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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKOZmwyNUNM 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: - Own end-to-end UX design and rapid prototyping for new product initiatives, from concept through implementation-ready design - Build interactive, near-production-quality prototypes using React, TypeScript, or similar frameworks to validate ideas before full engineering investment - Partner with Engineering to validate technical feasibility early and reduce handoff friction - Help establish and evolve reusable UI patterns, components, and Reality Defender's broader design system - Advocate for usability, accessibility, and thoughtful interaction design across the platform - Work alongside Product Managers to define customer experiences before development begins - Facilitate cross-team alignment by making complex ideas tangible through prototypes and visual storytelling WHO YOU ARE. - 5+ years designing and building modern SaaS applications - Strong portfolio demonstrating both UX design and front-end implementation - Expertise with Figma and modern prototyping tools - Experience building interfaces using React, TypeScript, or similar front-end frameworks - Strong understanding of interaction design, usability, and accessibility - Ability to rapidly move from concept to prototype - Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills, and comfort in a fast-moving startup environment - 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… - Be embedded within Product and Engineering workflows - Be up to speed on Reality Defender's current design system, tooling, and prototyping stack - Have shadowed the existing design-to-development handoff processWithin 3 months, you’ll… WITHIN 3 MONTHS, YOU’LL… - Have delivered prototypes for at least one key product initiative - Have shipped a concrete improvement to the design-to-development handoff process - Have identified specific opportunities to streamline UX across the platform WITHIN 6 MONTHS, YOU’LL… - Have a repeatable design and prototyping process running - Have measurably reduced iteration time on at least one product initiative - 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: - 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 -…