Member of Technical Staff, Financial Infrastructure at Anchorage Digital

This role is designed for a backend engineer with 2–5 years of experience who is ready to move into the "mid-level" tier of their career. The ideal candidate ha

Work type: remote

Location: United States

Type: Full-time

Summary

This role is designed for a backend engineer with 2–5 years of experience who is ready to move into the "mid-level" tier of their career. The ideal candidate has experience building distributed systems or customer-facing APIs and is comfortable working in a cloud-native microservices environment. While crypto experience isn't required, a strong interest in building high-stakes financial infrastructure—where security and reliability are non-negotiable—is essential. As part of the Financial Infrastructure team, you will help build the "banking-as-a-service" layer for the world’s first federally chartered crypto bank. This is a fully remote position (US-based) offering the chance to work with a high-performance stack (GCP, Kubernetes) and languages like Go, C++, or Rust. You’ll own features from development to deployment, gaining direct exposure to the regulatory and technical complexities of institutional finance. **You might be a good fit if you...** * Have 2–5 years of professional experience with backend services and distributed systems. * Are comfortable with (or eager to learn) Go, C++, or Rust in a cloud-native environment (GCP/K8s). * Enjoy writing automated tests and participating in on-call rotations to ensure production reliability. * Want to build the foundational architecture that allows major banks and fintechs to offer digital assets.

Job Description

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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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. :)

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:

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