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Senpi

Staff Backend Engineer (Seattle)

Senpi, Seattle, Washington, United States, 98127

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Senpi is the first

AI Wallet

- a new category of intelligent wallets that think, trade, and protect alongside users. In just four months since launching on Base, Senpi has processed

285K+ AI auto-trades , achieved a

45% win rate

(~3 higher than typical exchanges), and welcomed

200+ traders

to the 1000% Club.

Backed with $4M in Seed capital by top investors including Lemniscap, Coinbase Ventures, and SuperLayer, were building on a track record of OG Ethereum innovation

from creating one of the first smart wallets approved by Apple to pioneering AI blockchain search.

With millions in trading volume and 75%+ retention already, were now rolling out iOS and Android apps, expanding multi-chain, and pushing deeper into perps, futures, and yield strategies. At Senpi, you wont just be joining another startup

youll be helping reinvent the wallet itself into the intelligent agent of onchain finance.

Were looking for a

Staff Backend Engineer

to design and scale the systems powering Senpis AI-driven trading automations, copy-trading groups, referral rewards, and intelligent onchain infrastructure.

What Youll Bring

7+ 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. Proven work with

AI/ML pipelines , including retrieval-augmented generation (RAGs), embeddings, and prompt engineering for LLM-powered services. Ability to integrate

AI inference and intelligence layers

into production-grade products. A true

01 builders 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 & Perks

Culture of rapid iteration and building in public Highly competitive compensation, stock options program, and token upside Flexible work schedule. Company laptop and home office equipment allowance. Health, dental, vision insurances.