Lead Backend Engineer

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, we’re 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, we’re now rolling out iOS and Android apps, expanding multi-chain, and pushing deeper into perps, futures, and yield strategies. At Senpi, you won’t just be joining another startup — you’ll be helping reinvent the wallet itself into the intelligent agent of onchain finance.

We’re looking for a

Lead Backend Engineer

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

What You’ll Bring

7+ years

of hands-on experience building and scaling production-level backend systems.

Proven experience as

Tech Lead

(or similar leadership role) in a startup environment, driving projects from idea to production under high ambiguity and fast iteration cycles.

A track record of

mentoring and up-leveling engineers

to achieve their full potential.

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

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 & Perks

Culture of rapid iteration and building in public

Highly competitive compensation, stock options program, and token upside

Company laptop and home office equipment allowance.

Health insurance