Staff Backend Engineer, Phantom
Onboarding
$200-250k
+ Equity
Crypto wallet
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Crypto wallet
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
$200-250k
+ Equity
101-200 employees
Company mission
To make the digital economy safe and easy to use for everyone.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related technical field or equivalent practical experience
- 6+ years full-time software engineering experience with some of the following technologies:
- Backend Technologies: Expert-level proficiency in Node.js/NestJS, with a track record of building large-scale, high-performance services
- Infrastructure: Hands-on experience with Kubernetes (K8s) and related tooling for container orchestration, scaling, and deployment
- DevOps: Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and logging solutions to maintain production-grade systems
- Demonstrated interest in open and community-driven platforms
- Nice-To-Have: 1+ years experience in a blockchain based product
What the job involves
- As a Backend Engineer, you will be at the forefront of designing and building the robust services that power our Onboarding and Fiat OnRamp products
- You’ll play a critical role in shaping the technical direction of our backend systems and infra, with a focus on high-volume, high-availability solutions that meet the complex needs of modern financial platforms
- Join us on our mission to make the digital economy safe and easy to use for everyone
- Architect for Scalability & Performance: Build systems capable of handling millions of users, with a focus on high availability, low latency, and strong fault tolerance using AWS/K8s
- Technical Leadership & Mentorship: Provide direction on best practices, code quality, and process improvements; mentor other team members
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with product, design, and other engineering teams to translate business requirements into scalable backend solutions
- DevOps & Infrastructure: Contribute to infrastructure decisions (e.g. , Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and logging), ensuring secure, reliable, and efficient operations
- Authentication & Security: Implement and maintain robust authentication, authorization, and security best practices within a highly regulated Crypto environment
- New initiatives and products: You will be leading initiatives to add support for other blockchains to Phantom, and to launch new complementary products or infrastructure
- Interfacing with users: You will be interfacing directly with end-users and developers building on Phantom, supporting them and collecting feedback to inform the direction of the product
- Team building: You will be working with the team to create and foster a culture of raising the bar with each new hire
Our take
Cryptocurrency wallets provide a way to protect secret information that gives users control over your digital assets. Many crypto enthusiasts prefer the wallet option as non-custodial wallets remove the third-party option and users gain full control over their data. Phantom is a cryptocurrency wallet that creates a space for users to buy, send, receive, swap tokens and collect NFTs.
Phantom hosts the Solana blockchain, though Ethereum is generally more popular within the crypto world, Solana is said to have faster speeds and lower transaction costs. Offering the same wallet features as its competitors, the company are setting itself apart with newer features like the “Burn NFTs” feature allowing users to remove spam NFTs sent by attackers and support them in dodging NFT theft prevalent in the sector. The company prides itself on extremely high-security factors.
Founded in 2021 the company already has an impressive firm valuation of $1.2 billion. It might not be in the top-rated crypto wallets out there yet but the young company will likely join this list if it continues on this upward trajectory and continues to diversify itself by adding special features and product offerings.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
May 2022
$12m
SERIES A
Dec 2021
$4m
SEED
Total funding: $16.3m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive insurance (medical/dental/vision) — 100% covered
- Stipend for your ideal remote / WFH set-up: laptop, headphones, and any other work gear you may need
- Flexible hours and a long-standing, supportive remote environment
- Unlimited vacation: Take time when you need it (and we really mean it!)
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Wellness benefit
- Daily lunch benefit
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
Brandon Millman
(CEO)An extensive background in Engineering, most recently working as Senior Engineer at Twitter and Engineering Manager / Tech Lead 0x.
Chris Kalani
(CPO)Previously worked as a Product Designer at Facebook, went on to co-found and become CEO of Wake. Is currently an Advisor at Talentdrop.
Francesco Agosti
(CTO)Worked as a Software Engineer at Yelp, and went on to work through several roles at 0x, most recently as Tech Lead.
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