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Phantom is seeking a Staff DevOps Engineer to own and improve platform infrastructure supporting the software development lifecycle for its remote crypto-wallet product. The role centers on CI/CD architecture, Kubernetes, AWS, Infrastructure as Code, release automation, and developer-experience improvements. A key specialization is building reliable mobile build, signing, distribution, app-store submission, and end-to-end test workflows across iOS, Android, Chrome, and web. The engineer will provide staff-level technical leadership while maintaining the security, compliance, scalability, and observability expected in a fintech environment.
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I would begin by measuring pipeline duration, failure categories, flaky-test rates, queue time, retry behavior, and developer feedback. I would then prioritize high-frequency and high-impact failures, improve caching and workflow parallelism, isolate nondeterministic tests, add actionable observability, and establish clear ownership and service-level objectives for critical release pipelines.
I would keep certificates, provisioning profiles, keystores, and API credentials in a dedicated secrets-management system with least-privilege access, audit trails, rotation policies, and environment separation. Pipelines should use short-lived credentials where possible, enforce protected release approvals, produce traceable signed artifacts, and validate the artifact provenance before distributing to testers or app stores.
I use version-controlled Terraform or Pulumi to define cloud and Kubernetes resources consistently across environments, with review, plan, policy, and drift-detection controls. Within Kubernetes, I focus on secure workload identity, resource limits, autoscaling, network policies, centralized telemetry, and repeatable deployment patterns that enable teams to self-serve safely.
I would first classify failures by application defect, test defect, environmental instability, test-data dependency, and timing issue. I would replace arbitrary waits with deterministic readiness signals, create isolated test data and environments, capture traces/screenshots/logs, quarantine only validated flaky tests, and use failure trends to drive permanent fixes rather than relying on retries.
I treat security controls as paved-road automation rather than manual gates whenever possible. That includes policy-as-code, dependency and secret scanning, immutable build artifacts, access controls, audit logging, environment segregation, and documented exception processes, so teams can release quickly while preserving evidence and reducing operational risk.
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. Phantom partners with many of the most trusted and influential names in finance like Hyperliquid, Stripe, Kalshi and Visa, to make the most popular and innovative financial products accessible to everyone.
We are around 180 people, fully remote, backed by a $150M Series C investment from a16z, Sequoia Capital and Paradigm.
This role is fully remote; however, we’re only open to candidates based in the US, EU and UK.
Responsibilities
SDLC Infrastructure Ownership: Own and evolve CI/CD infrastructure using GitHub Actions and Kubernetes, with a focus on reliability, scalability, and developer velocity.
Mobile Release Automation: Automate release workflows including building, signing, and distributing binaries and managing app store submissions across iOS, Android, and Chrome.
e2e Test Automation: Oversee and improve automated end-to-end testing with Maestro and Playwright across mobile and web.
CI/CD Optimization: Improve pipeline performance, reliability, and observability to support rapid, high-confidence releases.
Developer Experience: Partner with engineering teams on SDLC and DevEx improvements, including preview environments and tooling such as Appetize.
Security & Compliance: Help ensure build, release, and deployment systems meet the security and compliance expectations of a financial product.
Technical Leadership: Set standards and drive improvements across build, test, release, and deployment workflows, partnering closely with product and engineering teams.
Qualifications
8+ years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, SRE, Systems Engineering, or a related role, with experience operating at a senior or staff level.
Strong experience with AWS and CI/CD systems such as GitHub Actions or GitLab CI.
Strong experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform or Pulumi.
Experience supporting CI/CD and release infrastructure for production mobile applications, including iOS and Android.
Experience working in financial services, fintech, or another environment with meaningful security and compliance requirements.
Strong track record of improving developer workflows and partnering across engineering teams.
Nice-to-have: Experience with React Native and/or Expo, mobile preview environments, or Appetize.
Nice-to-have: Blockchain/crypto experience.
Why Work with Us
We are a team of experienced builders in the blockchain and crypto industry. Our journey began from users seeking an easy, seamless path to accessing the crypto ecosystem. This passion fueled our exponential growth, allowing us to onboard over 20M+ active users in just over three years; with our user base growing weekly. Our dedication to a secure and seamless user experience has made us the leading wallet on Solana as well as our multi-chain approach enhances our platform’s versatility, meeting the needs of a diverse and growing user base. By staying at the forefront of technology and user expectations, we continue to innovate and set industry standards on self-custodial crypto wallets.
There has never been a better time to work in crypto to help shape the future of innovation with a focus around the wallet experience!
First impressions matter: Wallets are responsible for a users first impression with crypto and onboarding new users into crypto. By ensuring that a user has a great first-time experience with crypto, we can help supercharge the growth of the entire ecosystem.
Make crypto easier to navigate: There is no easy way for a user to discover and navigate all that crypto has to offer. Wallets have a unique opportunity to help users not only onboard to crypto but also stay retained by exploring new things to do.
We live in a multi-chain world: We currently support Solana, Ethereum, Polygon and Bitcoin with more networks to come in the new future. We are focused on creating a unified, multi-chain crypto experience for users.
Benefits
Competitive salary and equity
Comprehensive insurance (medical/dental/vision) — 100% covered
Stipend for your ideal remote / WFH set-up: laptop, headphones, and any other work gear you may need
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 benefit
Daily lunch benefit
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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