Staff SRE Engineer Platform
@ Phantom

Hybrid
$225,000
Hybrid
Full Time
Posted 6 hours ago

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Overview

Phantom is revolutionizing crypto interactions with its self-custodial wallet supporting Solana, Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Polygon. With over 15 million MAU’s and top rankings in app stores, Phantom provides a next-generation, secure, and easy-to-use wallet experience.

Responsibilities

  • Kubernetes Ownership: Manage and scale AWS EKS clusters ensuring reliability and security.
  • Infrastructure Automation: Implement and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform/Pulumi.
  • Performance Optimization: Monitor and optimize system performance, scalability, and resource utilization.
  • Blockchain Infrastructure: Configure and maintain crypto nodes across multiple blockchains.
  • Database Scaling: Optimize and scale database infrastructure for blockchain data.
  • System Reliability: Enhance uptime, monitoring, and observability using Datadog and OpenTelemetry.
  • Collaboration: Work with backend and product teams on feature development and scaling.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years in a SRE or Software Engineer role.
  • Strong experience with Kubernetes (EKS) in production.
  • Proficient with AWS services including EC2, S3, RDS, and IAM.
  • Experienced with Docker and Infrastructure-as-Code tools like Terraform or Pulumi.
  • Monitoring and observability skills using Datadog or OpenTelemetry.

Why Work with Phantom

Join an experienced team with significant market traction in crypto. This fully remote role offers competitive salary, equity, comprehensive insurance, remote work stipends, flexible hours, unlimited vacation, and other benefits. Phantom values diversity and invites candidates from all backgrounds.

Salary and Benefits

Base salary is between $200,000 to $250,000 plus equity and benefits. Compensation is based on skillset, experience, interview quality, and market factors.

Key skills/competency

  • Kubernetes
  • AWS
  • Terraform
  • Pulumi
  • Docker
  • Datadog
  • OpenTelemetry
  • Blockchain
  • Infrastructure Automation
  • System Reliability

How to Get Hired at Phantom

🎯 Tips for Getting Hired

  • Research Phantom's culture: Study their mission and recent news.
  • Tailor your resume: Highlight SRE and AWS experience.
  • Showcase Kubernetes expertise: Detail production environment projects.
  • Prepare technical examples: Use structured problem-solving scenarios.

📝 Interview Preparation Advice

Technical Preparation

Review AWS EKS and Kubernetes clusters.
Practice Terraform and Pulumi scripting.
Study Docker container deployments.
Familiarize with Datadog and OpenTelemetry.

Behavioral Questions

Describe a time you solved a technical issue.
How do you manage project deadlines?
Explain how you collaborate with teammates.
Discuss a challenging system outage experience.

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