Staff Software Engineer (SRE)

About the role

Phantom is seeking a Staff Software Engineer (SRE) to manage and scale infrastructure for a leading self-custodial crypto wallet. The role involves ensuring system reliability, optimizing performance, and supporting multi-chain operations for a platform serving millions of users. You will work closely with backend and product teams to build secure, scalable systems that power the future of the crypto ecosystem.

Responsibilities

• Manage and scale Kubernetes clusters on AWS EKS, ensuring reliability, performance, and security.
• Implement and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform or Pulumi to automate provisioning.
• Monitor and optimize system performance, scalability, and resource utilization.
• Configure and maintain crypto nodes across multiple blockchains to support wallet operations.
• Optimize and scale database infrastructure to handle large volumes of blockchain data.
• Continuously improve system uptime, monitoring, and observability using Datadog and OpenTelemetry.
• Collaborate with backend and product teams to support feature development and system scaling.

Required skills

• Kubernetes
• AWS
• Infrastructure-as-Code
• Terraform
• Pulumi
• Docker
• Datadog
• OpenTelemetry
• SRE

Qualifications

• 8+ years in a SRE or Software Engineer role
• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes (EKS) in production environments
• Proficiency with AWS infrastructure and services (EC2, S3, RDS, IAM)
• Solid experience with Docker and Infrastructure-as-Code tools

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Equity
• Performance bonus program
• Comprehensive insurance (medical/dental/vision)
• Remote set-up stipend
• Flexible hours
• Unlimited vacation
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Monthly wellness benefit
• Weekly meal benefit

About the Company

Phantom is a leading self-custodial crypto wallet that connects users to open markets, including perpetuals, prediction markets, and tokenized assets. With over 20 million active users, the company is backed by major investors like a16z, Sequoia Capital, and Paradigm.