time connectivity troubleshooting

5+ years of hands-on experience implementing DevOps practices in cloud environments, with a strong focus on CI/CD pipelines, Docker, Terraform, and Ansible

Proficient with REST APIs, Webhooks, Docker/Kubernetes, and IaaS platforms in AWS and at least one of the following: Google Cloud, Azure

Strong experience in containerization, orchestration, and automation using Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, and Ansible

Experience with observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, CloudWatch, Datadog) and setting up logging, monitoring, and alerts

Solid understanding of database technologies (MySQL, PostgreSQL, NoSQL) and data storage solutions (S3, EBS)

Strong knowledge of networking principles and protocols, including OSI layers, TCP/IP, DNS, and load balancing

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience

General Qualifications

Fluent English (B2+), both written and spoken

Proactive, professional, respectful, and courteous communication

An entrepreneurial mindset with the initiative and resourcefulness to quickly identify problems, overcome challenges, and provide timely solutions

Experience working in agile teams using Scrum or Kanban methodologies

Ability to work remotely with headset/camera equipment, responsive during working hours, a quiet place to work and reliable internet connection