Senior DevOps Engineer

• Help develop an industry-leading SaaS artificial intelligence product in the legal sector solving real life problems

• Join us in reimagining our infrastructure; were building a brand-new CI/CD from the ground up

• This role requires a strong appetite for continuous learning ensuring our infrastructure evolves alongside Genies growth and innovation

Your purpose in our mission

Weve raised $17.8 million in Series A funding led by Google Ventures and joined by Khosla Ventures. They believe in our vision that the law should be accessible to everyone. We need your skills to push the boundaries of what is possible in law.

Your manager and team

Our org structure is made up of pods with distinct areas of focus to keep us all working on the most impactful things for our customers all of the time. Some of our team members work across multiple pods. Our structure was conceived with impact autonomy and velocity in mind and wed love to share more with you throughout our interview process. Your manager Daniele Tassone - Technical Director (Product Engineering) will develop your skills and enable you to deliver on the pod mission.

This is what youll be doing

As a Senior DevOps Engineer at Genie AI youll be joining us in a dynamic stage of our growth so youll face lots of different challenges. Youll get the chance to immerse yourself within the world of law legal contracts and AI at a start-up that is genuinely ML-centred. Some of your key day to day duties will include:

• Re-build the Genie AI DevOps function from scratch own the entire DevOps process and act as the guarantor of the delivery of Genie product to our customers

• Work alongside our team of software and machine learning engineers to implement security-as-code principles using Terraform throughout the stack in an agile environment

• Ensure infrastructure stability through continuous monitoring and proactive maintenance

• Drive the integration of security controls in cloud components including managing privacy using VPC/VPN IP whitelists and encryption

• Manage the Github CI/CD pipeline and keep up to date with cloud services

• Exhibit a commitment to learning enabling you to consistently introduce new and improved solutions

• Be a committed Genie AI ambassador and a member of our team that learns and grows together embracing diversity and extreme intellectual curiosity

This is how well set you up for success and the outcomes we expect from you

Over your first 90 days you can expect us to help point you in the right direction to set you up for success. During the interview process we can talk you through a high level overview of your 90 day plan.

By the end of your first three months we expect you to have:

• Led the rebuild of Genies infrastructure implementing a new CI/CD pipeline

• Cultivated a strong curiosity around evolving our infrastructure to support Genies continued success and long-term relevance

Well continually develop and measure success on the below criteria:

• CI/CD speed

• Infrastructure stability

• Incident response improvements

• Security

• Enabling & educating other Genies so that everyone is empowered

We are a start up in an exceptionally dynamic stage of our growth. We are a customer and employee led organisation. What this means is that we adapt to our customers needs and the problems were solving today could be very different in six months or even by the end of this recruitment process. We also listen to our team as we empower you to have full autonomy of your role - youre the expert. You should expect to work with us on how your role develops grows and changes throughout your time at Genie.

It can be tough here because

• We dont structure your work for you. We give the team the what and the whole team comes up with the how

• We dont try to get things perfect the first time. We get things to good enough and then we continuously iterate

But we think youll love

• The autonomy and trust we give you to deliver your best work

• Learning from some of the brightest minds in the field of AI

• The exhilaration of a fast pace start up

• Familiar with Accelerate Were working to bring its principles to life exactly as the book intended

The skills you need to succeed in this role

• Demonstrated ability to operate autonomously as a DevOps Engineer in startup or scaling environments without reliance on a larger DevOps team

• Strong understanding of the DevOps principles and familiarity with the DevOps Manifesto

• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as GCP and AWS and proficiency with modern infrastructure tools including Terraform Helm Docker GitHub Actions and Kubernetes

• Collaborative mindset with a genuine enthusiasm for working across teams to drive shared outcomes

• Comfortable working independently while also contributing within a small diverse and agile team environment

• Highly proactive in managing your own workload task tracking and prioritisation

• Passionate about continuous self-improvement and committed to ongoing personal and professional development

(Dont worry about ticking every single box on the list to be considered for this role.)

Unleash your magic: our interview process

• Step 1: Meet our Head of Talent Acquisition Char to assess your motivations and baseline skills

• Step 2: Meet our Technical Director (Product Engineering) Daniele for a 30 minutes googlemeets chat to understand your technical skills better

• Step 3: Meet our Technical Director (Product Engineering) Daniele and our Lead Backend Engineer Gio for a technical code challenge

• Step 4: Trial working day where you will get to meet the team get hands-on and both better understand culture & values fit!

• Step 5: For Lead level roles and above we collect blind references to set you up for success. These insights help us ensure a smooth transition into our team and foster meaningful collaboration between you and your manager from day one.

We cant wait to meet you! Bring your authentic self and get ready to explore our culture team events and big mission. Were excited to discover what makes you and us unique.

Our benefits

Heres just some of the benefits you can look forward to when you enter the Genies lamp:

• Generous Stock Options: We want all our genies to share in our success

• Private healthcare: To help keep you fit as a fiddle

• Fully Remote Working: Work from anywhere your heart desires

• Unlimited book budget: Dive into an unlimited budget for business law or technology books

• Home Office Setup: Equip your home office with the best a top-of-the-range laptop monitor wireless keyboard mouse and a comfortable office chair. Your workspace will be as splendid as a royal palace

• Learning and Development Budget: Each Genie gets an individual 500 L&D budget annually plus five days off for any job specific learning adventures

• Unlimited Holiday: Take as much time off as you need to recharge your batteries

• Parental Leave: Both genie parents get enhanced leave to welcome their little genies into the world

• Free access to Genie: For you to create negotiate and collaborate on legal documents in real time on one platform!

About Genie AI

Genie AI is a machine learning startup with a mission to enable everyone to draft quality legal documents. Were shaking up the legal world and flipping the business model on its head!

Think of what GitHub did with open source code Instagram and TikTok with entertainment Airbnb with hospitality and Uber with travel Genie AI is doing that with legal contracts. Were conjuring up a community-based AI law platform thatll change the game. Join us and lets make some legal magic together!

• 100000 companies use Genie AI today - weve been growing exponentially!

• Were funded by the worlds top investors with significant runway - and were growing the team

• Weve collaborated with Oxford University and Imperial College London to co-author research papers on explainable AI

• According to Forbes were also rated one of the top 29 AI startups in the UK

• Were a Sunday Times Best Places to Work Award Winner 2024

• Were backed by top legal pedigree from Lord Neuberger to representing the UK on multiple Ministry of Justice trade missions

• Our customers save on average 15000 on legal fees per year with Genie

• This isnt just a SaaS product - were redefining the business model of law

Ready to grant wishes and disrupt a 750bn industry Click apply and join us in creating a world of digital wonders!

At Genie were committed to creating a diverse environment. Whilst were on the cutting edge of innovation its all about the people. We embrace differences and hire based on merit giving equal consideration to all applications regardless of gender background and race.

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