Software Engineer, Backend (Trading)

Phantom; United States; Remote; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and equity

Comprehensive insurance (medical/dent/

Flexible hours and supportive remote

Unlimited vacation

401(k) retirement plan

Wellness stipend

Weekly meal stipend

Learning & Development stipend

Remote / WFH set-up stipend

Job summary

Phantom is a fully remote company with around 180 people, building a global trading app that connects users to open markets and digital asset trading experiences. As a Software Engineer, you will design and ship APIs, data pipelines, and services bridging blockchain infrastructure with intuitive user interfaces across Phantom’s web platforms.

You’ll drive new trading protocol integrations and explore new surfaces and user segments, while collaborating with end-users and developers to shape the

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years full-time software engineering experience.
• Demonstrated interest in open and community-driven platforms.
• Nice-To-Have: Experience working with trading systems.
• English language proficiency

Responsibilities

• Feature development: You will be owning features on our web platforms – currently the Phantom Extension and our website.
• New initiatives and products: You will be leading initiatives to add support for other blockchains to Phantom, and to launch new complementary products or infrastructure.
• Interfacing with users: You will be interfacing directly with end-users and developers building on Phantom – supporting them and collecting feedback to inform the direction of the product.
• Team building: You will be working with the team to create and foster a culture of raising the bar with each new hire.

Skills

Software engineering

Open platforms

English proficiency

Trading systems (Nice-to-have)

Education

Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

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.

Responsibilities

As a Software Engineer at Phantom, you’ll play a key role in building the systems that power our trading experiences. You’ll design and implement APIs, data pipelines, and services that bridge the gap between blockchain infrastructure and the seamless, intuitive experiences our users expect.

In this role, you’ll focus on the implementation and aggregation of new trading protocols, aggregators, and trade types, as well as experimenting with new trading surfaces and user segments. Your work will directly shape the future of how users discover, execute, and interact with digital asset trades across multiple ecosystems.

• Feature development: You will be owning features on our web platforms – currently the Phantom Extension and our website.

• New initiatives and products: You will be leading initiatives to add support for other blockchains to Phantom, and to launch new complementary products or infrastructure.

• Interfacing with users: You will be interfacing directly with end-users and developers building on Phantom – supporting them and collecting feedback to inform the direction of the product.

• Team building: You will be working with the team to create and foster a culture of raising the bar with each new hire.

Qualifications

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

• 5+ years full-time software engineering experience

• Demonstrated interest in open and community-driven platforms

• Nice-To-Have: Experience working with trading systems

• English language proficiency

The target base salary for this role will range between $200,000 to $250,000 with the addition of equity and benefits. This is determined by a few factors including your skillset, prior relevant experience, quality of interviews and market factors (such as location) at the point in time of offer.

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.

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