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title: 'Software Engineer II at Reality Defender'
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# Software Engineer II at Reality Defender

- **Company:** Reality Defender
- **Location:** United States
- **Compensation:** $140k–$180k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-08-11
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/realitydefender/cd81dfae-424b-4b7e-9a6a-a84c90340f70

## Job description

Who we are. Reality Defender is an award-winning cybersecurity company helping enterprises and governments detect deepfakes and AI-generated media. Utilizing a patented multi-model approach, Reality Defender is robust against the bleeding edge of generative platforms producing video, audio, imagery, and text media. Reality Defender's API-first deepfake detection platform empowers teams and developers alike to identify fraud, disinformation campaigns, and harmful deepfakes in real time. Backed by world class investors including DCVC, Illuminate Financial, Y Combinator, Booz Allen Hamilton, IBM, Accenture, Rackhouse, and Argon VC, Reality Defender works with leading enterprise clients, financial institutions, and governments in order to ensure AI-generated media is not used for malicious purposes. [Youtube: Reality Defender Wins RSA Most Innovative Startup](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKOZmwyNUNM)

The Software Engineer II Role. Reality Defender is looking for a Software Engineer II to help build and support our Microsoft Teams integration, with a particular focus on the Teams bot and underlying real-time audio/video media functionality. This is a hands-on software engineering role for someone with strong .NET/C# experience who enjoys working on integrations, real-time systems, and production applications. The ideal candidate will have experience with Microsoft Teams, bots, meeting applications, or real-time media streaming. However, direct Teams experience is not required if you have a strong .NET background and relevant experience building real-time audio/video, communications, or similar applications. You’ll work closely with engineering, product, and AI teams to build secure, scalable, and reliable integrations that bring Reality Defender’s detection capabilities directly into enterprise communication workflows.

## Responsibilities

- Design, build, and maintain the Microsoft Teams bot and related applications using .NET and C#.
- Develop the underlying real-time audio/video and media-streaming functionality supporting the Teams integration.
- Build and maintain backend services, APIs, and integrations that connect Microsoft Teams with Reality Defender’s platform.
- Work with Microsoft Teams APIs, Microsoft Graph, and related Microsoft technologies.
- Design and implement scalable services for real-time communications and media workflows.
- Integrate third-party services and APIs into production applications.
- Troubleshoot production issues, identify root causes, and implement long-term solutions.
- Improve the performance, reliability, scalability, and observability of integration services.
- Write automated tests and contribute to CI/CD and engineering best practices.
- Participate in architecture discussions, design reviews, and code reviews.
- Collaborate with Product and other engineering teams to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions.
- Take ownership of projects from design through development, testing, deployment, and ongoing improvement.
- Help shape the future of Reality Defender’s enterprise integrations and real-time detection capabilities.

Who you are.

- 3+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- Strong professional experience developing production applications with .NET and C#.
- Experience working in Windows and Visual Studio environments.
- Strong understanding of .NET frameworks, libraries, and development patterns.
- Experience designing, building, and consuming REST APIs.
- Experience building production software with a focus on reliability, performance, and maintainability.
- Experience with real-time audio/video, media streaming, communications, or similar technologies.
- Experience building bots, integrations, meeting applications, or other real-time applications is highly relevant.
- Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
- Experience writing automated tests and working with modern software development practices.
- Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with engineering and product teams.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.

## Nice to Have

- Highly Relevant Experience We’re particularly interested in candidates with experience in:
- Microsoft Teams applications or bots
- Microsoft Graph
- .NET / C#
- Windows and Visual Studio
- Real-time audio/video
- Media streaming or media processing
- WebRTC or other real-time communications technologies
- Meeting or collaboration applications
- Note-taking or meeting-assistant applications
- Voice/video applications
- Enterprise integrations
- Distributed or event-driven systems

AI/ML experience is a plus, but not a requirement. The primary focus of this role is the engineering behind the Teams bot and real-time media functionality.

## Nice to Have

- Experience with the Microsoft Teams Bot Framework or Teams SDKs.
- Experience with Microsoft Graph APIs and Microsoft 365 integrations.
- Experience with Azure or another major cloud platform.
- Familiarity with WebRTC, RTP, SIP, VoIP, or related real-time communications technologies.
- Experience with audio/video processing or media pipelines.
- Experience with messaging systems or event-driven architectures.
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, or containerized applications.
- Experience with TypeScript or React.
- Experience working on cybersecurity, fraud detection, identity verification, or AI/ML products.

What we offer. Reality Defender offers the following benefits to all our employees, regardless of location:

- Healthcare plans with 100% premium coverage for employees and partial coverage available for dependents
- Dental and Vision plans with 100% premium coverage for employees and their dependents
- Short/Long-term disability and life insurance plans with 100% premium coverage for employees
- FSA/HSA and 401k programs
- Equity compensation
- 20 days of PTO per year
- 12 weeks of Parental Leave
- Learning and Development budget
- Monthly wellness benefits
- Annual company-sponsored offsite

For employees working from Reality Defender’s HQ in NYC, we offer the following benefits:

- Daily in-office lunch through UberEats
- Commuter benefits
- Remote Fridays
- Happy Hours and other local events

## About Reality Defender

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Reality Defender is a deepfake detection platform that protects enterprises and governments from real-time AI-generated media fraud across voice, video, image, and text.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series A)
- **Headquarters**: New York, United States
- **Founded**: 2021
- **Founders**: Ben Colman (CEO), Gaurav Bharaj, Ali Shahriyari

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Computer and Network Security / Deepfake Detection
- **Target customers**: B2B – enterprises, financial institutions, government agencies, and critical infrastructure operators
- **Mission**: Become the de facto AI detection standard for large organizations, ensuring trust in an AI-enabled world by providing real-time detection of synthetic media.

## Products & Services
- **Reality Defender API & SDKs**: Award-winning AI models for detecting deepfakes and AI-manipulated media across audio, video, and images. Free tier available for developers.
- **Contact Center Security**: Real-time detection of deepfake impersonations during calls to prevent fraud.
- **Secure Video Conferencing**: Protects video meetings from synthetic media injection and impersonation.
- **Access Security & Fraud Prevention**: Identity verification and user authentication with deepfake detection.
- **Brand & Executive Protection**: Monitors and detects impersonation of executives and brands across channels.
- **Government Solutions**: Tailored detection layers for high-risk environments, including defense and intelligence.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (total funding $48.6M)
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue $4.5M (estimated); total funding $48.6M across 9 rounds (Series A $33M led by Illuminate Financial, Oct 2024)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Illuminate Financial (lead Series A), Comcast NBCUniversal LIFT Labs, SXSW (grant), JPMorgan (Hall of Innovation), World Economic Forum (Technology Pioneer), USA DIU + Japan MOD (Global Innovation Challenge winner)
- **Growth Signals**: 63 employees (+26.9% YoY); recognized as market leader by Gartner (2025); won RSA Conference “Most Innovative Startup” (2024); inducted into JPMorgan Hall of Innovation (2025); operates in 8 countries.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Ensemble detection engine**: Uses hundreds of simultaneous, platform-agnostic techniques to detect the widest array of synthetic content.
- **Multi-modal coverage**: Real-time detection across voice, video, image, and text.
- **Enterprise-grade scale**: Deploy-anywhere solutions integrated into existing workflows (calls, meetings, identity systems).
- **Bleeding edge resilience**: Models are continuously blended, tested, and updated to anticipate new generative AI threats.
- **Strong partnerships and trust**: Advisory council includes former CIA, Google Privacy Officer, and military leaders; clients include financial institutions and government agencies.

## Strategic Focus
- **Current priorities**: Scaling enterprise adoption, expanding into new verticals (finance, government), deepening real-time detection capabilities, and building the “Enterprise Authenticity Layer” for critical communications.
- **Growth direction**: Becoming the standard for deepfake detection in large organizations, investing in research (publications on audio and video detection), and growing the team (10 open positions as of mid-2026).

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-driven**: Work on cutting-edge AI security that directly protects people, institutions, and democratic trust.
- **Culture**: Values of integrity, continuous innovation, cross-functionality, impact, and inclusion. Emphasizes transparency and rigorous testing.
- **Work environment**: Collaborative in-office environment in historic Tribeca, New York City. Team of builders, researchers, and realists.
- **Benefits**: Competitive health and wellness benefits, generous employee perks, and investment in professional growth.
- **Engineering culture**: Bleeding-edge AI research, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and opportunities to publish and contribute to the field.

## Sources
1. [realitydefender.com/company](https://www.realitydefender.com/company)
2. [realitydefender.com/](https://www.realitydefender.com/)
3. [realitydefender.com/careers](https://www.realitydefender.com/careers)
4. [linkedin.com/company/reality-defender](https://www.linkedin.com/company/reality-defender)
5. [jobs.ashbyhq.com/realitydefender](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/realitydefender)

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