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Reality Defender · 1 day ago

Full Stack Engineer

New York, NY

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid Level

$100K/yr - $180K/yr

3+ years exp

Reality Defender is an award-winning cybersecurity company focused on detecting deepfakes and AI-generated media. The Full Stack Engineer will build end-to-end features across customer-facing platforms and internal tools, collaborating with various teams to improve performance and security while mentoring other engineers.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Fraud DetectionIdentity ManagementNetwork Security

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Design and implement end-to-end product features across frontend, backend, and infrastructure

Build scalable APIs and backend services that power real-time deepfake detection

Create intuitive, high-performance UIs that make complex AI outputs understandable and actionable

Collaborate closely with ML engineers, product managers, and designers

Own technical decisions and contribute to system architecture

Improve performance, reliability, and security across the stack

Mentor other engineers and help define engineering best practices

Qualification

ReactTypeScriptPythonREST APIsCloud environmentsGoNode.jsDistributed systemsProduct mindsetMentoring

Required

3+ years of professional software engineering experience

Strong experience on both: Frontend: React + TypeScript (or similar modern frameworks) Backend: Python, Go, or Node.js

Experience designing and consuming REST or streaming APIs

Solid understanding of databases, caching, and distributed systems fundamentals

Experience deploying and operating services in cloud environments (AWS/Azure)

Strong product mindset and ability to work independently in fast-moving teams

Benefits

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

Daily in-office lunch through UberEats

Commuter benefits

Remote Fridays

Happy Hours and other local events

Company

Reality Defender

Reality Defender is a deep-fake and AI-generated media detection platform that helps to detect AI-generated and manipulated content.

Founded in 2021

New York, New York, USA

11-50 employees

https://realitydefender.com

H1B Sponsorship

Reality Defender has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)

Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship

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Trends of Total Sponsorships

2025 (2)

2024 (2)

2023 (2)

Funding

Current Stage

Early Stage

Total Funding

$48.5M

Key Investors

Illuminate FinancialIntel IgniteDCVC

2025-04-03Series Unknown

2024-10-22Series A· $33M

2024-04-02Non Equity Assistance

Leadership Team

Ali Shahriyari

Co-Founder & Advisor

Brian Levin

Chief Revenue Officer (CRO)

Recent News

BiometricUpdate.com

Japanese researchers, telecoms work to combat deepfakes in hierarchical culture

2026-01-07

PR Newswire

Reality Defender Recognized by Gartner® as the Deepfake Detection Company to Beat

2025-12-16

PR Newswire

Grist Mill Exchange Launches Metered API Access to Accelerate Government Access to Mission Data, Announces Partnership with Reality Defender for Deepfake Protection

2025-12-11

Company data provided by crunchbase