Member of Technical Staff, Transparency (Backend Engineer)

At Anchorage Digital, we are building the world's most advanced digital asset platform for institutions to participate in crypto. We have a security policy mandating all new hires complete an in-person onboarding process - no exceptions . Security is our foundation and we prioritize physical identity verification and secure IT setup. You will be part of a full stack engineering team charged with improving the client onboarding and billing experiences through front‑end enhancements and back‑end APIs, capturing critical data for record‑keeping and auditing, and supporting transaction monitoring and screening for risk detection, fraud prevention and anti‑money laundering. The team collaborates directly with compliance, customer experience, finance, and legal teams as well as external third‑party systems to support the company's regulatory commitments as the first and only federally chartered digital asset bank. Technical Skills Demonstrate a wide-ranging experience, use in-depth professional concepts, and leverage knowledge and insights to develop, apply and resolve complex problems across multiple axes in creative and effective ways. Design and build solutions that are easily maintainable and extensible for future functionality. Complexity and Impact of Work Drive work independently, lead or significantly contribute to medium‑to‑large projects or processes, usually multi‑person interdepartmental or cross‑functional projects, including leading from end‑to‑end with little oversight and coordinating activities of other team members. Be capable of breaking down large projects into smaller tasks, and accurately estimating the time and scope of projects. Articulate effectively the different options considered, analyze trade‑offs, justify and recommend priorities. Organizational Knowledge Ensure that knowledge is shared among the team and does not position themselves or others as a single point of failure. Monitor the development of the company objectives and/or trends that may affect its capacity to succeed. Communication and Influence Mentor and guide others on the team within their area of specialization or domain, and help others understand the strategic goals of Anchorage and how their work relates to these. Communicate outside team boundaries to solve problems, network with other teams, and establish positive working relationships in other disciplines and domains. Candidate Fit Have real world experience building complex distributed systems. Have a deep appreciation for code quality, test infrastructure, and extensible architecture. Prioritize end‑user experience and business value over the latest tech. Developed "computer science fundamentals", i.e. concurrency, algorithms, and data structures (Formal CS degree NOT required). Are able to work in a fast‑paced agile software environment, and able to context switch between multiple simultaneous tasks. Believe software engineering is a team activity and enjoy collaborating every single day, learning from and mentoring others. Bonus Points Have experience implementing effective billing systems in the financial services industry. Have design and implementation experience with any of the following technologies: GraphQL gRPC Temporal Feel comfortable diving down the stack and into open source projects to root cause a bug. 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr