Machine Learning Engineer, Reality Defender

$150-220k

+ Equity and bonus

Python

PyTorch

Junior and Mid level

New York

Remote from US

Enterprise-grade deepfake detection

Open for applications

Enterprise-grade deepfake detection

21-100 employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceSecurityPrivacyIdentity

Open for applications

$150-220k

+ Equity and bonus

Python

PyTorch

Junior and Mid level

New York

Remote from US

21-100 employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceSecurityPrivacyIdentity

Company mission

To help companies, governments, and journalists determine if media is real or fake, focusing on audio, video and image manipulation.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Masters or PhD in Computer Science with specialization in machine learning/deep learning (ML/DL)
2+ years coding experience in Python; Strong programming skills required
2+ years industry experience with model training/finetuning in PyTorch
[Preferred] Experience finetuning large foundation models, e.g. wav2vec, HuBERT for downstream classification
Experience with automated testing and CI/CD concepts in machine learning workflow
Strong foundation in machine learning and data science
Good communication and inter-personal skills, comfortable with client-facing responsibilities

What the job involves

Train/finetune deep learning models in PyTorch on new datasets and per client requirements
Model monitoring and quality assurance for deployed models
ML workflow automation and continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) for client-facing models
Adopt standard model optimization/compression methods for inference speed-up
Implement model obfuscation and vulnerability checks
Collaborate with both AI and Engineering teams for model/infrastructure needs and performance guidance

Our take

Reality Defender was born out of The AI Foundation to help protect the 2020 US Elections from the threat of deepfakes. It officially launched as a company in 2021, based in New York. Today there continues to be a genuine issue where the public cannot decipher what is true or false online due to the existence of easily-created deepfakes.

Reality Defender's platform empowers enterprises to highlight and flag fraudulent users and content found online. Its API and app also provide risk scoring, reporting, and forensics review.

Reality Defender was selected as part of Y Combinator’s 2022 batch, the same backing received by Monzo, Airbnb and Stripe in their early days. This backing paired with the founding team’s experience of over twenty years at Google, Goldman Sachs, and the Intelligence Community, as well as its 2023 award win, has worked well for this very early-stage startup.

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Company

Company HQ

Manhattan, New York, NY

Leadership

Gaurav Bharaj

(Co-Founder)

Previously the Chief Science Officer at Flawless, the Vice President of Research for The AI Foundation and a Senior Researcher for Technicolor.

Ali Shahriyari

(Co-Founder & CTO)

Previously acted as the Director of Product for The AI Foundation and as a Vice President for Originate.

Ben Colman

(Co-Founder & CEO)

Co-founded PlaceAVote. Previously acted as NYC Lead for Xoogler.co, CEO for Convertix, and Vice President for Goldman Sachs.

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