Senior Pipeline Engineer

Genies is an AI avatar and games technology company powering the next generation of digital experiences. Genies' technology stack is rooted in empowering user generated content through the company's two main mantras:

“Anyone can create anything” & “Everything works with everything”

By combining these two guiding principles, individuals can craft limitless experiences while IP owners can build dynamic social gaming ecosystems powered by user-generated content (UGC) and AI Avatars—what Genies calls "Parties."

Genies' technology stack features a comprehensive suite of UGC tools that enable anyone to create AI avatars, complete with customizable fashion, props, behaviors, and personalities, as well as immersive AI avatar Experiences. At its core are the set of our Software Development Kits and Cross-Platform Frameworks, which leverage machine learning and computer graphics to ensure seamless interoperability across all UGC and AIGC avatars and experiences—unlocking boundless creative potential.

Early adopters of Genies’ first gen avatars include icons like Justin Bieber, Rihanna, J Balvin, Migos, and thousands more. With offices in Los Angeles and San Francisco, Genies has raised $200M from notable investors including Silver Lake, BOND, NEA, and Bob Iger.

Seated in our Los Angeles headquarters (hybrid), Genies is looking for a highly skilled and experienced Senior Pipeline Engineer to support our User Generated Content [UGC] initiatives. We are looking for someone to steer asset pipeline projects to develop and maintain tools and workflows to increase capabilities and efficiency. This candidate should be eager to work in a fast paced environment where they will have an opportunity to make a broad impact through strategic and technical contributions. 

Why Genies? You are curious about the future of avatar technology and empowering users to represent their digital selves. You have an underlying passion for encountering complex problems and creating smart, strategic solutions. How avatars will play in the consumer marketplace resonates with you and you see a future where our digital identities help to create a world where people can create, express and be their true authentic selves. 

What You’ll be Doing:

• Design and evolve our 3D content pipeline, bridging traditional DCC-based workflows (e.g., Maya, Blender, Substance) with a modern, cloud-native pipeline built for scale, automation, and external contributors.
• Drive pipeline initiatives end-to-end, including scoping, technical planning, and securing the right resources to meet aggressive production goals.
• Build and maintain scalable asset management and processing tools that support a hybrid environment with locally authored assets and remote, AI-assisted, or UGC content.
• Provide and coordinate front-line support for asset tracking, asset ingestion, and asset triaging from art authoring to game integration.
• Identify opportunities to modernize legacy workflows, introducing cloud-based solutions, automation, and asynchronous processing wherever impactful.
• Anticipate cross department needs and work to improve efficiency
• Collaborate closely amongst Content, Engineering & Avatar Technology teams to improve automated systems for processing internal and external assets (UGC)
  
  

What You Should Have:

Experience

• Minimum 5 years of experience in the games, media, or interactive content industry in a technical or pipeline engineering role.
• Production experience in 3D content creation and graphics pipelines, including managing 3D assets, animation, and rendering.
• Demonstrated ability to bridge traditional DCC pipelines with new approaches involving automation, cloud-based processing, or user generated content.

Technical Skills

• Advanced proficiency in Python for scripting, pipeline development, and package distribution.
• Familiarity with C++ and C# for extending DCC tools (e.g., Maya, Blender) or real-time engines (e.g., Unity, Unreal).
• Experience designing and building APIs, particularly RESTful endpoints.
• Strong understanding of backend systems, including asynchronous processing, queue architectures, and database integration.
• Experience with DevOps tools and workflows, including:
• Version control (e.g., GitHub)
• CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins)
• Environment management (e.g., Docker, Virtualenv)
• Some familiarity with AWS services, such as Lambda, S3, and related SDKs.
• Comfortable working across Windows, macOS, and Linux platforms.

Work Style & Mindset

• Strong problem-solving, communication, and organizational skills.
• Comfortable switching between hands-on implementation and high-level architecture.
• Self-motivated and collaborative, with the ability to thrive in ambiguity.
• Passionate about contributing to a fast-paced startup environment.

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: $125K-$175K

Here'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 development
• You'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 policy
• You'll enjoy the culture and perks of a startup, with the stability of being well funded 
• Comprehensive health insurance for you and your family (Anthem + Kaiser Options Available), Dental and Vision Insurance
• Competitive salaries and 401K program for all full time employees 
• Flexible paid time off, sick time, and paid company holidays, in addition to paid parental leave, bereavement leave, and jury duty leave for full-time employees
• Health & wellness support through programs such as monthly wellness reimbursement 
• Working in a brand new, bright, open-environment and fun office space
• Choice of MacBook or windows laptop

Genies 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.