Staff Backend Engineer

Senpi is building the AI Wallet of the future, an autonomous trading platform that lets anyone trade like the world’s top 1%. Powered by a deeply integrated AI execution engine, Senpi automatically mirrors elite traders on HyperLiquid perps and auto trades every major token on Base with precision.Since launch, Senpi has grown to more than 4,000 active traders on Base, executing over 10,000 AI powered trades each week, with industry leading win rates and rapidly accelerating growth. With the launch of Senpi on HyperLiquid, users can now mirror the best perps traders on the planet. Every long, every short, every increase, every exit, fully automated and proportional to their budget.We are backed by top crypto investors and builders, and we ship fast. Very fast. Senpi is a product and execution obsessed team building toward a world where AI driven finance is accessible to everyone.Where We’re GoingSenpi is opening its new headquarters in Austin, TX in early 2026 as we scale the product, engineering, and go to market teams. We strongly prefer in person work in Austin to support a high velocity and high context environment, but we will consider remote roles across Americas time zones for exceptional candidates.If you want to build at the frontier of AI × onchain trading, own major pieces of product, and help shape the future of autonomous investing, Senpi is the place.What You’ll Bring7+ years of hands-on experience building and scaling production-level backend systems.Proven experience in a startup environment, driving projects from idea to production under high ambiguity and fast iteration cycles.Mastery of distributed systems, cloud architecture, and high-performance services.Ability to independently own end-to-end projects — from requirements gathering to design, implementation, testing, and deployment.Deep experience with blockchain development: onchain APIs, transaction processing, and scaling decentralized systems.Familiarity with crypto wallets, trading systems, and DeFi protocols is a strong plus.Ability to integrate AI inference and intelligence layers into production-grade products.A true 0→1 builder’s mindset, capable of creating systems and processes from scratch in a high-ambiguity environment.Deep knowledge of modern development practices (CI/CD, observability, containerization, etc.) and a passion for applying them to the fast-evolving crypto landscape.Experience in monitoring, troubleshooting, and resolving critical incidents. Comfortable with taking on-call responsibilities, leading incident response, implementing root cause analysis, and driving long-term stability improvements.Curiosity and passion for AI, crypto, and trading, with an eagerness to shape the future of autonomous onchain agents and AI-powered wallets.Benefits & PerksCulture of rapid iteration and building in publicHighly competitive compensation, stock options program, and token upsideFlexible work schedule.Company laptop and home office equipment allowance.Health, dental, vision insurances.