Lead Full Stack Engineer at Genies
Los Angeles, CA
$220,000–$260,000
Jul 19, 2026
Los Angeles, CA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A contract lead engineering role focused on architecting and building full-stack systems for an AI avatar platform. The position combines direct coding work — across React, Next.js, TypeScript, Node.js, and Go — with technical leadership responsibilities such as mentoring engineers, setting architectural standards, and driving adoption of AI-assisted development workflows. It suits an experienced engineer comfortable balancing hands-on contribution with team guidance and cross-functional collaboration.
Senior level · 7+ years · Remote · Contract
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 9,900 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 6,000–14,900
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (11)
The posting is explicitly for a contract engagement ('contract Lead Full Stack Engineer'), though the closing boilerplate references 'full time, benefits eligible positions' — the contract framing in the role overview takes precedence.
The title carries no seniority level word; 'Lead' is a role function descriptor here rather than a band label, so the title states no level. The 7+ years requirement and technical leadership scope support a Senior classification.
Go is listed as the primary backend language alongside Python ('Go, Python, or similar') — both are named, so Go is the primary skill with Python as an alternative; the 'or similar' qualifier means the requirement is a hard gate on backend language capability, not on Go specifically.
Relational databases are required alongside NoSQL ('NoSQL and relational database solutions') but no specific product is named for either; both are captured under the NoSQL skill entry. No specific relational DB product is named to emit separately.
Event-driven architectures and ETL/data pipeline patterns appear in the requirements section but name no specific technology or tool, so they are omitted from the skills list per extraction rules.
WebSockets and LLM integration appear under the 'Bonus' section and are marked preferred accordingly.
3D pipelines, image processing, and model-building workflows also appear under Bonus but name no specific technology, so they are omitted.
The posting mentions a hybrid work structure (minimum 4 days in office weekly) in the benefits section, which conflicts with the caller's declaration of fully remote. The caller's instruction governs; remote is set to true and no metro is inferred.
No compensation figures are stated despite a mention of 'competitive salary' — offered comp fields are left unpopulated.
Posting is for a contract engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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