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    Senior Software Engineer, Backend - San Mateo, United States - GENIES INC

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    Genies is culture's avatar technology company empowering developers and artists to create their own interoperable gamified consumer experiences. The company has raised $250 million from investors including Silver Lake, BOND, NEA, and Bob Iger.

    Initially, Genies were adopted by thousands of Hollywood icons including Justin Bieber and Rihanna through partnerships with Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group.

    Today, the company is also delivering avatars to the masses through experiences built with its Developer Kit and artist crowdsourced platform, The Workshop.

    These experiences all integrate together to form one avatar social network, Genies Party.
    Genies is on the lookout for an experienced

    Senior

    Backend Engineer

    to join our inventive team.

    Seated in our new Bay Area office (San Mateo), you will contribute significantly to the current and future growth of our backend services, our core mobile experience, and the development of the foundations of AI for our products, including our Developer Kit and our Mobile Apps.

    The ideal candidate has extensive experience with languages like Golang and Python, developing, designing and working with APIs for both internal and external consumption, and thrives in solving really fun and challenging technical problems.

    You'll be working with the latest technologies in LLM, APIs and computation that will define avatar experiences and identity while partnering with our product and design teams as we scale our products and platform; introducing solutions that will deliver a world class, one of a kind consumer experience.

    Join us in shaping the future of avatar technology

    What You'll Be Doing:
    Design and develop scalable, high-performance backend services that power both mobile and web applications, ensuring reliability and scalability.
    Build with creativity and innovation while having opportunities to experiment with cutting-edge technologies and solutions applied everywhere from data storage to APIs to user facing experiences and games
    Build and operate a high quality infrastructure and service ecosystem, ensuring high availability, security, and performance
    Collaborate with the broader engineering team to help plan the company's long-term technology roadmap and define the future of our systems
    Support efforts to advance useful LLM and ML systems for end-users while gaining new knowledge from our researchers
    Lead efforts to scale our infrastructure horizontally and vertically to accommodate the growing demand for our avatar experiences, ensuring robustness and reliability even under increased load
    Demonstrate adaptability by taking on additional responsibilities as needed, contributing to the company's success and growth

    What You Should Have:
    Must have completed a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field (Master's degree is a plus)
    7+ years of professional experience
    Experience in NoSQL database design and development
    Experience in developing, designing and working with APIs, distributed databases and caching systems
    Experience with Amazon Web Services or Google Cloud Platform
    Proficiency in an object-oriented language such as Python, Golang, Java or C++
    Robust exploratory/experimental skills
    Self-starter, analytical, creative, highly motivated with a visionary spirit
    Strong skills in terms of identifying and articulating goals and risks to management
    Team player with strong influencing skills
    How Genies will support you
    Genies is a well-funded, growing start-up that cares deeply about each of our employees' growth and success.

    Our roles and their responsibilities are created with a breadth of scope that introduces each employee to exciting new challenges and opportunities that a growing start-up encounters.

    The actual base pay is dependent upon a number of factors, including:
    professional background, training, transferable skills, work experience, education, location, business and product needs, and market demand. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. Full-time employees may also be eligible for equity compensation, in addition to a robust health, wellness, and benefits package.

    Starting Salary Range:
    $160,000.00 to $190,000.00 USD

    Here's why you'll love working at Genies:
    You'll work with a team that you'll be able to learn from and grow with, including support for your own professional development
    You'll be at the helm of your own career, shaping it with your own innovative contributions to a nascent team and product with flexible hours and a work from home policy
    You'll enjoy the culture and perks of a startup, with the stability of being well funded
    Comprehensive health insurance for you and your family (Anthem + Kaiser Options Available), Dental and Vision Insurance
    Competitive salaries and 401K program for all full time employees
    Flexible paid time off, sick time, and paid company holidays, in addition to paid parental leave, bereavement leave, and jury duty leave for full-time employees
    Health & wellness support through programs such as monthly wellness reimbursement
    Working in a brand new, bright, open-environment and fun office space - there's even a slide
    Choice of MacBook or intel based laptop
    Genies is an equal opportunity employer committed to promoting an inclusive work environment free of discrimination and harassment. We value diversity, inclusion, and aim to provide a sense of belonging for everyone.

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