Senior Engineer, Backend (Data Platform)
Phantom · Engineering · Senior · 9d ago
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“We are around 180 people, fully remote”
Fully remote team of around 180 people distributed globally.
- Async-first
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- Contractor / B2B
- No mention of hiring international contractors or invoicing.
- Global stipend
- Provides a remote / WFH home office set-up stipend.
- Annual retreat
- Offers company-wide global off-sites.
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About the role
As a core member of Phantom's Data Platform team, you will design, build, and optimize a streaming blockchain data platform that enables scalable ingestion, transformation, and delivery of token, price, and spam data. You will architect high-availability systems capable of handling millions of requests per day, establish data quality frameworks, and collaborate across teams to power Phantom's features with rich on-chain data.
What you'll do
- Develop, maintain, and optimize scalable ETL pipelines using modern data stack tooling to ingest on-chain data
- Drive initiatives to implement data quality frameworks and observability solutions across all pipelines
- Architect and maintain high-availability, low-latency, and fault-tolerant backend systems handling millions of requests per day
- Design and maintain efficient data models and schemas supporting core platform efforts
- Partner with product, design, and engineering teams to translate business requirements into backend platform solutions
- Help foster an engineering culture of raising the hiring bar
What you bring
- 5+ years of backend engineering experience building large-scale, high-availability systems
- Deep experience building and optimizing modern ETL pipelines and data engineering solutions in high-growth environments
- Experience with technologies in Phantom's stack such as Go, Node.js, TypeScript, NestJS, Kafka, Redis, or PostgreSQL
- Demonstrated experience implementing data quality frameworks and observability/monitoring solutions
- Familiarity with on-chain data, wallet integrations, or decentralized application patterns
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a lean team structure
About Phantom
Phantom is a leading crypto wallet and self-custodial trading app connecting tens of millions of users worldwide to open financial markets. Backed by top investors including a16z, Sequoia, and Paradigm, the company operates as a fully remote team of roughly 180 people.
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