Lead Full Stack Engineer
Genies is an AI avatar and games technology company that provides an AI Avatar Framework and a suite of User-Generated Content (UGC) tools. Their mission is to power an interoperable identity layer for the internet. They enable developers, brands, and creators to build games and digital experiences with intelligent, emotionally responsive, and customizable AI companions and avatars. The technology focuses on digital identity, expression, and interoperability for the gaming, metaverse, and XR industries.
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About Genies
Genies is an AI avatar and games technology company focused on powering the next generation of digital experiences and creating an interoperable identity layer for the internet. They provide developers with an AI Avatar Framework, a User-Generated Content (UGC) tech stack, and an Experience SDK to build AI-driven games and applications. Their tools facilitate the rapid creation of customizable, game-ready assets like avatars, fashion, and props, while also enabling the integration of intelligent, emotionally responsive AI companions to enhance player engagement. Genies partners with major companies like Unity, Universal Music Group, and Warner Music Group to integrate their technology. They have also launched "Parties," a social gaming platform for brands and creators, positioning themselves as a key player in the metaverse, gaming, and XR industries by providing a "visual layer for LLMs."
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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will guide the technical direction, architecture, and execution of avatar-driven digital products. You will contribute hands-on across the stack, build interactive interfaces and robust services, mentor engineers, partner with product and design stakeholders, and improve quality, security, testing, observability, and delivery practices.
Requirements
- 7+ years of professional full-stack development experience, including at least 2 years in technical leadership or mentorship
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- Ability to design and scale distributed, high-performance web applications
- Expertise with React, TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js, and Next.js
- Backend development experience with Go, Python, or similar languages
- Fluency with NoSQL and relational databases
- Experience building and consuming RESTful and GraphQL APIs and familiarity with event-driven architectures
- Understanding of data pipelines and ETL patterns
- Knowledge of OWASP Top Ten and OAuth 2.0
- Experience with AWS and CI/CD pipelines
- Experience using AI tools in development workflows
- Ability to lead technical and non-technical discussions
Responsibilities
- Define and own the architectural vision and implementation strategy for full-stack systems
- Establish technical standards, patterns, and scalable frameworks across frontend and backend
- Integrate and evaluate AI tools for planning, code generation, debugging, and testing
- Champion AI adoption by sharing workflows, prompt strategies, and tooling discoveries
- Contribute maintainable, reliable, and performant code
- Build interactive user interfaces, APIs, and backend services
- Mentor engineers through structured guidance, code reviews, and feedback
- Partner with product managers, designers, and engineering teams to create implementation plans
- Identify technical risks, scalability challenges, architectural needs, and service-design tradeoffs
- Improve developer velocity, operational efficiency, and code quality
- Champion security, testing, and observability practices
Benefits
- Equity packages
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Unlimited PTO
- Parental leave
- Hybrid work structure with a minimum of 4 days in the office weekly
- Monthly wellness reimbursement
