UX Engineer
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 UX Engineer Role.
This isn't a traditional product designer role, and it isn't a traditional front-end engineering role either. We're looking for someone who can move seamlessly from customer problems to interaction design to production-ready prototypes — the connective tissue between product strategy, design, and engineering. Responsibilities include:
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Own end-to-end UX design and rapid prototyping for new product initiatives, from concept through implementation-ready design
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Build interactive, near-production-quality prototypes using React, TypeScript, or similar frameworks to validate ideas before full engineering investment
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Partner with Engineering to validate technical feasibility early and reduce handoff friction
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Help establish and evolve reusable UI patterns, components, and Reality Defender 's broader design system
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Advocate for usability, accessibility, and thoughtful interaction design across the platform
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Work alongside Product Managers to define customer experiences before development begins
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Facilitate cross-team alignment by making complex ideas tangible through prototypes and visual storytelling
Who you are.
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5+ years designing and building modern SaaS applications
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Strong portfolio demonstrating both UX design and front-end implementation
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Expertise with Figma and modern prototyping tools
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Experience building interfaces using React, TypeScript, or similar front-end frameworks
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Strong understanding of interaction design, usability, and accessibility
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Ability to rapidly move from concept to prototype
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Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills, and comfort in a fast-moving startup environment
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Nice to have: enterprise software design experience, AI or cybersecurity product experience, familiarity with design systems and component libraries, user research/usability testing experience, or motion/interaction animation experience
Within 1 month, you’ll…
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Be embedded within Product and Engineering workflows
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Be up to speed on Reality Defender 's current design system, tooling, and prototyping stack
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Have shadowed the existing design-to-development handoff processWithin 3 months, you’ll…
Within 3 months, you’ll…
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Have delivered prototypes for at least one key product initiative
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Have shipped a concrete improvement to the design-to-development handoff process
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Have identified specific opportunities to streamline UX across the platform
Within 6 months, you’ll…
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Have a repeatable design and prototyping process running
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Have measurably reduced iteration time on at least one product initiative
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Have contributed meaningfully to the evolution of the design system
What we offer.
Reality Defender offers the following benefits to all our employees, regardless of location:
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Healthcare plans with 100% premium coverage for employees and partial coverage available for dependents
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Dental and Vision plans with 100% premium coverage for employees and their dependents
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Short/Long-term disability and life insurance plans with 100% premium coverage for employee