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Work on problemsworth your talent

An invite-only community of India's sharpest engineers, product people, marketers and sales leaders, solving real problems for real companies.

Disciplines4
Vetting steps5
Entryinvite only
Based inIndia
01 · Why Genius

More than missions.Everything a builder needs.

Genius members get real work, the best tools, people to learn from and a community that has their back.

A community of like-minded builders

Engineers, product people, marketers and sellers who share the same high bar, in one private network.

tools

Claude Code

A Claude Code subscription to build faster on every mission.

tools

JetBrains IDEs

A JetBrains subscription for the IDEs you already love.

growth

Mentorship

Learn from industry leaders who have built and scaled companies.

community

Community events

Meetups, demo days and sessions with builders across India.

work

Real problems

Missions with clear outcomes from real companies, not tickets.

work

Small, sharp teams

Work across disciplines with people at your level.

02 · Who we're looking for

Four disciplines.One high bar.

01 / 04

Engineering

Builders who ship production software and own it end to end, from the first commit to the on-call rota.

what you'll work on
  • Ship MVPs and v2s for startups that need to move fast
  • Scale backends, data pipelines and cloud infrastructure
  • Build AI features with LLMs, RAG and agents
  • Fix performance, reliability and security gaps
skills we look for
  • typescript
  • react
  • node
  • python
  • go
  • aws
  • gcp
  • postgres
  • kubernetes
  • llms
  • mobile
Online appointment bookinghealthtech

Build booking, reminders and a clinic dashboard on an existing stack.

Cut API latency in halfplatform

Profile, cache and re-architect the slowest paths of a busy product.

02 / 04

Product

People who decide what to build and make it delightful, across discovery, design and delivery.

what you'll work on
  • Run discovery and turn research into clear priorities
  • Write roadmaps and specs engineers love
  • Design flows and interfaces that convert
  • Plan launches and the metrics that prove them
skills we look for
  • discovery
  • prds
  • figma
  • prototyping
  • analytics
  • user interviews
  • design systems
  • pricing
Redesign onboardingactivation

Find where new users drop off and design a flow that keeps them.

A 90-day roadmapstrategy

Turn customer interviews and data into a focused plan.

03 / 04

Marketing

Growth minds who find the right customers and tell the story so it lands.

what you'll work on
  • Sharpen positioning and messaging
  • Run performance campaigns that pay back
  • Build content and SEO engines
  • Design lifecycle journeys that retain users
skills we look for
  • positioning
  • seo
  • google ads
  • meta ads
  • content
  • lifecycle
  • attribution
  • brand
Go-to-market for a new linelaunch

Plan and run the launch of a new product across channels.

Organic growth engineseo

Rebuild content and SEO so search becomes a real channel.

04 / 04

Sales

Closers and partnership builders who turn interest into revenue and process into habit.

what you'll work on
  • Run founding sales and build the first pipeline
  • Open partnerships and channel deals
  • Write sales playbooks and pricing
  • Set up RevOps, CRM and forecasting
skills we look for
  • b2b sales
  • enterprise
  • partnerships
  • crm
  • pricing
  • negotiation
  • revops
  • forecasting
First 10 enterprise accountsfounding sales

Open and close the first big logos for a young B2B product.

Partner channel in a new regionpartnerships

Find, sign and enable resellers in a new market.

03 · What a mission looks like

A clear problem.The right small team.

Every mission starts with a brief that names the problem, the outcome that counts and the team that fits. Here is an illustrative example.

mission brief · example

Launch online appointment booking

healthtech
problem

Patients book by phone, front desks are swamped and no-shows are high.

outcome

Self-serve booking with reminders, live across all clinics.

team
ENG ×2PRDMKT
milestonesScope, build, pilot, roll out
04 · How it works

Five steps to joining.Built by builders.

Scroll to walk through each step. Some can happen more than once, so we see your best work.

step 01 of 05

Apply

Joining is by invitation from someone in the Genius community. Share your interest, tell us what you do best and point us to work you are proud of.

what we ask for
  • Your discipline and years of hands-on experience
  • Links to work, like code, a portfolio or case studies
  • The kind of problems you want to work on
  • Who invited you to Genius

Show, don't tell. One strong piece of work says more than a long CV.

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invitationportfolioa few minutes
step 02 of 05

Assessment

You get a real task in your discipline, scoped like actual work. We care about how you think and the trade-offs you make, not trick questions.

what to expect
  • A task modelled on a real mission in your discipline
  • Done on your own time, within an agreed window
  • A short write-up of your approach and trade-offs
  • Questions are welcome while you work

Explain your reasoning. We read the why as closely as the what.

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real taskyour disciplineasync
step 03 of 05

Review

Experienced Geniuses from your discipline review your submission and share feedback. If it is close, we may ask for another round so you can show your best.

how we review
  • Reviewed by Geniuses who do your kind of work
  • Judged on craft, judgement and clarity
  • Written feedback, whatever the outcome
  • A second round when it is close

A second round is a good sign. It means you are nearly there.

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peer reviewfeedbackcan repeat
step 04 of 05

Interview

A face to face video conversation about your work, how you collaborate and what you want to build next. Some disciplines include a second conversation.

what we talk about
  • A walk through your assessment and past work
  • How you work with people from other disciplines
  • How you communicate when things get hard
  • What you want to build next

Bring your own questions. It is a conversation, not an exam.

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step 05 of 05

Onboarding

Welcome to Genius. You meet the community, set up your profile and your perks, and get matched to your first missions.

what you get
  • An introduction to the Genius community
  • Your member profile and founding badge
  • Claude Code and JetBrains access set up
  • Matching to your first missions

Your first missions are picked to play to your strengths.

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communityperksfirst mission
05 · Where the work comes from

Built inside a venture studio.Real companies from day one.

Genius is built at T9L, a full-stack venture studio that partners with founders from idea to scale. Early missions come from companies across its portfolio, in industries that need sharp builders now.

06 · FAQ

Good questions.Straight answers.

Is this a job?

No. You join a community and take on missions that fit your skills and your time.

Who can join?

Engineers, product people, marketers and sales leaders in India. Joining is invite only and every member is vetted.

What do members get?

Real missions, tools like Claude Code and JetBrains, mentorship from industry leaders and community events.

What happens after I share my interest?

We read every response and reach out personally about the next step.

Is this a job?

No. You join a community and take on missions that fit your skills and your time.

Who can join?

Engineers, product people, marketers and sales leaders in India. Joining is invite only and every member is vetted.

What do members get?

Real missions, tools like Claude Code and JetBrains, mentorship from industry leaders and community events.

What happens after I share my interest?

We read every response and reach out personally about the next step.

cohort 01 now forming

Be one of the first Geniuses.
We'll take it from there.

Cohort 01 is small on purpose. Share your interest in a few minutes and someone from Genius will reach out to you personally about the next step.

what happens next
01
Share your interestTell us what you do best. It takes a few minutes.
02
We reach outSomeone from Genius gets in touch with you personally.
03
Start your assessmentA real task in your discipline, then review and an interview.
as a founding member
  • A place in cohort 01, the founding Genius cohort
  • Claude Code and JetBrains subscriptions
  • Mentorship from industry leaders
  • Community events and meetups
  • A say in how Genius grows
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