Software Engineer II

Role Summary

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

The Software Engineer II Role.

We are seeking a mid-level Windows and .NET developer to build and maintain Microsoft Teams bot applications with real-time audio and video capabilities. The ideal candidate has strong C#/.NET experience, understands Windows application development, and has hands-on experience with low-latency media streaming and Kubernetes-based deployments.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain Microsoft Teams bot applications and integrations.
• Build real-time audio and video streaming features focused on low latency, reliability, and media quality.
• Develop Windows-based services and applications using C# and .NET.
• Deploy, operate, and troubleshoot containerized applications in Kubernetes.
• Integrate with Microsoft APIs, SDKs, authentication systems, and cloud services.
• Diagnose media issues involving codecs, synchronization, buffering, packet loss, and network conditions.
• Create automated tests and participate in code reviews.
• Troubleshoot production issues using logs, metrics, traces, and media diagnostics.
• Collaborate with product managers and engineers to translate requirements into maintainable solutions.
• Produce clear technical and operational documentation.
• Who you are.
• Approximately 3–5 years of professional software development experience.
• Strong proficiency with C#, .NET, and asynchronous or concurrent programming.
• Professional experience developing software for Windows.
• Hands-on experience building or supporting real-time audio streaming systems.
• Hands-on experience building or supporting real-time video streaming systems.
• Production experience deploying and operating containerized applications with Kubernetes.
• Experience troubleshooting Kubernetes workloads, networking, configuration, resource usage, scaling, and application failures.
• Understanding of real-time media concepts such as codecs, frame and sample formats, buffering, latency, synchronization, and network transport.
• Experience integrating with REST APIs, SDKs, and event-driven systems.
• Familiarity with multithreading, memory management, performance profiling, and debugging.
• Experience with Git, automated testing, and modern CI/CD practices.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Requirements

Nice to Have

• Experience developing Microsoft Teams apps, bots, calling solutions, or meeting integrations.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Graph, Azure Bot Service, Teams SDKs, or related Microsoft communications APIs.
• Familiarity with COM and COM interoperability from .NET.
• Experience with WebRTC, RTP/RTCP, SRTP, SIP, FFmpeg, GStreamer, or Media Foundation.
• Experience with Azure services, Microsoft Entra ID, OAuth 2.0, and application permissions.
• Knowledge of Windows audio/video APIs, device capture, or virtual media devices.
• Experience with Helm, Kubernetes operators, ingress controllers, and observability platforms.
• Experience operating real-time communications software in production.

Within 6 months, you’ll…

• Contribute production-ready features to the Teams bot application.
• Independently diagnose and resolve common audio/video streaming problems.
• Deploy and troubleshoot the application in Kubernetes environments.
• Improve the reliability, test coverage, scalability, and observability of the media pipeline.
• 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
• Compensation Range: $140K - $180K