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Parloa

Principal Software Engineer - Real-Time Voice

Parloa
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about 4 hours ago
Berlin, GermanyStaff+
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Responsibilities

  • Own the architecture and technical roadmap for Parloa's Voice/VoIP infrastructure.
  • Design for low-latency, high-availability voice at enterprise scale.
  • Drive technical decisions on protocols and standards.
  • Partner with AI/ML teams to optimize voice infrastructure integration.
  • Diagnose and resolve systemic issues in call quality and latency.
  • Define and uphold engineering standards for reliability and security.
  • Mentor senior and staff engineers across the organization.
  • Evaluate and integrate with telephony providers and carriers.
  • Represent Parloa's technical expertise in conversations with enterprise customers.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of engineering experience, including 5+ years in Voice/VoIP infrastructure.
  • Strong knowledge of SIP, SDP, RTP/SRTP, RTCP, WebRTC, and media transport protocols.
  • Hands-on understanding of audio codecs and media behavior.
  • Experience with large-scale, distributed, real-time systems.
  • Proven track record of owning architecture for complex systems.
  • Experience with telephony carriers and SIP trunk providers.
  • Deep ownership of production SIP-based voice infrastructure.
  • Strong systems programming skills in Go, C, C++, or Rust.
  • Comfort operating in cloud environments and with container orchestration.
  • Excellent communication skills for explaining technical trade-offs.