About the company
Genies is cultureās leading avatar technology company empowering humans to create their own avatar experiences. To-date, Genies has been widely adopted by cultural tastemakers and has partnerships with Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group as their rostersā āofficial avatar.ā Genies has recently launched its consumer arm via its AR Developer Kit which allows developers to create interoperable avatar experiences for mobile and hardware AR. Their first avatar experience, Silver Studio, allows users to design and exchange digital fashion. Genies has raised $250M from investors such as Silver Lake, BOND, NEA, and Bob Iger valuing the company at $1 billion.
Job Summary
What You'll Be Doing:
šDesign and develop scalable, high-performance backend services that power both mobile and web applications, ensuring optimal response times and reliability šEncourage creativity and innovation by providing opportunities to experiment with cutting-edge technologies and solutions, driving continuous improvement šBuild and operate high quality infrastructure and service ecosystem, ensuring high availability, security, and performance šCollaborate with the engineering team to help plan the company's long-term engineering roadmap and identify areas of improvement šCraft and optimize database schemas that underpin our applications, guaranteeing data integrity and efficient data access šLead 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 šDemonstrate adaptability by taking on additional responsibilities as needed, contributing to the company's success and growth
What You Should Have:
šMust have completed a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field (Master's degree is a plus)
š4+ years of professional experience
šExperience in NoSQL database design and development
šExperience in developing, designing and working with APIs, distributed databases and caching systems
šExperience with Amazon Web Services or Google Cloud Platform
šProficiency in objective-oriented languages such as Python, Golang, Java or C++
šRobust exploratory/experimental skills
šSelf-starter, analytical, creative, highly motivated with a visionary spirit
šStrong skills in terms of identifying and articulating goals and risks to management
šTeam player with strong influencing skills