Genius AI - Staff Software Engineer, Backend
Requirements
• 7+ years of professional engineering experience with a strong backend focus, and a track record of owning system design and architectural choices for high-scale or high-growth products • Already building with AI as a structural part of how you work, you've integrated LLMs into production systems, used AI tooling to accelerate your development workflow, and have a sharp point of view on where AI changes what's architecturally possible • Ship fast and course-correct, you're comfortable making architectural calls with incomplete information, iterating rapidly in production, and treating ambiguity as a feature of early-stage work, not a reason to slow down • Deep Kotlin expertise with strong intuitions about backend architecture, service design, and performance at scale (TypeScript experience is a plus) • Solid command of modern cloud infrastructure: AWS and Kubernetes, at the level of someone who can navigate it confidently without being a pure infra specialist • Natural collaborator who can align PMs, designers, and engineering teams around a shared technical vision and keep execution moving without friction • Exceptional communicator who can make complex architectural trade-offs legible to both engineers and non-technical stakeholders
Responsibilities
• Architect and own the technical direction of AI-powered products and 0-to-1 builds, weighing long-term trade-offs with precision and keeping a healthy backlog of forward-looking, build-ready work • Integrate AI models and LLMs into customer-facing products, not as experiments, but as production systems with real reliability and performance requirements • Shape how Genius AI builds with AI, your architectural decisions will define what's possible across the product for years • Write high-quality code and rapidly ship proof-of-concepts to validate architectural options and tackle the team's hardest technical challenges before they become blockers • Partner with Product, Design, and Engineering leadership to translate ambiguous business goals into well-architected initiatives with clear sequencing and minimal rework • Proactively identify and resolve systemic technical debt before it slows the team down, unblock engineers, raise the quality bar, and make the people around you disproportionately more effective
Benefits
• Competitive health & dental insurance options • Annual stipend for professional development and continued learning • High performers at 5 years receive a $5,000 bonus to use however you recharge best • Paid parental leave • Fertility and adoption benefits via Carrot • Local events - in-person gathering opportunities throughout the year for our distributed team • At Genius AI, we celebrate our differences and are committed to creating a workplace where all employees feel supported and empowered to do their best work. We believe this benefits not only our employees but our product, customers, and community as well. Genius AI is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. • Personal Information: Notice at Collection for Employees and Applicants • Agency Submissions • If a resume or applicant is submitted to Genius AI by a third party without a signed search agreement in place, it will become the property of Genius AI and no fee will be paid, irrespective of whether the candidate is hired. • Genius AI may use automated tools, including artificial intelligence and machine learning systems (AI Tools), to assist in evaluating applicants’ qualifications and fitness for the position. These AI Tools may be used alongside human review during one or more stages of the recruiting process, including application screening, skills assessments, and interviewing. No final hiring decision will be made solely by AI Tools without human oversight.
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