Summary: Seeking a Principal / Lead C++ Systems Engineer to design and implement a cross-platform remote desktop client optimized for real-time audio/video collaboration within VDI environments. Highlights: 1. Lead design and implementation of a cross-platform remote desktop client 2. Focus on real-time audio/video optimization within VDI environments 3. Opportunity for technical leadership and architectural definition Intetics Inc., a global technology company providing custom software application development, distributed professional teams, software product quality assessment, and “all\-things\-digital” solutions, is seeking a highly skilled and experienced **Principal / Lead C\+\+ Systems Engineer — Remote Desktop / WebRTC / VDI** to join our dynamic team on a full\-time basis. We need a senior hands\-on engineer to lead the design and implementation of a **cross\-platform remote desktop client** built on top of an RDP\-compatible/open\-source foundation and optimized for **real\-time audio/video collaboration inside VDI environments**. The role combines protocol engineering, multimedia optimization, desktop client development, networking/tunneling, and technical leadership. **Responsibilities** * Define the client architecture and technical roadmap * Lead implementation of an RDP\-compatible client with enhanced media and collaboration behavior * Design and validate a strategy for **audio/video optimization**, redirection, compression, and additional data channels * Own integration with tunnelled VDI connectivity and endpoint device handling * Build proof\-of\-concepts and de\-risk the hardest items early: media path, Teams/Zoom/Meet behavior, reconnect/session resilience * Set coding standards, review architecture, and guide 2–4 implementation engineers * Deliver executable, source code, documentation, and knowledge transfer at project close **Requirements** * 8–12\+ years in **C/C\+\+ systems engineering** * Proven delivery of **desktop client software** on at least two of: **Windows, Linux, macOS** * Strong background in **real\-time communications**: WebRTC, VoIP, RTP/RTCP, SRTP, ICE/TURN, jitter/latency handling * Experience with **low\-latency audio/video pipelines** and media troubleshooting in constrained network conditions * Experience with **remote display / virtualization / VDI / thin client / protocol** products * Ability to work close to the protocol layer: transport, channels, device redirection, compression, session management * Experience integrating or modifying **open\-source infrastructure** and contributing back upstream when needed * Strong performance mindset: CPU/GPU usage, memory footprint, startup time, reconnect behavior, QoS under packet loss **Will be a plus** * Direct experience with **FreeRDP**, RDP internals, virtual channels, or adjacent stacks * Experience with **media redirection/offload** in VDI or thin\-client products * Deep knowledge of **Windows audio/video stack**, plus at least one of **CoreAudio/macOS** or **PulseAudio/PipeWire/Linux** * Background in **Qt** or another mature cross\-platform desktop UI framework * Experience with **FFmpeg, GStreamer, libwebrtc**, hardware acceleration, echo cancellation, and device routing * Security experience around secure transport, auth flows, certificate handling, sandboxing, and protocol hardening