Full Stack Engineer (contract)

Genies is an avatar technology company powering the next era of interactive digital identity through Smart Avatars. With the Avatar Framework and intuitive creation tools, Genies enables developers, talent, and creators to generate and deploy game-ready Smart AI companions. The company’s technology stack supports full customization, AI-generated fashion and props, and seamless integration of user-generated content (UGC). Backed by investors including Bob Iger, Silver Lake, BOND, and NEA, Genies’ mission is to become the visual and interactive layer for the LLM-powered internet.

Seated in either our Los Angeles based headquarters or San Francisco office, Genies is looking for a contract Full Stack Engineer who’s excited to build high-impact, user-facing systems that will bring our Smart Avatars and experiences to life. In this role you’ll work cross-functionally with product, design and other engineering teams to ship performance and scalable features across our stack. You’ll play a key role in delivering rich web-based experiences that bring Genies’ core technologies in AI, game systems and creation tools to the world.

What You’ll be Doing :

• Design, build and maintain scalable full-stack applications powering AI driven Smart Avatars, game development systems and UGC creator tools.
• Develop high-quality, testable and maintainable code using modern frameworks and abstractions
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to scope and deliver product features that provide meaningful impact to our end users
• Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, and continuous improvement of engineering best practices
• Help ensure a high standard in performance, security, reliability and user experience across our products

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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 : $165,000 - $215,000 if annualized

Preferred Primary Location : Commuting distance to San Francisco or Los Angeles. This is a hybrid position that requires a minimum in office 4 days a week

Here's why you'll love working at Genies :