Real-Time Media .NET Engineer: Teams Bots & Streaming

Reality Defender; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare plan

Dental & Vision

Disability & Life Insurance

401k

Equity compensation

Paid time off

Parental leave

Learning budget

Wellness benefits

Annual offsite

In-office lunch

Commuter benefits

Remote Fridays

Local events

Job summary

Reality Defender, a cybersecurity company in NYC, seeks a mid-level Software Engineer II to build and maintain Microsoft Teams bot applications with real-time audio/video capabilities. You’ll work on low-latency streaming, Windows services, and Kubernetes deployments, collaborating with product managers and engineers to translate requirements into robust solutions.

The role emphasizes C#/.NET expertise, Windows development, and hands-on streaming experience, with a supportive environment and

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of professional software development experience.
• Strong proficiency with C#, .NET, and asynchronous/concurrent programming.
• Professional experience developing software for Windows.
• Hands-on experience building or supporting real-time audio streaming systems.
• Hands-on experience building or supporting real-time video streaming systems.
• Production experience deploying and operating containerized apps with Kubernetes.
• Experience troubleshooting Kubernetes workloads, networking, config, resource usage, scaling, and failures.
• Understanding of real-time media concepts: codecs, buffering, latency, synchronization.
• Experience with REST APIs, SDKs, and event-driven systems.
• Familiarity with multithreading, memory management, and debugging.
• Experience with Git, automated testing, and modern CI/CD practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain Microsoft Teams bot applications and integrations.
• Build real-time audio and video streaming features with low latency and high reliability.
• Develop Windows-based services using C# and .NET.
• Deploy, operate, and troubleshoot containerized apps in Kubernetes.
• Integrate with Microsoft APIs, SDKs, authentication systems, and cloud services.
• Diagnose media issues involving codecs, synchronization, buffering, and network conditions.
• Create automated tests and participate in code reviews.
• Troubleshoot production issues using logs, metrics, and traces.
• Collaborate with product managers and engineers to translate requirements into solutions.
• Produce clear technical and operational documentation.

Skills

C#

.NET

Asynchronous programming

Windows development

Kubernetes

Real-time audio streaming

Real-time video streaming

REST APIs

Git

CI/CD

Multithreading

Testing

Teams bot apps

Tools

Kubernetes

Azure/Microsoft APIs

Job description

Reality Defender, a cybersecurity company in NYC, seeks a mid-level Software Engineer II to build and maintain Microsoft Teams bot applications with real-time audio/video capabilities. You’ll work on low-latency streaming, Windows services, and Kubernetes deployments, collaborating with product managers and engineers to translate requirements into robust solutions.

The role emphasizes C#/.NET expertise, Windows development, and hands-on streaming experience, with a supportive environment and