Senior Backend Engineer (Data Platform)

As a Senior Backend Engineer on Phantom's Data Platform team, you will design, build, and optimize a streaming blockchain data platform that powers high-quality, scalable ingestion, transformation, and delivery of token, price, and spam data. You'll own a critical platform function, empowering other product engineering teams at Phantom by providing access to rich, accurate, real-time on-chain data.

What you'll do

• Develop, maintain, and optimize scalable ETL pipelines using a modern data stack, sourcing, transforming, and integrating data from on-chain sources
• Drive initiatives to implement data quality frameworks and observability solutions that ensure the accuracy, freshness, and reliability of data across all pipelines
• 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
• Design and maintain efficient data models and schemas that underpin platform efforts
• Partner closely with product, design, and other engineering teams to translate business requirements into scalable backend platform solutions
• Work with the team to create and foster a culture of raising the bar with each new hire

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 Go, Node.js, TypeScript, NestJS, Kafka, Redis, and PostgreSQL
• Demonstrated experience implementing data quality frameworks along with observability and monitoring solutions
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a lean team structure

Nice to have

• Familiarity with on-chain data, wallet integrations, or decentralized application patterns

What we offer

• Competitive salary and equity
• Comprehensive insurance (medical, dental, vision) with base plan 100% covered
• Remote work set-up stipend
• Flexible hours and a supportive remote environment
• Unlimited vacation
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Monthly wellness benefit
• Weekly meal stipend
• Learning and Development stipend
• Global off-sites

About Phantom

Phantom is a multi-chain crypto wallet and trading app on a mission to connect the world to the freedom of open markets. With over 16 million active users, Phantom is the leading wallet on Solana and supports Ethereum, Polygon, and Bitcoin. The company is backed by a $150M Series C investment from a16z, Sequoia Capital, and Paradigm, with a fully remote team of around 180 people.