Staff Backend Engineer - Crypto
Company: Career Renew
Location: Philadelphia
Posted on: February 18, 2026
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Job Description:
Job Description Job Description Career Renew is recruiting for
one of its clients a Staff Backend Engineer - Crypto - this is a
fully remote role for US-based candidates. Salary range: 175-225K
plus benefits. We are building autonomous trading. Backed by $4.5M
in recent funding from Lemniscap and Coinbase Ventures , our vision
is bold and concrete: to become the “Waymo of onchain trading” —
fully autonomous trading agents that help users navigate,
outperform, and ultimately beat the markets. We are building the
infrastructure and intelligence layer that makes that future
possible. Our co-founders Jason Goldberg, Sarvesh Jain, and Ignas
Peciura have been innovating together on Ethereum since 2017 and at
the edge of blockchain x AI since 2022. This is an opportunity to
join a crack team that’s aggressively pioneering the future of
trading. What You’ll Be Building: Real-time, budget-aware mirror
trading infrastructure on Hyperliquid and beyond High-throughput
wallet and trading systems operating under extreme volatility
AI-driven intelligence layers that continuously improve trading
outcomes Production systems designed for correctness, resilience,
and speed Developer workflows where AI is used aggressively as a
force multiplier This is frontier-level work across perps
infrastructure, crypto wallets, trading systems, and applied AI .
What You’ll Bring (Non-Negotiable): Seniority & Ownership:
Staff-level engineer capable of owning large, business-critical
systems Proven ability to lead work end-to-end : problem definition
? architecture ? implementation ? production Comfortable making
high-impact technical decisions in ambiguous environments
Crypto-Native Experience (Essential) Hands-on experience with
crypto wallets, tokens, and trading systems Deep familiarity with
trading APIs, execution flows, and transaction lifecycles Strong
intuition for how real crypto markets behave under volatility and
scale Crypto experience is essential. We can teach product
specifics, but you must already be fluent in crypto primitives and
trading systems. Technical Skills: Strong production experience
with: TypeScript Node.js Golang Deep understanding of distributed
systems, performance, and reliability Experience building
high-throughput backend services Actively uses AI as an accelerant
in design, development, and iteration ( must have ) Operating
Excellence Experience running production systems: monitoring,
on-call, incident response, root-cause analysis Strong bias toward
correctness and safety in financial systems Pragmatic,
outcome-oriented approach to shipping Compensation & Package
Equity: initial stock grant of ~ 1% of the company , currently
valued at approximately $230,000 Everyone on the Senpi team is
eligible for regular salary increases and bonuses based on
achieving revenue targets — the entire team is usage revenue
focused Token upside: pro-rata participation in our token launch,
planned for 2026 This role is designed to be meaningfully
ownership-driven, with real upside tied to company success.
Keywords: Career Renew, Wilmington , Staff Backend Engineer - Crypto, IT / Software / Systems , Philadelphia, Delaware
