Engineering Manager, Financial Infrastructure

Engineering Manager

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.

With the evolving landscape of digital threats and an increasing volume of sophisticated attacks by malicious actors, 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. While our security and IT logistics require physical presence to protect our infrastructure from sophisticated global threats, this move is equally about our Village culture. We believe that a laptop can be shipped, but our culture cannot.

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.

As an Engineering Manager, you will lead and scale an engineering team responsible for building the platform that powers the next generation of institutional digital asset adoption. You'll own the delivery, quality, and operational excellence of critical systems while developing and mentoring a high-performing engineering team.

This is an opportunity to shape engineering strategy, influence product direction, and build a team that operates at the intersection of cutting-edge crypto technology and the rigorous standards required by regulated financial services.

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 Engineering Manager, Infrastructure Services role:

Technical Skills:

• Exhibit broad expertise in infrastructure systems, distributed computing, and platform architecture—serving as an internal reference and recognized leader in your domain
• Use technical knowledge to contribute to Anchorage's objectives, achieving goals in creative and effective ways while ensuring the team upholds a high technical bar
• Guide the team on engineering best practices, system design, and quality standards for secure, scalable infrastructure in a regulated environment

Complexity and Impact of Work:

• Lead and function effectively in the face of uncertainty and ambiguity, working on complex issues where problems are not clearly defined
• Translate business strategy into functional and actionable engineering plans; direct planning, staffing, budgeting, and execution of high-priority initiatives
• Make final decisions on administrative and operational matters with a long-term view, ensuring budgets and timelines align with both Anchorage and Engineering objectives
• Be accountable for the team's delivery, quality, and operational excellence—including product and platform features from design through production

Organizational Knowledge:

• Maintain deep knowledge of Anchorage's strategy and work actively with cross-functional groups to identify new ways to deliver on it
• Participate with other senior managers to establish strategic plans and objectives, promoting a shared understanding of Anchorage's needs
• Engage with peers to develop methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for projects and people that have company-wide impact

Communication and Influence:

• Communicate complex issues clearly and credibly across a wide range of audiences; articulate a clear strategy for the team with high-quality output
• Focus on providing thoughtful leadership on broader organization programs and projects, understanding different business impacts
• Build effective relationships with stakeholders including clients, cross-functional partners, and external partners; create formal networks and coordinate across groups
• Credit individual contributions and acknowledge team accomplishments

Team Leadership:

• Take independent responsibility for all aspects of people management with a proven track record of successfully leading people, teams, and projects in different contexts
• Provide clear directions and priorities; work with team members to define what success looks like so the positive impact for clients is clear
• Ensure knowledge is shared amongst the team, avoiding single points of failure
• Plan and execute changes to team staffing and succession planning in service of company goals, including identifying gaps, defining roles, and managing appropriate team sizes
• Clarify ownership and decision-making for the team; delegate tactical decisions while maintaining responsibility as a tiebreaker

You may be a fit for this role if you have:

• 12+ years of experience in software engineering, with significant experience managing engineering teams
• Proven track record of building and leading high-performing teams through multiple product cycles and organizational contexts
• Deep technical expertise in distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and platform engineering (we use GCP, but experience with other cloud providers is sufficient)
• Experience owning delivery, quality, and operational excellence for production systems in a regulated or financial services environment
• Strong ability to translate ambiguous business requirements into clear engineering plans and priorities
• Experience with budgeting, staffing, and resource planning for engineering teams
• A demonstrated approach to developing talent—coaching, mentoring, and growing engineers at all levels
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence senior leadership and collaborate effectively across functions

Although not a requirement, bonus points if:

• Experience building ledger systems, virtual accounting layers, custody infrastructure, or similar financial technology platforms
• Background managing teams in fintech, banking-as-a-service, or other regulated financial environments
• Experience with on-call rotations, incident management, and driving operational excellence
• Familiarity with regulatory requirements for financial institutions (SOC 2, bank examinations, etc.)
• Background in the cryptocurrency or digital assets industry
• Experience managing other managers or leading a group of teams
• 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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