Senior Software Engineer, Dialpad
Tel Core
CA$168-194.3k
AI-powered cloud communications platform
Be an early applicant
AI-powered cloud communications platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
CA$168-194.3k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To completely transform the way the world works together.
Role
Who you are
- We look for people who are intensely curious and hold themselves to a high bar. Our ambition is significant, and achieving it requires a team that operates at the highest level
- We seek individuals who embody our core traits: Scrappy, Curious, Optimistic, Persistent, and Empathetic
- We don’t mind if you come from a different engineering background or haven’t worked in real-time media before. Just be excited to learn, to contribute to the team, and to build a fast, reliable, elegant product that delights our customers
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
- 5+ years of software engineering experience, including owning substantial production backend systems in a SaaS or real‑time communications environment
- Demonstrated proficiency in coding with AI agents to accelerate development and improve code quality
- Deep expertise in C/C++ and Python
- Experience with (or strong interest in learning) SIP, WebRTC, RTP/RTCP, DTLS/SRTP, and media codec negotiation in a production setting
- Experience troubleshooting and improving real‑time media quality (e.g., jitter, packet loss, choppy audio, codec issues) is a strong plus
- Comfortable working on KTLO (bugs, refactors, upgrades) as well as strategic roadmap items, and using data to prioritize impact
- A deep understanding of reliability engineering, including the ability to build observability into services, eliminate performance bottlenecks, and manage the lifecycle of safe software releases
- A strong sense of urgency, personal agency, and customer empathy
- Passion for data driven decisions, building resilient systems, and solving classes of problems
- Don’t meet every single requirement? If you’re excited about this role and possess the fundamental traits, drive, and strong ambition we seek, but your experience doesn’t meet every qualification, we encourage you to apply
What the job involves
- As a Sr. Software Engineer on the Tel Core team, you are the steward of our media engine’s evolution. You will bridge the gap between high-level product goals and technical execution, ensuring our telephony stack remains resilient as we scale
- You’ll mentor peers and shape the long-term roadmap while fostering a culture of engineering excellence. Your success is defined by the seamless, high-quality audio experience of millions of users
- This position reports to an Engineering Manager in the Telephony Core team and has the opportunity to be based in either Vancouver or Kitchener, Canada locations
- Maintain and modernize the real-time services that run on the Telephony Engines. Architect backend libraries and APIs to integrate with the broader Telephony Platform
- Build and optimize low-latency media pipelines for voice and video—tuning codecs, RTP flows, and congestion-control behavior to deliver consistently clear conversations over unreliable networks
- Investigate and resolve complex production issues across PSTN, WebRTC, and carrier boundaries using Telephony Engine logs, PCAPs, observability tools, and data-driven experimentation
- Run load, failover, and regression tests on Telephony Engines and backend services to validate scalability, resilience, and capacity limits
- Partner with Tel Cloud, Tel Edge, Calling, and AI teams to design end-to-end call flows and integrations
- Participate in on-call and release rotations, owning Terraform- and GKE-backed rollouts, monitoring health, and driving follow-ups that continuously make the platform safer and easier to operate
- Shape the Tel Core roadmap by turning broad epics into clear designs and mentoring other engineers
- Our tech stack:
- C, C++, Python, Go, Lua
- Kubernetes, Redis, ElasticSearch, BigQuery
- Google Cloud Platform: Cloud Run, GKE, Datastore, Pub/Sub
Our take
Dialpad offers an AI-driven cloud communications platform for business teams. It was founded to streamline communications across entire businesses with a fast set-up and hassle-free deployment.
As well as hosting in-house video, meet and text communications with automated note taking and transcription, the platform also features AI-powered customer service, sales and voice intelligence insights. Dialpad has impressed customers such as Asana, Stripe, TED and Uber with its smooth integration capabilities with co-working platforms like Slack, Google Workspace, Salesforce CRM and Microsoft Teams.
The Unicorn company's funding has been heavily invested in the continued R&D of AI technologies, delivering numerous industry-first features. Dialpad has also expanded globally, opening offices in Europe and Asia and extending its global footprint via additional investments internationally.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
8% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Dec 2022
$50m
LATE VC
Dec 2021
$170m
LATE VC
Total funding: $450m
Company benefits
- Company stock options
- Continued education stipend
- Cell phone, home internet, and gym membership stipend
- Work from home opportunities
Company HQ
San Ramon, CA
Leadership
Craig Walker
(Founder & CEO)Having studied Law at UCB, Craig worked as an Attorney for Brobeck Phleger & Harrison, before moving to General Counsel at TeleSoft Partners. He spent almost 4 years at Google Ventures before founding Dialpad in January 2011.
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