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MLabs · 1 day ago

Staff Backend Engineer

United States

Full-time

Remote

Lead/Staff

MLabs is a high-growth, venture-backed crypto company seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to help build next-generation autonomous trading infrastructure. The role involves owning and building business-critical backend systems for high-throughput, real-time crypto trading, requiring hands-on experience with crypto wallets and trading systems.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)BlockchainIT Management

Growth Opportunities

Responsibilities

Designing and building low-latency trading infrastructure

Developing wallet and execution systems that perform under extreme volatility

Working on AI-driven intelligence layers that continuously improve outcomes

Shipping production systems with a strong bias toward correctness, resilience, and speed

Using AI tooling aggressively as a force multiplier across development and architecture

Qualification

GolangNode.jsTypeScriptCrypto walletsDistributed systemsTrading APIsHigh-throughput servicesAI toolsProblem definitionOutcome-focusedLeadership

Required

Hands-on experience with crypto wallets, tokens, and/or trading systems

Deep production experience with Golang, Node.js, and TypeScript

Strong understanding of distributed systems, performance, and reliability

Deep familiarity with trading APIs, execution flows, and transaction lifecycles

Staff-level engineer capable of owning large, complex systems

Proven ability to lead work end-to-end: problem definition → architecture → production

Comfortable making high-impact technical decisions in ambiguous environments

Direct experience building or operating crypto wallets, trading platforms, or execution systems

Deep understanding of real-world market behaviour, volatility, and scale

Strong intuition for how trading systems behave under stress

Strong production experience with Golang

Strong production experience with Node.js

Strong production experience with TypeScript

Experience building high-throughput backend services

Actively uses AI tools in development and iteration

Experience running production systems: monitoring, on-call, incident response

Strong bias toward correctness and safety in financial systems

Pragmatic, outcome-focused approach to shipping

Preferred

Remote (US preferred)

Strong preference for Austin, TX (office planned)

Exceptional candidates in Europe will be considered

Benefits

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 Senpi's token launch, planned for 2026