Security Engineer

Employment Type: Full-Time Location Type: Remote Salary:

Position Overview

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 provides 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 MAUs, reaching #1 in the Google Play Store finance category, and consistently trending as a Top 50 app across all categories, alongside X, PayPal, Coinbase, and ChatGPT.

Responsibilities

• Perform regular security assessments on new projects, infrastructure, and code.
• Identify and mitigate security vulnerabilities in code, systems, and networks through manual testing, automated tools, threat modeling, and threat intelligence.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest offensive security techniques, application security threats, and best practices in the blockchain space, and recommend improvements to security posture.
• Write detailed reports of findings and present them to management and technical teams, helping to prevent real-world attacks.
• Work with development teams to implement secure coding practices and ensure the integrity of cryptographic functions.
• Collaborate with other teams such as development and platform to ensure security is integrated throughout the organization.
• Participate in incident response and incident management activities.
• Lead large cross-team projects.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in offensive security techniques, with a focus on blockchain technology and cryptography.
• Strong understanding of security risks, vulnerabilities, and concepts in web and mobile applications.
• Proficient in code review for JavaScript & Typescript with a strong understanding of application security threats and offensive security techniques.
• Ability to write Proofs of Concept (PoCs) to prove vulnerabilities, review, and ensure patch code meets the standards set by repository owners and maintainers.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.

Why Work with Us

Opportunity

We are a team of experienced builders in the blockchain and crypto industry. Our journey began with users seeking an easy, seamless path to accessing the crypto ecosystem. This passion fueled our exponential growth, allowing us to onboard over 7 million 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. 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 for 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 user's 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 their adoption.