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Anchorage Digital · 1 week ago

Member of Technical Staff, Custody (Backend Engineer)

Anchorage Digital is a leading crypto platform enabling institutions to participate in digital assets through a range of services including custody and trading. The Member of Technical Staff in Custody will focus on providing secure custodial technology services and enhancing the overall custody experience for digital assets.

BlockchainCryptocurrencyFinancial ServicesFinTechSoftware
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Responsibilities

Write clean, well-tested code and grow through code reviews and pairing with senior engineers
Contribute to features and bug fixes while learning team patterns and best practices
Deliver quality work iteratively while learning the codebase and domain
Take ownership of your tasks and grow into larger areas of responsibility over time
Share what you learn and ask questions to build context across the team
Understand how your work connects to broader team and company goals
Communicate clearly in standups, PRs, and team discussions
Collaborate openly and give and receive feedback constructively

Qualification

Distributed systemsGraphQL API designGRPC API designApplied cryptographyFinance industry backgroundClean codeCode reviewsCuriosityCollaboration

Required

Write clean, well-tested code and grow through code reviews and pairing with senior engineers
Contribute to features and bug fixes while learning team patterns and best practices
Deliver quality work iteratively while learning the codebase and domain
Take ownership of your tasks and grow into larger areas of responsibility over time
Share what you learn and ask questions to build context across the team
Understand how your work connects to broader team and company goals
Communicate clearly in standups, PRs, and team discussions
Collaborate openly and give and receive feedback constructively
Are excited to build software that matters and eager to learn how distributed systems work at scale
Care about writing quality code and want to grow your engineering fundamentals
Are curious, you dig into problems, ask questions, and aren't afraid to explore unfamiliar code
Value collaboration over heroics and want to be part of a team that lifts each other up
Are humble, ambitious, and eager to learn in a fast-moving industry

Preferred

You have experience with applied cryptography
In your mind the word 'crypto' stands for cryptography, not cryptocurrency
You read blockchain protocol white papers for fun, and stay up to date with the proliferation of cryptoasset innovations
You have a background in the finance industry
You have GraphQL API design and implementation experience
You have gRPC API design and implementation experience

Company

Anchorage Digital

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Anchorage Digital is a regulated crypto platform that provides institutions with integrated financial services and infrastructure solutions.

H1B Sponsorship

Anchorage Digital has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
Represents job field similar to this job
Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (16)
2024 (7)
2023 (1)
2022 (9)
2020 (2)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$487M
Key Investors
Kohlberg Kravis RobertsGICBlockchain Capital
2021-12-15Series D· $350M
2021-02-25Series C· $80M
2019-07-10Series B· $40M

Leadership Team

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Nathan McCauley
Co-Founder and CEO
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Diogo Mónica
Co-Founder and Executive Chairman
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