At Anchorage Digital, we are building the world’s most advanced digital asset platform for institutions to participate in crypto.
Anchorage Digital is a crypto platform that enables institutions to participate in digital assets through custody, staking, trading, governance, settlement, and the industry’s leading security infrastructure. Home to Anchorage Digital Bank N.A., the first federally chartered crypto bank in the U.S., Anchorage Digital also serves institutions through Anchorage Digital Singapore, Porto by Anchorage Digital, and other offerings.
The company is funded by leading institutions including Andreessen Horowitz, GIC, Goldman Sachs, KKR, and Visa, with its Series D valuation over $3 billion. Founded in 2017 in San Francisco, California, Anchorage Digital has offices in New York, New York; Porto, Portugal; Singapore; and Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Learn more at anchorage.com, on X @Anchorage, and on LinkedIn.
We are building infrastructure that enables the world’s largest financial institutions—banks, broker-dealers, fintechs, and payments companies—to offer digital asset services to their end clients. Think banking-as-a-service, but for crypto custody, trading, staking, and more.
This is an opportunity to grow as an engineer while contributing to a platform that will power the next generation of institutional digital asset adoption. You’ll work at the intersection of cutting-edge crypto technology and the rigorous standards required by regulated financial services.
As an engineer on this team, you will contribute to the technical direction of our infrastructure services platform, collaborate with experienced engineers, and help build critical systems. You’ll own features from development through deployment and deepen your expertise in financial infrastructure.
We have created the Factors of Growth & Impact to help Villagers better measure impact and articulate coaching, feedback, and the rich and rewarding learning that happens while exploring, developing, and mastering the capabilities and contributions within and outside of the Member of Technical Staff, FinFra role:
Technical Skills:
- Develop and maintain infrastructure that powers digital asset custody, trading, staking, and settlement for enterprise financial institutions
- Contribute to virtual accounting layers, API integrations, and multi-tenant platform architectures with guidance from senior engineers
- Write clear, concise, tested code and participate in code reviews to improve engineering practices
- Build understanding of security, reliability, and testing best practices in a regulated environment
Complexity and Impact of Work:
- Take ownership of the full lifecycle of features—from development through deployment—with increasing autonomy over time
- Apply problem-solving skills to troubleshoot issues, document technical improvements, and contribute to solutions
- Contribute to cross-functional projects and collaborate with adjacent teams to deliver on platform goals
- Participate in on-call rotation to provide product support for the software and infrastructure the team owns
Organizational Knowledge:
- Understand how Anchorage’s company priorities relate to your area of work and clearly communicate the ‘why’ behind the work
- Work closely with compliance, legal, and security teams to understand regulatory requirements affecting the platform
- Participate in the hiring process through referrals, conducting interviews, or attending recruiting events
Communication and Influence:
- Communicate clearly and proactively share updates that impact colleagues, managers, and leads
- Contribute actively to team discussions and problem-solving efforts
- Collaborate with your team and adjacent teams to solve problems, and assist or teach other team members when possible
You may be a fit for this role if you have:
- 2-5 years of professional experience building backend services and distributed systems
- Experience contributing to customer-facing APIs or multi-tenant platform architectures
- Familiarity with cloud-native microservices (we use GCP, but experience with other cloud providers is sufficient)
- A track record of writing automated tests alongside your features and supporting production systems
- Experience participating in on-call support and incident response for production systems
- Strong computer science fundamentals (algorithms, data structures, systems design)—formal CS degree not required
- A genuine interest in code quality, infrastructure reliability, and security
- The ability to prioritize end-user experience and business value
Although not a requirement, bonus points if:
- Professional experience with C++, Go, or Rust
- Experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration
- Exposure to ledger systems, virtual accounting layers, or custody infrastructure
- Background in financial services, fintech, or banking-as-a-service platforms
- Experience with system security (authentication, authorization, identity management)
- Familiarity with regulatory requirements for financial institutions (SOC 2, bank examinations, etc.)
- Interest in or exposure to the cryptocurrency or digital assets industry
- You were emotionally moved by the soundtrack to Hamilton, which chronicles the founding of a new financial system. 🙂
About Anchorage Digital: Who we are
The Anchorage Village, what we call our team, brings together the brightest minds from platform security, financial services, and distributed ledger technology to provide the building blocks that empower institutions to safely participate in the evolving digital asset ecosystem. As a diverse team of more than 600 members, we are united in one common goal: building the future of finance by providing the foundation upon which value moves safely in the new global economy.
Anchorage Digital is committed to being a welcoming and inclusive workplace for everyone, and we are intentional about making sure people feel respected, supported, and connected at work—regardless of who you are or where you come from. We value and celebrate our differences and we believe being open about who we are allows us to do the best work of our lives.
Anchorage Digital is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or veteran status. Anchorage Digital considers qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with other legal requirements. “Anchorage Digital” refers to services that are offered either through Anchorage Digital Bank National Association, an OCC-chartered national trust bank, or Anchorage Lending CA, LLC a finance lender licensed by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, License No. 60DBO-11976, or Anchorage Digital Singapore Pte Ltd, a Singapore private limited company, all wholly-owned subsidiaries of Anchor Labs, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
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