Senior/Staff Software Engineer – Backend
General Intuition · New York City
CHECKED 8H AGO
Frontier labonsiteSenior/Staff$180k–$275k
At a glance
Highlights
- Build backend powering billions of gaming clips for millions of gamers.
- Architect low-latency systems for real-time comms and ML-driven feeds.
- Help build large action and world models for virtual and physical worlds.
What they offer
- Equity
Ideal candidate
A seasoned backend builder who thrives in production at scale and loves mentoring. You communicate clearly, drive cross-team technical decisions, and care about low-latency experiences for millions of users.
Requirements
- 5+ years of backend engineering experience in production environments
- Strong proficiency in Java and building scalable microservices
- Deep understanding of RESTful API design and distributed systems
- Experience with MySQL or PostgreSQL, including performance tuning and schema design
- Experience building systems handling thousands of requests per second
- Comfort with cloud infrastructure (GCP or AWS preferred), CI/CD, and infrastructure as code
- Strong grasp of system design, architectural patterns, and security best practices
- Strong communication and leadership skills with ability to drive cross-team projects
- Bonus: Redis, RabbitMQ or other message brokers and caching systems
- Bonus: SRE/DevOps or DevSecOps experience
Lab profile
About General Intuition
Frontier lab building large action and world models to perceive, predict, and act in virtual and physical environments.
What they build
- Large action models
- World models
Known for
- Acting in space and time
- Perception and prediction across virtual and physical environments
- Large-scale gaming data via Medal platform
Key facts
- Raised $320M at $2.3B valuation
- Backed by Khosla Ventures
- Builds on Medal platform used by millions of gamers