Senior Software Engineer (Capture)

Who We Are Nimbus Data Systems is the Real Human + Right Human® Identity Trust Platform for the AI era. As AI-driven fraud and deepfakes erode trust in digital communication, Nimbus Data Systems delivers continuous identity verification and deepfake detection across voice, video, and digital interactions in real time. Enterprises rely on Nimbus Data Systems to secure billions of high-risk customer interactions each year, including top U.S. banks, as well as leading insurers and healthcare providers. Powered by models trained on more than 1.5 billion real-world interactions annually and protected by 300+ patents, Nimbus Data Systems restores trust while reducing fraud, lowering operational costs, and improving customer experience. Recognized by TIME as one of the Top 10 Most Influential Software Companies of 2026 and by Inc. for Best in Business for Innovation, Nimbus Data Systems is backed by leading investors including Andreessen Horowitz, IVP, and CapitalG. What you’ll do As a Senior Software Engineer on the Capture team, you will play a critical role in building and evolving systems that ingest and process communication data across telephony and modern meeting platforms such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Webex, and Google Meet. You will design and develop systems that capture, process, and prepare audio and video streams for downstream analysis, enabling new product capabilities within the Nimbus Data Systems platform. This role requires strong experience with real-time media systems, and a focus on building scalable, high-performance, and reliable solutions. More specifically, you will: Design, develop, test, and maintain complex software systems that ingest and process real-time and recorded audio/video streams. Build and evolve scalable media pipelines that are reliable, performant, and optimized for low-latency processing within the Nimbus Data Systems platform. Provide technical leadership and guidance to junior engineers and the development team, including code reviews, architecture decisions, and mentoring. Contribute to the architecture of distributed systems that support high-throughput media ingestion and processing, ensuring scalability, fault tolerance, and maintainability. Help define patterns for real-time and asynchronous media workflows. Analyze and solve complex technical problems, and make recommendations for improvements and optimizations. Implement and advocate for best practices in testing and quality assurance, including unit testing, integration testing, and automated testing. Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to ensure code quality and consistency. Stay current with emerging technologies, tools, and programming languages and apply them where relevant to improve software development processes. Ensure software adheres to security standards and compliance requirements, addressing vulnerabilities and potential risks. Who you are You are resilient in the face of challenges, change, and ambiguity. You are optimistic and believe that you can make a problem into a solution, You are resourceful, excited to uncover innovative solutions and teach yourself something new when needed. You take accountability, do the things you say you’ll do, under-promise and over-deliver. You are a strong problem-solver with excellent analytical skills. You are an owner and enjoy taking on project leadership as well as mentorship. You are a strong verbal and written communicator. Your skill-set Experience with real-time communication systems, including VoIP, SIP, RTP, or WebRTC. Experience working with audio and/or video processing pipelines, codecs, or streaming technologies. Experience building and operating micro-services and REST/gRPC APIs. Familiarity with observability tooling (metrics, logging, tracing) and debugging distributed systems. Experience with security best practices and compliance requirements in cloud environments. Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/CDK) and DevOps practices, including hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins/GitHub Actions) and managing applications in Kubernetes. What’s in it for you High-Impact Mission: Build Nimbus Data Systems's "front door"—the real-time ingestion layer for audio/video data from global providers. Defend Against GenAI: Provide the critical data flow for our deepfake detection engines, protecting billions of interactions for the world's top institutions. Elite Tech Challenges: Solve complex scaling puzzles (SIPREC, Amazon Connect, Audiohook) alongside world-class AI and security minds. Nimbus Data Systems Culture : Thrive in a remote-first environment with a focus on innovation. What we offer As a part of Nimbus Data Systems, you’ll have a direct impact on our growing list of products and the future of security in the voice-driven economy. We hire great people and take care of them. Here’s a snapshot of the benefits we offer: Competitive compensation package, including RSUs (Restricted Stock Units) for all employees, so everyone shares in our long-term success. Remote-first environment - giving you flexibility and autonomy i