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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Backend Engineer - **Company:** Genius Products, Inc. - **Location:** Boston, MA, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $165,000.0 - $190,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Databases, Continuous Integration, Python (Programming Language), Performance Tuning, SQL Databases, TypeScript, Web Applications, Google Cloud, ReactJS, Large Language Models, Backend, Git, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Vertica, Terraform, Data Pipelines, Docker, Programming Languages - **Published:** July 30, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=97a088be8d835214 ## About the Role * Final leveling determined during interview based on scope, impact, and experience. We're committed to transparency and finding a mutual fit. * 5+ years of experience building and maintaining production applications. * Familiarity with building agentic systems at scale. * AI/web application expertise - APIs, databases, asynchronous processing, testing, git, CI/CD, and performance optimization. * Proficiency in multiple programming languages (commonly Python, SQL, TypeScript, and React). * Ability to quickly absorb and work within complex codebases, including managing multiple parallel Claude code instances. * Collaborative at the abstract level, self-sufficient at the code level. * Strong math or analytical background. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field., * You like testing new tools and frameworks-you're the one who spins up a new prototype for fun. * You've run an LLM on your local machine just to see what's possible. * Exposure to containerization and orchestration tooling (Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, GCP). * Experience with ClickHouse queries and optimization. ## Description This is an opportunity to join a high-growth, seed-stage AI startup founded by experts in the field (Ben Vigoda, Steve Papa), with patented, leap-frog real-time learning AI technology. You'll work closely with exceptional AI researchers and software engineers, with the autonomy to make high-impact, strategic decisions that shape our core architecture., As a Backend Engineer, you will: * Collaborate to prioritize, prototype, and ship new features that directly impact our product and customer outcomes. * Contribute directly to the realtime learning engine at the core of our business. * Work on the APIs and data pipelines that link live user behavior to our self-learning systems. * Communicate and explain technical concepts, decisions, and trade-offs to technical and non-technical stakeholders. * Champion practices that safely accelerate the team, including enhanced AI coding, streamlined CI/CD, and improved QA. * Own what you ship, digging into logs and traces, identifying root causes, and improve our testing apparatus to minimize issues. * Have autonomy. At Product Genius, we don't hand down tasks-we share contex. 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