Phantom
Engineering
BackendEngineer(DataPlatform)
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“Backend Engineer (Data Platform) at Phantom. Skills: Data platform engineering, ETL, Observability. Design streaming blockchain data platform. Build streaming blockchain data platform”
Industry & Context.
Root cause analysis
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ Years of Backend Experience, Building and optimizing modern ETL pipelines, Implementing data quality frameworks, Implementing observability and monitoring solutions
Nice to Have
Web3/Crypto Knowledge, On-chain data familiarity, Wallet integrations familiarity, Decentralized application patterns familiarity
What You'll Do.
Design streaming blockchain data platform
Build streaming blockchain data platform
Optimize streaming blockchain data platform
Develop ETL pipelines
Maintain ETL pipelines
Optimize ETL pipelines
Drive data quality initiatives
Implement data quality frameworks
Implement observability solutions
Ensure data freshness
Ensure data reliability
Build high availability systems
Build low latency systems
Build fault tolerant systems
Partner with product teams
Partner with design teams
Partner with engineering teams
Translate business requirements
Create backend platform solutions
Foster culture of raising bar
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional collaboration; Product engineering teams; Lean team structure
Full Job Description
Phantom https://phantom.com is the modern money app used by tens of millions around the world. Our product combines everything people need to manage, spend, and grow their money in one simple, intuitive experience. Phantom brings all the control and flexibility of crypto-powered finance, without unnecessary complexity, into mainstream consumer finance. By combining industry-leading security with thoughtfully designed tools, Phantom makes powerful financial tools feel approachable and easy to use. This focus on speed, control, and user experience has fueled rapid growth, with a community of 20M+ people, reaching #1 in the Google Play Store finance category, and consistently ranking as a Top 50 app across all categories, alongside some of the most recognizable consumer technology platforms in the world. ROLE DESCRIPTION As a core member of Phantom’s Blockchain Data 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 under
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