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Senior Modeler (contractor) at Genies - Genies LA, Los Angeles, California, U.S., Remote - Senior Modeler (contractor) Genies LA, Los Angeles, California, U.S., Remote Genies is an AI avatar technology company powering the visual and embodiment layer for AI. Through the Genies SDK, their proprietary avatar framework brings AI to life as fully realized AI personas that look, think, behave, and play like living identities. Genies powers AI companion, NPC, and agent use cases across enterprise, consumer, creator, entertainment, and gaming. Genies has raised $200M from Silver Lake, BOND, and Bob Iger. Genies is built on the belief that every website, app, game, brand, and human will have an AI persona. Genies' avatars are the visual identity of the next internet. This contract role sits at the center of that: you'll own the quality and technical integrity of 3D character and prop assets that ship into our real-time avatar platform, used by millions. What you'll own: - End-to-end production of avatar-ready 3D assets - from concept interpretation through high-poly sculpt, optimized lowpoly modeling, and texturing - that meet our technical budgets and raise our visual bar. - Pipeline fluency: you know when to use traditional tools and when to reach for AI-assisted workflows (generative model, textures, and mesh optimization, AI retopo) to move faster without sacrificing craft. - Collaboration with Art Directors and Engineers to ensure assets behave correctly inside our Avatar Framework - not just look good in isolation. What you bring: - A portfolio of real-time character work that demonstrates and understands both technical discipline (clean topology, correct UVs, optimized textures) and

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Machine Learning Engineer, AI Agent (contract) at Genies - Remote - Machine Learning Engineer, AI Agent (contract) Remote Genies is an AI avatar technology company powering the visual and embodiment layer for AI. Through the Genies SDK, their proprietary avatar framework brings AI to life as fully realized AI personas that look, think, behave, and play like living identities. Genies powers AI companion, NPC, and agent use cases across enterprise, consumer, creator, entertainment, and gaming. Genies has raised $200M from Silver Lake, BOND, and Bob Iger. Genies is built on the belief that every website, app, game, brand, and human will have an AI persona. We are seeking a highly motivated and passionate Machine Learning Engineer to join our core AI team in San Francisco, CA. This is a high-impact role where you will take end-to-end ownership of the research and development behind our core AI avatar chat systems. You will drive the technical roadmap that defines the intelligence, personality, and interactivity of millions of AI avatars. By tackling fundamental technical challenges, you will bring fun, autonomous, and inspiring AI companions to life. Working alongside a dedicated team of engineers and researchers, you will bridge the gap between cutting-edge AI research and real-world, consumer-facing product impact. What You'll Do ▸ Research and implement state-of-the-art AI solutions. You'll apply foundation models, prompt engineering, RAG, knowledge graphs, and multi-agent architectures - alongside classical ML techniques - to power a multimodal AI avatar product. ▸ Architect and deliver scalable agentic systems. You'll design and implement AI features within our backend, building agent infrastructure that

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Technical Artist: Avatar Systems at Genies - Genies LA, Los Angeles, California, U.S., Genies San Francisco - Technical Artist: Avatar Systems Genies LA, Los Angeles, California, U.S., Genies San Francisco Genies is an AI avatar technology company powering the visual and embodiment layer for AI. Through the Genies SDK, their proprietary avatar framework brings AI to life as fully realized AI personas that look, think, behave, and play like living identities. Genies powers AI companion, NPC, and agent use cases across enterprise, consumer, creator, entertainment, and gaming. Genies has raised $200M from Silver Lake, BOND, and Bob Iger. Genies is built on the belief that every website, app, game, brand, and human will have an AI persona. Genies is seeking a Technical Artist: Avatar Systems to help build the next generation of avatar creation tools. This role blends deep expertise in character rigging, geometry processing, and real-time pipelines with experience in AI-assisted workflows. You'll advance the development of modular avatar systems and scalable pipelines that enable highly customizable, production-ready avatars across platforms, working at the intersection of art, engineering, and machine learning. What You'll Be Doing: - Design, build, and extend avatar systems using modular components, automated rigging, and AI-assisted workflows - Develop and scale cloud-based rigging and deformation systems for interoperable avatars and assets - Apply procedural and machine learning techniques to solve complex problems in asset creation, processing, and customization - Integrate generative AI into internal and public-facing 3D content pipelines - Partner with ML engineering, art, and product to prototype and ship tools and workflows across mobile, browser, and game engine environments - Define

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Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Animation Integration at Genies - Genies LA, Los Angeles, California, U.S., Genies San Francisco - Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Animation Integration Genies LA, Los Angeles, California, U.S., Genies San Francisco Genies is an AI avatar technology company powering the visual and embodiment layer for AI. Through the Genies SDK, their proprietary avatar framework brings AI to life as fully realized AI personas that look, think, behave, and play like living identities. Genies powers AI companion, NPC, and agent use cases across enterprise, consumer, creator, entertainment, and gaming. Genies has raised $200M from Silver Lake, BOND, and Bob Iger. Genies is built on the belief that every website, app, game, brand, and human will have an AI persona. Genies is looking for a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to join our Avatar Technology team, focused on building the next generation of AI-driven animation systems. This role is focused on integrating machine learning systems into production animation pipelines and realtime environments, while also owning the applied ML work required to make these systems effective in practice. You will work across data, modeling, and runtime systems to ensure ML-driven animation performs reliably and at high quality in production. What You'll Be Doing: - Integrate machine learning models into realtime animation systems across mobile and web environments. - Develop systems that translate inputs such as audio, text, and intent into responsive avatar motion in production. - Work with generative models (e.g., diffusion, transformer-based systems) and adapt them for specific use cases such as facial animation, gesture generation, and character behavior. - Collect, process, and manage animation datasets (mocap, facial capture,

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Senior Machine Learning Engineer, AI Agent at Genies - Genies San Francisco, San Francisco, California, U.S, Genies LA - Senior Machine Learning Engineer, AI Agent Genies San Francisco, San Francisco, California, U.S, Genies LA Genies is an AI avatar technology company powering the visual and embodiment layer for AI. Through the Genies SDK, their proprietary avatar framework brings AI to life as fully realized AI personas that look, think, behave, and play like living identities. Genies powers AI companion, NPC, and agent use cases across enterprise, consumer, creator, entertainment, and gaming. Genies has raised $200M from Silver Lake, BOND, and Bob Iger. Genies is built on the belief that every website, app, game, brand, and human will have an AI persona. About the Role: We are seeking a highly motivated and passionate Senior Machine Learning Engineer to join our core AI team in San Francisco, CA. This is a high-impact role where you will take end-to-end ownership of the research and development behind our core AI avatar chat systems. You will drive the technical roadmap that defines the intelligence, personality, and interactivity of millions of AI avatars. By tackling fundamental technical challenges, you will bring fun, autonomous, and inspiring AI companions to life. Working alongside a dedicated team of engineers and researchers, you will bridge the gap between cutting-edge AI research and real-world, consumer-facing product impact. What You'll Be Doing: - Research and implement state-of-the-art solutions using foundation models, prompt engineering, RAG, knowledge graphs, and multi-agent architectures, alongside classical machine learning techniques for a multi-modal AI chat product. - Architect, implement, and deliver scalable AI features and agentic systems

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Lead Full Stack Engineer at Genies - Genies LA, Los Angeles, California, U.S. - Lead Full Stack Engineer Genies LA, Los Angeles, California, U.S. Genies is an AI avatar technology company powering the visual and embodiment layer for AI. Through the Genies SDK, their proprietary avatar framework brings AI to life as fully realized AI personas that look, think, behave, and play like living identities. Genies powers AI companion, NPC, and agent use cases across enterprise, consumer, creator, entertainment, and gaming. Genies has raised $200M from Silver Lake, BOND, and Bob Iger. Genies is built on the belief that every website, app, game, brand, and human will have an AI persona. Overview Genies is seeking a contract Lead Full Stack Engineer to guide the technical direction, architecture, and execution of our avatar-driven digital products. You'll be a player-coach - leading by example as a hands-on contributor while mentoring a team of talented engineers. Reporting directly to the Director of Software Engineering and Infrastructure, you'll drive technical excellence, champion engineering best practices, and ensure scalable, performant solutions across the stack. This is a high-impact role for an engineer who thrives on mentorship, system design, and building cohesive teams that ship complex, user-facing systems at the intersection of AI, game technology, and UGC creation tools. We move fast at Genies, and we expect our lead engineers to move fast with us - leveraging AI as a force multiplier while holding the bar on quality, clarity, and correctness. What You'll Be Doing Technical Leadership - Define and own the architectural vision and implementation strategy for full-stack systems

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