Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Reality Defender is an award-winning cybersecurity company focused on detecting deepfakes and AI-generated media. They are seeking a Staff AI Engineer (Audio) to develop and deploy cutting-edge audio deepfake detection models, collaborating with multiple teams to ensure model robustness and performance in real-world scenarios.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and optimize ML/DL models for production-scale audio deepfake detection, ensuring robustness across diverse real-world conditions including compression artifacts, noise, telephony, and streaming pipelines
- Partner with clients to develop a deep understanding of their production environments and define model performance criteria
- Investigate failure cases in client environments, build custom evaluation frameworks, and implement mitigation strategies spanning both Engineering and AI
- Design and execute structured experimentation roadmaps aligned with client requirements and proactive system resilience goals. Translate findings into clear and actionable insights
- Monitor, measure, and report on model performance in production using data analytics and AI observability tools (e.g. Datadog, Metabase). Identify degradation trends, data drift, and emerging threat patterns before they impact client outcomes
- Build and maintain dashboards and analytics pipelines that surface model health metrics, enabling data-driven decisions across AI, Engineering, and Product teams
- Collaborate with cross-functional partners — Applied Scientists, Deployment Engineers, and Product teams — to deploy scalable, production-grade models with clear performance benchmarks and monitoring in place
Skills
- PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Signal Processing, or related field (or equivalent industry experience)
- 2+ years of industry experience building and deploying ML/DL models for AI products
- Strong programming skills in Python and model ML frameworks (PyTorch, JAX)
- Solid understanding of audio processing fundamentals, classification and detection metrics (ROC, DET curves, precision/recall trade-offs), model robustness and evaluation
- Proven experience with large-scale training and benchmarking pipelines
- Prior experience in a client-facing or solutions-oriented AI role is a plus
- Preference for candidates comfortable with EST work hours
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 Overview
Reality Defender is the market leader in deepfake detection. Sign up for free at https://www.realitydefender.com/api It was founded in 2021, and is headquartered in New York, New York, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is https://realitydefender.com.Company H1B Sponsorship
Reality Defender has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 2 in 2025, 2 in 2024, 2 in 2023. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.