Staff Software Engineer, Backend

Genius AI is looking for a Staff Backend Engineer to serve as the technical anchor for high-innovation teams, setting architectural direction, validating options through proof-of-concepts, and turning ambitious initiatives into clear, buildable roadmaps. This is an individual contributor role with significant leadership responsibility, focused on both architecture and hands-on building. The Staff Backend Engineer will unblock engineers, make critical technical decisions, and set a new standard for backend engineering at Genius AI.

Responsibilities will include:

• Architect and own the technical direction of AI-powered products and 0-to-1 builds, balancing long-term trade-offs and maintaining a backlog of build-ready work

• Integrate AI models and LLMs into customer-facing products as reliable, high-performance production systems

• Shape architectural decisions that define product capabilities for years to come

• Write high-quality code and rapidly ship proof-of-concepts to validate architectural options and address technical challenges

• Partner with Product, Design, and Engineering leadership to translate business goals into well-architected initiatives with clear sequencing

• Proactively identify and resolve systemic technical debt, unblock engineers, and raise the quality bar across the team

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align on technical vision and ensure smooth execution

• Communicate complex architectural trade-offs clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

You’re a great fit if you:

• Have 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

• Have experience building with AI, integrating LLMs into production systems, and using AI tooling to accelerate development workflows

• Are comfortable making architectural decisions with incomplete information and iterating rapidly in production environments

• Have deep Kotlin expertise and strong intuitions about backend architecture, service design, and performance at scale (TypeScript experience is a plus)

• Possess solid command of modern cloud infrastructure, including AWS and Kubernetes

• Are a natural collaborator who can align teams around a shared technical vision and keep execution moving smoothly

• Are an exceptional communicator who can make complex architectural trade-offs understandable to diverse stakeholders

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