# Rahul Reddy > Staff Software Engineer - Cross Platform Architect at Streem Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/rahulreddy Experienced Software Engineering Leader specializing in architecting, designing, and implementing large-scale distributed systems with sub-millisecond latencies. Skilled in cross-platform development for iOS, Android, and Web environments. Proven track record in leading security compliance initiatives such as SOC2 across organizations. Passionate about leveraging technology to drive innovation and deliver exceptional user experiences. ## Work Experience ### Staff Software Engineer @ Streem Jan 2021 – Present (Acquired by Frontdoor Inc.) As the cross-platform architect for Streem’s AR video conferencing platform, I design and scale shared SDKs, infrastructure, and engineering practices used across mobile, web, and backend teams. I drive architecture, developer experience, and platform consistency while also building foundational infrastructure for Streem’s data products and compliance initiatives. Platform & SDK Architecture - Lead shared architecture and SDK strategy across native, web, and React platforms. - Designed unified error handling, FSM-driven UI logic, and participant presence features. - Led migration from Twilio to AWS Chime with full instrumentation and MOS scoring system. Infra & DevOps - Created the company's first data platform infrastructure using Terraform, AWS ECS backplane, and CI/CD pipelines. - Automated deployment, security, and monitoring workflows to support SOC2 readiness. Architecture & Collaboration - Define and document system designs, architecture diagrams, and design principles. - Align cross-functional teams (Design, Product, Eng) to deliver consistent cross-platform features. - Guide engineers through project interdependencies and shared code initiatives. Compliance & Efficiency - Led SOC2 audit preparation, automating repetitive processes and establishing compliance workflows. OSS & Technical Depth - Contributor to PbandK, improving Kotlin protobuf tooling. - Hands-on coding across Kotlin, TypeScript, Swift, Terraform, and backend services. Technologies: Kotlin, Protobuf, WebRTC, AWS, ECS, React Native, Typescript, Python, Terraform, GO ### Senior Software Development Engineer @ Code Particle Inc Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | Greater Los Angeles Area Led architecture and development of a globally scaled product powering ~95% of all gift card activations across the world. Designed systems handling millions of daily transactions across 1500+ providers—including Facebook, Uber, and Netflix - ensuring uptime, security, and regulatory compliance at scale. Product & System Architecture - Architected and scaled a distributed transaction platform with high throughput and low latency - Delivered core capabilities for digital activations used by major global retailers and platforms Cloud & Infrastructure - Led AWS migration and built full business continuity/disaster recovery system - Automated infrastructure provisioning and deployments using Shell scripting and AWS native services Security & Compliance - Owned SOX and SOC2 compliance efforts including audits, secure design, and risk assessments - Integrated monitoring, alerting, and secure engineering practices to meet enterprise standards Client Collaboration & Regulatory Alignment - Worked directly with enterprise clients on reporting audits and compliance requirements - Delivered tailored reporting systems for regulatory transparency and business needs Team Leadership & Engineering Culture - Built and mentored a high-performing engineering team - Established CI/CD pipelines, code review standards, and scalable development practices Technical Contributions - Developed backend services in .NET/C# and optimized T-SQL data operations - Implemented core APIs, transactional flows, and financial data integrity layers Tech Stack .NET, C#, T-SQL, AWS (EC2, RDS, S3, IAM), BASH, Git, Jenkins ### Software Development Engineer @ Microsoft Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 • Worked on several projects (very high business impact and covert) that enabled the transition of Windows as a packaged product to ‘Windows as a Service’ (Window 10). • Designed, architected and developed internal compression and security (SHAx variants) components for the projects. • Application Stack - Proprietary internal libraries, .NET, T-SQL, PowerShell, Visual Studio Online (GIT). ### Software Development Engineer @ Microsoft Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 • Developed core queuing & routing algorithms for a large scale multi-data center aware distributed system. • The project enabled Microsoft to save $1.5 MM for every subsequent product release. • Application Stack - .NET, T-SQL, Windows Services, Reporting - SQL Server Reporting Services, Power BI. Integration - SQL Server Integration Services. ### Software Development Engineer @ Microsoft Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 • Developed key components to migrate the on-premise version of Microsoft BizTalk Server to Windows Azure Cloud.
 • Improved the Windows Azure Portal with diagnostic, developer friendly analytics & notification services. • Created an instrumentation library that crawls our source code and instruments the code. • The instrumented code is deployed on test machines to capture code coverage. • Application Stack - Microsoft Office Internal libraries, .NET, C#, HTML, JavaScript, ASP.NET - MVC & Web API, Visual Studio Test Tools, Visual Studio Team Foundation Services (VSTF), Microsoft Internal Source Code Management System, Windows Build System, CMD, PowerShell. ### Software Development Engineer @ Microsoft Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 • Built application that sources financial and audit data from whole of Microsoft, which is then analyzed by various internal teams to improve products and strategize upcoming launches. • I owned the migration tool, that was challenged to migrate nearly 5TB of corporate data to Windows Azure Storage. • The tool was fault tolerant, multi-processor supported, parallel processing with dynamic data split and transferring capabilities. • Application Stack - .NET, C#, SQL, Windows Azure - Table Storage, Queues, Topics, ASP.NET MVC, Microsoft Internal Data Libraries. ### Software Development Engineer @ Microsoft Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 • Developed automation frameworks and libraries that integrates with the Windows build/process pipeline. • Reducing 600 manual testing hours to just under an hour. • Built an extended metric UI (using WPF) that enables triggering, monitoring and reviewing the automation. • The libraries have been extended and are used across multiple teams. • Application Stack - .NET, C#, T-SQL, Visual Studio Team Foundation Services, Visual Studio Test Tools, Office Internal libraries. ## Education ### Bachelor of Engineering - BE in Computer Science and Engineering Osmania University Jan 2008 – Jan 2012 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/rahulreddym --- Source: https://flows.cv/rahulreddy JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/rahulreddy/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22