Senior Agentic Engineer

Were looking for an exceptional systems thinker who believes AI has fundamentally changed how software should be built.

We are building an AI-first engineering organisation where engineers increasingly design systems orchestrate agents and build the tools that build the features rather than writing most code by hand.

This isnt about being good at Cursor or Claude Code.

Were looking for a deeply experienced hands-on engineer who has fundamentally redesigned the way they build because of AI: someone who thinks from first principles designs excellent systems creates their own agents and tooling and can take an ambiguous problem from zero architecture build production.

Youll help us move faster but more importantly youll increase the capability of the engineering team.

You wont simply execute our roadmap.

We expect you to challenge it.

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 and this is where your skills come in.

Were hiring this person because we need another exceptional technical IC who can help us increase engineering velocity while challenging how and what we build.

The core problem were tackling is AI Agentic Workflows.

Were looking for someone who:

• Is an exceptional systems thinker

• Solves difficult problems from first principles

• Designs excellent technical systems before reaching for implementation

• Uses AI creatively to multiply their own and the teams productivity

• Builds agents subagents tooling and automation not simply uses them

• Thinks in backcasting: starting from the desired outcome and working backwards

• Has a strong cut strategy: simplifying architecture and identifying the shortest sensible route to an outcome

• Moves with urgency and cares deeply about momentum

• Is an exceptional hands-on IC who can own work end-to-end

• Challenges assumptions and proactively identifies opportunities that arent already on the roadmap

• Can explain highly complicated technical ideas in remarkably simple language

• Is curious open-minded and constantly experimenting

This is a capability hire not a capacity hire. Were looking for someone who raises the technical bar of the team.

Your purpose is to increase Genies engineering capability and speed through exceptional systems thinking and agentic leverage.

You wont just ship features.

Youll shape how we build products in the age of AI.

Design exceptional systems from first principles: Youll own technical design for complex problems identifying technical risks designing happy paths and edge cases considering security and breaking architecture into sensible milestones rather than producing huge theoretical design documents.

Build the machine that builds the feature: A conventional engineer might start by asking: What already exists in the codebase that I can use to build this. We want you to also ask: What tool could I build that would help build this for me. Youll create agents subagents software and workflows that allow AI to take on significantly more of the implementation process.

Own products end-to-end: Youll take ambiguous problems from: problem discovery technical design architecture implementation verification production. We care much less about whether you call yourself a frontend or backend engineer than whether you can understand the whole system and design it exceptionally well.

Orchestrate AI dont just use it: Youll design build and maintain agentic workflows that create genuine engineering leverage.

Create 10x team leverage: The goal isnt simply to make yourself faster. Youll build systems and tools that increase the output of the people around you too. sharing knowledge improving workflows and designing for collective intelligence.

Challenge our roadmap: We dont want an engineer who waits for a PM to tell them what to build. Within 612 months an exceptional person in this role will be identifying new ideas technical opportunities and problems that the rest of us havent even thought to put on the roadmap yet. Youll influence both engineering and product discovery.

Were a startup in an exceptionally dynamic stage of growth.

The problems were solving today may look very different in six months. Well give you context access and support but we expect you to create clarity rather than wait for detailed instructions.

• Understand Genies engineering and product-development workflow

• Get deeply familiar with our agentic engineering approach

• Understand how we prioritise speed improvements and legal-quality improvements

• Begin contributing to our agentic tooling and workflows

We expect you to:

• Be fluent in our development workflow and priorities

• Independently identify when and where speed or legal-quality improvements should be made

• Own meaningful work end-to-end

• Build/improve agentic tooling and workflows

• Begin proactively contributing to product and technical direction

Youll:

• Independently design and ship sophisticated AI-native systems

• Lead technical decisions within your area

• Create significant engineering leverage through agents and tooling

• Increase the teams delivery velocity

• Proactively challenge and improve the roadmap

• Identify valuable opportunities that werent obvious to the existing team

Systems & technical design quality: Can you understand complicated systems identify the real problem and design elegant solutions from first principles

Agentic effectiveness: Are your agents tools and workflows genuinely multiplying output or are you simply using AI coding assistants

Engineering leverage: Are you building things that make the entire team more capable

Delivery & momentum: Are valuable things getting into production significantly faster because youre here

Product contribution: Are you identifying valuable problems and opportunities rather than simply implementing an existing roadmap

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.

• We move very fast

• Problems change quickly

• There are few precedents for this kind of engineering

• You wont always receive detailed specifications

• Youll need to create clarity from ambiguity

• We expect engineers to think about what should be built not simply how to build it

• Our engineering practices are evolving rapidly as AI capabilities change

• Youll be expected to challenge established thinking including ours

• Working at a truly AI-first company

• Building in ways much of the engineering industry is only beginning to discover

• Having radical ownership and autonomy

• Working alongside ambitious deeply curious builders

• Experimenting with new engineering practices rather than following established playbooks

• Being close to product and technical decisions

• Building systems that can fundamentally multiply engineering output

• Challenging the roadmap rather than receiving it

• Shaping how Genie builds software in the age of AI

• Helping shape the future of legal infrastructure

Were looking for an exceptional senior hands-on IC.

But were much more interested in evidence of engineering excellence than a collection of keywords on a CV.

Exceptional systems thinking: You can understand complex systems and design excellent solutions from first principles. You think about: Architecture Technical risk Security Happy paths Edge cases Scale Simplicity Milestones Trade-offs. You know when architecture needs sophistication and when the best engineering decision is to cut complexity entirely.

Deeply AI-native engineering: You dont simply have experience using AI coding tools. AI has materially changed how you engineer. You may already be: Building your own agents/subagents Creating internal developer tooling Building MCPs or other agent/tool interfaces Automating parts of your development process Orchestrating multiple agents etc.

Exceptional hands-on engineering: You are still a builder. You can personally take something from zero through architecture implementation and into production. We dont want someone whose seniority has taken them far away from the technical work.

Strong product instinct: You dont think your responsibility ends when a ticket lands in Jira. You question assumptions identify opportunities understand the user/problem and contribute to what gets built not merely how.

Outstanding communication: You can explain something technically sophisticated in language almost anyone can understand. You are open-minded enough to have your own ideas challenged and confident enough to challenge ours

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

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!

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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