# Senior Backend Engineer (Data Platform) at Phantom

> Remote · region unclear · Senior · Backend · open. Source: https://alderhq.app/jobs/ashby%3Aphantom%3Ab7d0a7f7-c1d0-43c3-936f-c97ff46ee72e (read 2026-11-06).

## Facts (observed)

- Company: [Phantom](https://alderhq.app/companies/phantom)
- Location text: Remote
- Where it can be done from (inferred): Remote · region unclear (evidence: "Remote role open worldwide")
- Posted: 2026-11-04 (1 days ago)
- First seen by alder: 2026-11-06 · last verified: 2026-11-06
- Reposted: 0 times · edited: 0 times
- Apply on the employer's site: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/phantom/b7d0a7f7-c1d0-43c3-936f-c97ff46ee72e
- Skills listed (inferred): TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js, NestJS, Go, PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka

## Pay and sponsorship

- Posted pay: not posted
- Licensed UK sponsor: registered as "Phantom Studios Limited" (checked 2026-11-03, [register](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/register-of-licensed-sponsors-workers))

## Description (the employer's text)

Phantom is on a mission to connect the world to the freedom of open markets. Tens of millions of people all over the world use Phantom to access global markets that never close, including perpetuals, prediction markets, tokenized assets, stablecoins and memes. Phantom users are able to discover the markets that matter and the cultural moments that shape them, building conviction through real-time data and the verified performance of top traders. With self-custody and access to open networks at its core, Phantom lets them control their financial moves in the same app they use to safely store or spend money worldwide.

Phantom has reached #1 in Google Play's finance category and consistently ranks in the top 50 apps across all categories. Check out our Forbes Fintech 50 and CNBC and Statista's World's Top Fintech Companies 2026!

We are around 180 people, fully remote, backed by a $150M Series C investment from a16z, Sequoia Capital and Paradigm.

### Role Description

As a core member of Phantom’s Data Platform team, you will design, build, and optimize our streaming blockchain data platform to enable high-quality, scalable ingestion, transformation, and delivery of token, price and spam data. As an owner of a critical platform function, you’ll empower other product engineering teams at Phantom by providing access to rich, accurate, realtime on-chain data.

### Responsibilities

ETL & Data Pipeline Design: Develop, maintain, and optimize scalable ETL pipelines using our modern data stack. You’ll be responsible for sourcing, transforming, and integrating data from on-chain sources.

Data Quality & Observability: Drive initiatives to implement data quality frameworks and observability solutions that ensure the accuracy, freshness, and reliability of data across all pipelines.

Architect for Scalability & Performance: Build systems capable of handling millions of requests per day, with a focus on high availability, low latency, and strong fault tolerance, in service of other engineering teams’ data access needs at Phantom.

Data Modeling & Schema Design: Design and maintain efficient data models and schemas that underpin our efforts.

Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with product, design, and other engineering teams to translate business requirements into scalable backend platform solutions.

Team building: Work with the team to create and foster a culture of raising the bar with each new hire.

### Qualifications

5+ Years of Backend Experience: Demonstrated success in building large-scale, high-availability systems.

Deep experience building and optimizing modern ETL pipelines and data engineering solutions in high-growth environments.

Experience with the languages/frameworks in our stack (e.g. Go, Node.js, TypeScript, NestJS, Kafka, redis, PostgreSQL)

Demonstrated experience implementing data quality frameworks along with observability and monitoring solutions.

Web3/Crypto Knowledge: Familiarity with on-chain data, wallet integrations, or decentralized application patterns is strongly preferred.

Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a lean team structure.

### Why Work with Us

We are a team of experienced builders in the blockchain and crypto industry. Our journey began from users seeking an easy, seamless path to accessing the crypto ecosystem. This passion fueled our exponential growth, allowing us to onboard over 16M+ active users in just over three years; with our user base growing weekly. Our dedication to a secure and seamless user experience has made us the leading wallet on Solana as well as our multi-chain approach enhances our platform's versatility, meeting the needs of a diverse and growing user base. By staying at the forefront of technology and user expectations, we continue to innovate and set industry standards on self-custodial crypto wallets.

There has never been a better time to work in crypto to help shape the future of innovation with a focus around the wallet experience!

First impressions matter: Wallets are responsible for a users first impression with crypto and onboarding new users into crypto. By ensuring that a user has a great first-time experience with crypto, we can help supercharge the growth of the entire ecosystem.

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