Software Engineer II
Develop Windows and .NET services powering Microsoft Teams bot applications with low-latency real-time audio and video. The role requires 3–5 years of software development experience, strong C#/.NET skills, Kubernetes operations expertise, and familiarity with media streaming and Microsoft APIs.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, and maintain Microsoft Teams bot applications and integrations.
- Build real-time audio and video streaming features focused on low latency, reliability, and media quality.
- Develop Windows-based services and applications using C# and .NET.
- Deploy, operate, and troubleshoot containerized applications in Kubernetes.
- Integrate with Microsoft APIs, SDKs, authentication systems, and cloud services.
- Diagnose media issues involving codecs, synchronization, buffering, packet loss, and network conditions.
- Create automated tests and participate in code reviews.
- Troubleshoot production issues using logs, metrics, traces, and media diagnostics.
- Collaborate with product managers and engineers to translate requirements into maintainable solutions.
- Produce clear technical and operational documentation.
Requirements
- Approximately 3–5 years of professional software development experience.
- Strong proficiency with C#, .NET, and asynchronous or concurrent programming.
- Professional experience developing software for Windows.
- Hands-on experience building or supporting real-time audio and video streaming systems.
- Production experience deploying and operating containerized applications with Kubernetes.
- Experience troubleshooting Kubernetes workloads, networking, configuration, resource usage, scaling, and application failures.
- Understanding of real-time media concepts such as codecs, frame and sample formats, buffering, latency, synchronization, and network transport.
- Experience integrating with REST APIs, SDKs, and event-driven systems.
- Familiarity with multithreading, memory management, performance profiling, and debugging.
- Experience with Git, automated testing, and modern CI/CD practices.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience developing Microsoft Teams apps, bots, calling solutions, or meeting integrations.
- Familiarity with Microsoft Graph, Azure Bot Service, Teams SDKs, or related Microsoft communications APIs.
- Familiarity with COM and COM interoperability from .NET.
- Experience with WebRTC, RTP/RTCP, SRTP, SIP, FFmpeg, GStreamer, or Media Foundation.
- Experience with Azure services, Microsoft Entra ID, OAuth 2.0, and application permissions.
- Knowledge of Windows audio/video APIs, device capture, or virtual media devices.
- Experience with Helm, Kubernetes operators, ingress controllers, and observability platforms.
- Experience operating real-time communications software in production.
First six months
- Contribute production-ready features to the Teams bot application.
- Independently diagnose and resolve common audio/video streaming problems.
- Deploy and troubleshoot the application in Kubernetes environments.
- Improve the reliability, test coverage, scalability, and observability of the media pipeline.
Compensation and benefits
- Healthcare plans with 100% premium coverage for employees and partial coverage available for dependents.
- Dental and vision plans with 100% premium coverage for employees and dependents.
- Short- and long-term disability and life insurance plans with 100% premium coverage.
- FSA/HSA and 401(k) programs.
- Equity compensation.
- 20 days of PTO per year.
- 12 weeks of parental leave.
- Learning and development budget.
- Monthly wellness benefits.
- Annual company-sponsored offsite.
- For employees working from the New York City headquarters: daily in-office lunch, commuter benefits, remote Fridays, happy hours, and other local events.
Skills
C#, .Net, Windows, Kubernetes, Microsoft Teams, Real-Time Audio, Real-Time Video, REST APIs, Microsoft Graph, Azure, Webrtc, Ffmpeg, Git, CI/CD, Oauth 2.0
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