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Senior Rust Engineer

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The Senior Rust Engineer will design and optimize transaction infrastructure, improve systems for reliability and performance, and contribute to Solana client development.
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Phantom is revolutionizing the way millions of people interact with the crypto ecosystem. Our self-custodial wallet offers a seamless, unified experience for managing accounts and tokens across Solana, Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Polygon, empowering users with a single, convenient solution. By integrating cutting-edge security features and launching innovative tools for an enhanced personalized user experience, Phantom is able to provide a next-generation, safe and easy to use self-custodial wallet for everyone. This strategy has allowed Phantom to achieve significant milestones including surpassing 15 million MAU’s, reaching #1 in the Google play store finance category, and consistently trending as a Top 50 app across all categories, right next to X, PayPal, Coinbase, and ChatGPT.

Responsibilities

As a full-stack engineer at Phantom you’ll be doing everything from building delightful user interfaces and creating cross-platform client infrastructure on the frontend, to creating APIs, data pipelines and services that bridge the gap between the blockchain and the user experience our users have come to expect on the backend.

  • Transaction Reliability & Performance: Designing and optimizing systems that ensure Phantom transactions land quickly and consistently across rapidly evolving Solana network conditions.

  • Order Flow Optimization: Architecting strategies to maximize value capture and execution quality from Phantom’s unique retail order flow.

  • Ecosystem Awareness: Staying ahead of Solana market structure changes driven by key players like Jito, Solana client developers, and new SIMD proposals—adapting Phantom’s systems to leverage these advancements.

  • Cutting-Edge Infrastructure: Collaborating across engineering and product to build resilient, performant systems that define the standard for wallet transaction infrastructure.

Qualifications
  • Minimum of 5 years in software development, with at least 2 years of experience in Rust.

  • Proven experience in contributing to Solana client development or forks.

  • Highly motivated, self-driven, and passionate about building cutting-edge transaction landing infrastructure.

  • English language mastery both in spoken and written forms.

Why Work with Us

Opportunity

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 15M+ 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!

Benefits
  • Competitive salary and equity

  • Comprehensive insurance (medical/dental/vision) — 100% covered

  • Stipend for your ideal remote set-up

  • Flexible hours and a supportive remote environment

  • Unlimited vacation: Take time when you need it (and we really mean it!)

  • 401(k) retirement plan

  • Monthly wellness benefit

  • Weekly meal benefit

  • Global off-sites

We strongly encourage candidates of all different 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.

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.

By submitting your resume and application materials, you acknowledge and agree that Phantom may use automated tools, including AI systems, and may engage trusted third-party service providers to process your application and ensure an efficient hiring process. Phantom does not sell your information and your materials will be handled securely and in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

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