Software Engineer II

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in New York.

📋 Description

• Design, develop, test, and maintain Microsoft Teams bot applications and integrations.

• Build low-latency, reliable, and high-quality audio and video streaming features.

• Develop applications and services for Windows utilizing C# and .NET.

• Deploy, manage, and troubleshoot containerized applications within Kubernetes.

• Integrate with Microsoft APIs, SDKs, authentication systems, and various cloud services.

• Diagnose media-related issues including codecs, synchronization, buffering, packet loss, and network conditions.

• Create automated testing scripts and engage in code reviews.

• Troubleshoot production issues utilizing logs, metrics, traces, and media diagnostics.

• Collaborate with product managers and engineers to convert requirements into maintainable solutions.

• Produce comprehensive technical and operational documentation.

• Contribute production-ready features to the Teams bot application within a six-month timeframe.

• Independently identify and resolve common audio/video streaming issues within six months.

• Deploy and troubleshoot applications in Kubernetes environments within six months.

• Enhance the reliability, test coverage, scalability, and observability of the media pipeline within six months.

⛳️ Requirements

• Approximately 3–5 years of professional software development experience.

• Strong expertise in C#, .NET, and asynchronous or concurrent programming.

• Professional experience in developing software for Windows platforms.

• Practical experience in building or supporting real-time audio streaming systems.

• Practical experience in building or supporting real-time video streaming systems.

• Experience in deploying and operating containerized applications using Kubernetes.

• Proficiency in troubleshooting Kubernetes workloads, networking, configuration, resource usage, scaling, and application failures.

• Understanding of real-time media concepts including codecs, frame and sample formats, buffering, latency, synchronization, and network transport.

• Experience in integrating with REST APIs, SDKs, and event-driven systems.

• Familiarity with multithreading, memory management, performance profiling, and debugging techniques.

• Experience with Git, automated testing, and modern CI/CD practices.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• U.S. work authorization required; candidates must indicate if they need employment-visa sponsorship.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare plans with 100% premium coverage for employees and partial coverage for dependents.

• Dental and vision plans with 100% premium coverage for both employees and their dependents.

• 100% premium coverage for short/long-term disability and life insurance plans for employees.

• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)/Health Savings Account (HSA) and 401k programs.

• Equity compensation options.

• 20 days of paid time off (PTO) annually.

• 12 weeks of parental leave.

• Budget allocated for learning and development.

• Monthly wellness benefits offered.

• Annual company-sponsored offsite events.

• Daily in-office lunches provided through UberEats for employees at Reality Defender’s HQ in NYC.

• Commuter benefits available for employees at Reality Defender’s HQ in NYC.

• Remote Fridays for employees working from Reality Defender’s HQ in NYC.

• Happy hours and various local events for employees at Reality Defender’s HQ in NYC.