Member of Technical Staff, Financial Infrastructure at Anchorage Digital

This role is designed for a seasoned backend engineer with at least 8 years of experience who excels at building high-stakes, distributed systems. The ideal can

Work type: remote

Location: United States

Type: Full-time

Summary

This role is designed for a seasoned backend engineer with at least 8 years of experience who excels at building high-stakes, distributed systems. The ideal candidate has a deep background in designing multi-tenant platform architectures and customer-facing APIs, particularly within regulated environments like fintech or banking. While crypto experience is a bonus, the team prioritizes strong systems design fundamentals and a disciplined approach to security and reliability. This is a high-impact, fully remote "greenfield" opportunity where you will architect the infrastructure powering institutional digital asset adoption. You’ll be working for a Series D unicorn that holds the distinction of being the first federally chartered crypto bank in the US. The position offers significant autonomy to influence the product roadmap and technical direction, balancing the speed of a startup with the rigorous standards of a traditional financial institution. **You might be a good fit if you...** * Have 8+ years of experience with backend services (ideally using C++, Go, or Rust) and cloud-native microservices. * Are comfortable owning the entire lifecycle of a feature, from architectural design to on-call production support. * Value "boring" reliability and security over "cool tech" when handling mission-critical financial transactions. * Enjoy mentoring mid-level engineers and collaborating across legal, compliance, and security teams.

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 a greenfield opportunity to architect and build 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 drive the technical direction of our infrastructure services platform, mentor other engineers, and help shape the product roadmap. You'll own critical systems from design through production.

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, Infrastructure Services role:

## Technical Skills:

• Build secure, scalable infrastructure that powers digital asset custody, trading, staking, and settlement for enterprise financial institutions


• Design and implement virtual accounting layers, API integrations, and multi-tenant platform architectures


• Drive technical excellence through code reviews, design specs, and mentorship across the engineering organization


• Foster an efficient testing culture with emphasis on security, reliability, and minimizing tech debt in a regulated environment

• Lead complex cross-functional projects spanning custody, trading, compliance, and client integration


• Break down large initiatives into well-scoped deliverables; accurately estimate multi-person, multi-quarter projects


• Own the end-to-end lifecycle of platform features—from architecture through production support and on-call rotation


• Find the right balance between shipping velocity and the perfection required for regulated financial infrastructure

• Collaborate across product lines and with enterprise clients to understand and deliver on their infrastructure needs


• Work closely with compliance, legal, and security teams to ensure platform meets regulatory requirements


• Contribute to scaling the team through hiring, onboarding, and knowledge sharing

• Influence architecture decisions and product roadmap—have a seat at the table with leadership


• Mentor and guide engineers on the team; help others connect their work to Anchorage's strategic goals


• Communicate effectively with external stakeholders, including enterprise clients and partners

• 8+ years of professional experience building backend services and distributed systems


• Experience designing and delivering customer-facing APIs and multi-tenant platform architectures


• Experience with cloud-native microservices (we use GCP, but experience with other cloud providers is sufficient)


• A track record of building automated tests alongside your features and maintaining production systems over time


• Experience performing 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 over "cool tech"

• Professional experience with C++, Go, or Rust


• Professional experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration


• Experience building 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, API keys)


• Familiarity with regulatory requirements for financial institutions (SOC 2, bank examinations, etc.)


• Background in 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 a greenfield opportunity to architect and build 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 drive the technical direction of our infrastructure services platform, mentor other engineers, and help shape the product roadmap. You'll own critical systems from design through production.

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, Infrastructure Services role:

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