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Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Money Movement)

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11.8% of postings close within 7 days. Measured by our own scanner across the market. Phantom postings stay open a median of 62 days.

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This job: posted 48 days ago

Phantom median: 62 days open

The posting

Phantom https://phantom.com 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 https://www.forbes.com/sites/ninabambysheva/2026/02/23/inside-phantoms-battle-plan-to-win-the-crypto-fueled-superapp-war/ and CNBC and Statista's World's Top Fintech Companies 2026 https://www.cnbc.com/worlds-top-fintech-companies-2026/!

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

Staff Backend Engineer who blends systems thinking with product pragmatism and a real passion for crypto. You’ll design, maintain, and evolve the backend services and APIs that connect Phantom Cash to blockchains. You understand both client-server architecture and blockchain protocols, and you know how to balance reliability, quality, and speed. You communicate clearly across pods, document rigorously, and elevate the engineering bar through execution and mentorship. Your work will make Phantom Cash feel dependable, seamless, and ready to scale.

QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related technical field or equivalent practical experience

- Pragmatic engineering mindset, focuses on results and user impact, not abstract purity.

- Proactive and outcome-oriented: anticipates problems, pushes features to completion without waiting for perfect specs.

- Strong communicator and pragmatic problem solver - explains complexity simply, favors progress over perfection.

- Node.js / NestJS at scale; event-driven design (queues, retries, idempotency).

- REST API architecture: versioning, pagination, error models, authentication, rate-limiting.

- Full-stack awareness: understands trade-offs of state management (client vs server) and latency budgets.

- Distributed-systems fundamentals: concurrency, ordering, retries, data consistency.

NICE TO HAVE

- Kubernetes + AWS ops; CI/CD; observability; on-call ownership.

- Deep interest in crypto - keeps up with ecosystem changes, wallets, protocols, and security norms.

- Previous hands-on experience in crypto or fintech (exchanges, wallets, payment rails, ledgers).

- Smart-contract and protocol understanding: knows how on-chain programs interact with off-chain services.

- Blockchain integration experience — Solana preferred, EVM acceptable.

- Has shipped high-quality products in mature, high-bar engineering organizations.

Why Work With Us

Phantom's journey to becoming a global trading app began with making crypto easier to use. Today, we’re building on that foundation to help people discover the markets that matter, make informed financial moves, and safely store or spend their money worldwide. Joining Phantom means helping shape that next chapter: building products that bring the freedom of open markets to more people.

- Build for global impact: Create products used by tens of millions of people, making innovative financial markets more accessible to users around the world.

- Make complexity feel simple: Solve meaningful challenges across design, engineering, and user experience to make discovering markets and managing money seamless.

- Put users in control: Help build a future where people have greater freedom over their assets and financial decisions, with security and self-custody at the foundation.

Benefits (only available to full-time employees)

- Competitive salary and equity

- Comprehensive insurance (medical/dental/vision): base plan 100% covered

- 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 stipend

- Weekly meal stipend

- Learning & Development stipend

- Remote / WFH set-up stipend

We strongly encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply. We believe that our work is stronger with a variety of perspectives, and we’re eager to further diversify our company. If you have a background that you feel would make an impact at Phantom, please consider applying. We’re committed to building an inclusive, supportive place for you to do the best work of your career.

By submitting your resume and application materials, you acknowledge and agree that Phantom Technologies, Inc. ("Phantom") collects and processes your personal information (including application materials, interview records, and related data) to evaluate your candidacy. Phantom may use AI-powered tools and third-party service providers for transcription, note-taking, scheduling, and other administrative tasks. Phantom does not sell your information and your materials will be handled securely and in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

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