Lead Backend Engineer - Developer Platform San Mateo, ...

San Mateo, California, United StatesIs this the next step in your career Find out if you are the right candidate by reading through the complete overview below.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.Seated in either our SF Bay Area office (San Mateo) or Los Angeles based HQ, and reporting to the Director of Engineering , our ideal candidate has extensive experience with languages like Golang, Python, Java or C++. They are great leaders with the ability to influence their peers and mentor other team members. At the same time they enjoy hands-on coding, designing and working with APIs for both internal and external consumption, and thrive in solving really fun and challenging technical problems.Genies will deliver on creating an interoperable avatar network. Are you up for helping us make it happen? 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 gamesBuild and operate a high quality infrastructure and service ecosystem, ensuring high availability, security, and performanceCollaborate with the broader engineering team to help plan the company's long-term technology roadmap and define the future of our systemsSupport efforts to advance useful LLM and ML systems for end-users while gaining new knowledge from our researchersLead efforts to scale our infrastructure horizontally and vertically to accommodate the growing demand for our avatar experiences, ensuring robustness and reliability even under increased loadDemonstrate adaptability by taking on additional responsibilities as needed, contributing to the company's success and growthWhat 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 experienceExperience in NoSQL database design and developmentExperience in developing, designing and working with APIs, distributed databases and caching systemsExperience with Amazon Web Services or Google Cloud PlatformProficiency in an object-oriented language such as Python, Golang, Java or C++Robust exploratory/experimental skillsSelf-starter, analytical, creative, highly motivated with a visionary spiritStrong skills in terms of identifying and articulating goals and risks to managementTeam player with strong influencing skillsHow Genies will support youGenies 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: $200,000.00 to $250,000 USDHere'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 developmentYou'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 policyYou'll enjoy the culture and perks of a startup, with the stability of being well fundedComprehensive health insurance for you and your family (Anthem + Kaiser Options Available), Dental and Vision InsuranceCompetitive salaries and 401K program for all full time employeesFlexible paid time off, sick time, and paid company holidays, in addition to paid parental leave, bereavement leave, and jury duty leave for full-time employeesHealth & wellness support through programs such as monthly wellness reimbursementWorking in a brand new, bright, open-environment and fun office space - there's even a slide!Choice of MacBook or intel based laptopGenies 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.Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf LinkedIn Profile * Do you currently live in the Bay Area, and are you able to be present in the office a minimum of 2 days per week? * This is a development centric role where you would operate as the Technical Lead for our backend team working on Genies Developer Platform. Are you comfortable being hands on for 90% of your days? * Select... Are you authorized to work lawfully in the United States for Genies? * Select... Will you now or in the future require Genies to commence ("sponsor") an immigration case in order to employ you (for example, H-1B or other employment-based immigration case)? We sponsor BTW :) * Select... #J-18808-Ljbffr

Created: 2024-11-06