Staff DevOps Engineer (Platform)

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.

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

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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