Overview

Company Description

GenieAI is at the forefront of agentic finance, empowering top asset managers and hedge funds to discover hidden alpha and manage risks using advanced predictive and generative AI. With our award-winning portfolio and risk management platform, portfolio managers can foresee market trends and handle risks with remarkable precision. Our team of distinguished experts in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning includes PhDs and MBAs from Wharton. GenieAI is headquartered in Boston (USA) and has an engineering hub in Rome, Italy, and serves globally recognized asset managers across the U.S., U.K., Europe, Asia, and Australia and is backed by leading investors such as Coinbase Ventures and Bain Capital Ventures.

 

Role Description

This is a full-time role for a Backend Developer (hybrid in Rome). The Backend Developer will be responsible for developing and maintaining the server-side logic of applications, ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end. The role involves creating and managing database schemas, implementing core application logic, collaborating with front-end developers to integrate user-facing elements with server side logic, and enhancing the product with new features based on user feedback.

 

Qualifications

  • Strong Backend Web Development and Software Development skills
  • Proficiency in Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
  • Proficiency in Python and at least one other programming language
  • Excellent problem-solving abilities and attention to detail
  • Experience with database management and design
  • Good communication and collaboration skills
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
  • Ability to work 3+ days per week from our brand-new office in Rome at the Social Hub
  • Proficiency in English
  • Strong ambition and worth ethic: results-oriented, driven, no 9-5 mentality
  • Ability to work under Partita IVA regime
  • Desire to work with our team for at least 1-2 years
  • Embraces our values

 

Would be a plus

  • Experience with Backend tech stack: 
    • FastAPI, SQLAlchemy, Pydantic (Python)
    • SQL, PostgreSQL
    • Shell scripting for Linux, Terraform
    • AWS, CI/CD
  • Experience with API design: GraphQL, REST
  • Knowledge of AI or ML applications in financial technology is a plus

 

Benefits

  • Highly competitive compensation commensurate with skills
  • 20 days of PTO, holidays, and sick time according to local laws (CCNL)
  • Fast-growth career opportunity
  • Fun and dynamic work environment
  • International offsites
  • Great 360 learning opportunities in software development, finance, AI
  • Working for a fast-growing US-based startup funded by leading VCs