Software Engineer II
Reality Defenderabout 3 hours ago
Remote, United States or New York, NY, USAMid Level / Senior
H1B Sponsor
Base Salary
$140k - $180k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, and maintain Microsoft Teams bot applications and integrations
- Build low-latency, reliable real-time audio and video streaming features
- Develop Windows-based services and applications using C# and .NET
- Deploy, operate, and troubleshoot containerized applications in Kubernetes
- Integrate Microsoft APIs, SDKs, authentication systems, and cloud services
- Diagnose codecs, synchronization, buffering, packet loss, and network-condition issues
- 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 technical and operational documentation
Requirements
- Approximately 3–5 years of professional software development experience
- Strong proficiency with C#, .NET, and asynchronous or concurrent programming
- Professional experience developing Windows software
- Hands-on experience building or supporting real-time audio and 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 codecs, frame and sample formats, buffering, latency, synchronization, and network transport
- Experience integrating 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
- Nice-to-have experience with Microsoft Teams apps, bots, calling solutions, or meeting integrations
- Nice-to-have familiarity with Microsoft Graph, Azure Bot Service, Teams SDKs, or related Microsoft communications APIs
- Nice-to-have familiarity with COM and COM interoperability from .NET
- Nice-to-have experience with WebRTC, RTP/RTCP, SRTP, SIP, FFmpeg, GStreamer, or Media Foundation
- Nice-to-have experience with Azure services, Microsoft Entra ID, OAuth 2.0, and application permissions
- Nice-to-have knowledge of Windows audio/video APIs, device capture, or virtual media devices
- Nice-to-have experience with Helm, Kubernetes operators, ingress controllers, and observability platforms
- Nice-to-have experience operating real-time communications software in production
Benefits
- Healthcare plans with 100% premium coverage for employees and partial dependent coverage
- Dental and vision plans with 100% premium coverage for employees and dependents
- Short- and long-term disability and life insurance with 100% premium coverage for employees
- FSA/HSA and 401(k) 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 NYC headquarters employees: daily in-office lunch through UberEats, commuter benefits, remote Fridays, happy hours, and other local events
Tech Stack
About Reality Defender
Reality Defender is the market leader in deepfake detection, protecting enterprise and government organizations from real-time deepfake and agentic fraud, across live voice, video and images. Sign up for free developer access at https://www.realitydefender.com/api and start building today. Awards: 2025 - Gartner: Recognized as Market Leader in Deepfake Detection 2025 - JPMorgan: Inducted into Hall of Innovation 2025 - World Economic Forum: Named Technology Pioneer 2025 - USA DIU + Japan MOD: 1st Place "Global Innovation Challenge" 2024 - RSA Conference: 1st Place “Most Innovative Startup” 2024 - SINET16 Innovator Award 2023 - SXSW 1st Place "Artificial Intelligence, Voice, & Robotics Technologies"