About Layer

Layer AI is on a mission to empower game artists with cutting-edge AI tools for generating images, videos, 3D, and audio assets. Our platform helps artists create high-quality assets more efficiently and flexibly, redefining the creative process in the gaming industry. As a rapidly growing startup, we’re looking for passionate engineers who thrive in fast-paced environments and want to build products with real impact.

The Role

We’re seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join our talented, ambitious team. You’ll design, develop, and deploy scalable systems that drive our generative AI platform. Working closely with our product and AI teams, you’ll build real-time interfaces and high-performance APIs that give our users a seamless experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Fullstack Development: Architect and implement features using Python (FastAPI) and React (MUI).
• API & Communication: Develop scalable GraphQL and RESTful APIs, with REST endpoints documented and exposed via OpenAPI for easy discovery and integration.
• Testing & Reliability: Strengthen our testing infrastructure to catch regressions early and guarantee the features shipped today perform flawlessly months later.
• Data & Infrastructure: Design and manage scalable data solutions using Postgres; deploy and manage infrastructure on GCP.
• Frontend Craftsmanship: Build clean, reusable, and modular React components that balance performance, maintainability, and design consistency.
• Containerization: Use Docker to containerize applications and manage deployments.
• Workflow Orchestration: Integrate with Temporal (or similar) to handle complex workflows.
• Customer Support & Debugging: Partner with customers and internal teams to reproduce, analyze, and fix issues surfaced in production; contribute patches, documentation, or tools that improve reliability and developer experience.

What We’re Looking For

• Experience: 7+ years in fullstack development with Python and/or JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Backend: Proficiency in FastAPI (or similar Python frameworks).
• Frontend: Strong React skills; experience with Material-UI (MUI).
• GraphQL: Hands-on experience building and maintaining GraphQL APIs.
• Databases: Solid background in Postgres (or similar relational databases).
• Cloud: Hands-on deployment and scaling experience on GCP (or AWS/Azure).
• Containers: Proficiency with Docker and container orchestration.
• Workflow Platforms: Familiarity with Temporal or similar tools.
• Mindset: Quality, product-focused, autonomous, and excited about building real-time systems and generative AI projects.

Don’t worry if you don’t meet every single requirement—if you’re enthusiastic and ready to learn, we’d love to hear from you.

Nice to Have

• Experience in the gaming industry or developing tools for creative professionals
• Experience building real-time multiplayer features
• Personal interest or hands-on experience with Generative AI
• Background in developing administrative services (authorization, billing, etc.)
• Expertise in distributed systems or performance optimization

Apply Now

If you’re excited about redefining creative workflows with generative AI, we’d love to hear from you! Please send your resume and any relevant portfolio links. Let’s shape the future of game art together.

Our Values:

🚀  Execute Pragmatically: We approach work with speed and practicality in mind. We take individual ownership over our work, and we trust each other to deliver, but we avoid working in isolation. We strive to be excellent at what we do and will take time to deepen our knowledge of our craft; the more we learn, the better we can execute!

💓  Be Open: At Layer, openness applies to both the business and the people who work within it. We are continually open to giving and receiving feedback and learning new things from each other. We communicate openly and honestly. We are humble and kind and acknowledge that we are not always right.

🌎 Artists First: We are building a tool for artists, to enable them to be more creative and imaginative. We make sure that everything we are building serves artists first.

What we offer:

• Equity plan
• Competitive salary
• Laptop / equipment budget

Commitment to equal opportunity:

We believe that everyone should work in an environment free from discrimination and harassment. All applicants will be treated fairly and judged solely on their merits. Our recruitment process is open, honest, and fair.