Engineering Manager, Financial Infrastructure

Anchorage Digital is building the world's most advanced digital asset platform for institutions. It enables institutions to participate in digital assets through custody, staking, trading, governance, settlement, and industry-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. Anchorage Digital is committed to being a welcoming and inclusive workplace for everyone and is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Learn more at anchorage.com, on X @Anchorage, and on LinkedIn.

Introduction

Anchorage Digital is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead and scale our financial infrastructure team. This role is crucial for building the platform that powers the next generation of institutional digital asset adoption, enabling major financial institutions to offer digital asset services such as custody, trading, and staking to their clients. You will own the delivery, quality, and operational excellence of critical systems while developing and mentoring a high-performing engineering team.

This is a unique opportunity to shape engineering strategy and influence product direction at the intersection of cutting-edge crypto technology and regulated financial services.

Responsibilities

As an Engineering Manager, Financial Infrastructure, your responsibilities will include:

• Technical Leadership: Exhibit broad expertise in infrastructure systems, distributed computing, and platform architecture, guiding the team on engineering best practices, system design, and quality standards for secure, scalable infrastructure in a regulated environment.
• Strategic Planning: Translate business strategy into functional and actionable engineering plans; direct planning, staffing, budgeting, and execution of high-priority initiatives.
• Project Accountability: Be accountable for the team's delivery, quality, and operational excellence, including product and platform features from design through production.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Maintain deep knowledge of Anchorage's strategy and actively work with cross-functional groups to identify new ways to deliver on objectives, engaging with peers to develop methods and evaluation criteria with company-wide impact.
• Communication & Influence: Communicate complex issues clearly and credibly across a wide range of audiences, articulating a clear strategy for the team and building effective relationships with stakeholders.
• Team Leadership: Independently manage all aspects of people, providing clear directions and priorities, ensuring knowledge sharing, planning staffing changes, and clarifying ownership and decision-making for the team.

Requirements

• 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 (GCP experience preferred, but other cloud providers are 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.

Nice to Have

• 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.

Benefits

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About Company

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How to Apply

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