Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. LiveKit is building the infrastructure layer for the voice-driven era of computing. They are seeking a Staff Product Manager to own LiveKit Inference, setting the vision and roadmap for the product while partnering with the engineering team to enhance developer access to voice AI models.
Responsibilities
- Own the LiveKit Inference roadmap. Set a clear vision and a sequenced plan for the product, and decide what gets built and when, in partnership with engineering
- Ship a model layer which developers reach for by default. Make accessing the best models through LiveKit easier and better than integrating providers directly, and keep raising the bar
- Keep pace with the model landscape. Decide which models, providers, and modalities we add and when, so LiveKit stays ahead of a fast-moving space
- Grow the value we deliver and capture. Consolidate model spend onto LiveKit in a way that raises the value customers get without raising their cost
- Get deep with customers and data. Understand how teams actually use models in production, and let that shape priorities
Skills
- 8+ years in product management, at a senior or staff level, ideally having owned a developer-facing API, platform, or AI/ML product
- Technical depth. You can reason about model serving, routing, latency, and quality tradeoffs, and earn the trust of strong engineers. You don't need to write code, but you need to understand systems well enough to make good tradeoffs
- Infrastructure and tradeoff sense. You've owned a product where cost, performance, and vendor or provider tradeoffs were central, and you can keep a product current as the landscape shifts
- Cross-functional influence. LiveKit's engineering teams operate with high autonomy. You influence through clarity, trust, and good judgment, not process or hierarchy
- Communication as a superpower. You write clearly, present well, and can move between a board-level strategy conversation and a detailed technical discussion with an engineering lead
- Comfort with ambiguity. We're a small product team at a fast-growing company. You'll figure out what matters, prioritize ruthlessly, and move quickly without perfect information
- Built a model gateway, inference API, model-provider product, or AI/ML platform
- Familiarity with model benchmarking and how both performance and quality are measured (e.g. TTFT)
- Familiarity with the STT, TTS, LLM, and realtime model space and top providers
- Background at a developer tools, API infrastructure, or AI/ML company
- Familiarity with voice AI, real-time communication, or telephony
- Experience with usage-based pricing models and cost or margin optimization
Benefits
- Offers Equity
- Health, dental, and vision benefits
- Flexible vacation policy
- Contribute to open source alongside world-class engineers
- An opportunity to build something truly impactful to the world
- Competitive salary and equity package
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