Engineering Manager, Atlas

At Anchorage Digital, we are dedicated to shaping the most cutting-edge digital asset platform for institutional participation in the crypto space.

Established in 2017, Anchorage Digital is a regulated crypto platform that furnishes institutions with comprehensive financial services and infrastructure solutions. With the distinction of being the first federally chartered crypto bank in the US, Anchorage Digital provides institutions with secure custody, regulatory compliance, diverse product offerings, and exceptional client service. We are seeking to enrich our team with individuals who embody humility, creativity, and a thirst for knowledge.

Our workforce is distributed globally and accommodates remote work, with physical office options available in New York City, Sioux Falls, Porto, Lisbon, and Singapore. For those unable to access our offices easily, we promote and fund quarterly in-person collaboration days to fortify our team spirit.

The objective of an Engineering Manager is to foster the organic growth of the engineering department. As an Engineering Manager, you are tasked with participating in recruiting top-tier Engineers to sustain team expansion, guiding and collaborating with team members to facilitate their career advancement, and implementing processes conducive to a high-performance engineering team. People are the cornerstone of this organization, and as an Engineering Manager, your mission is to nurture and contribute to Anchorage’s culture, mentor and coach team members, refine our roadmap, and extend continual support in our recruitment endeavors. A desirable outcome is a team that grows, feels motivated, fulfilled, and ready to tackle the next company milestone.

You will oversee the engineering team for a burgeoning business segment within Anchorage Digital, brimming with growth potential. This segment is a strategic focus for the company and offers high visibility across the organization.

Technical Skills:

• Craft the engineering roadmap, spearhead operational excellence, and devise a technology strategy for your team.
• Demonstrate expertise and acumen in solving intricate and fuzzy challenges and delivering scalable solutions.
• Concentrate on and prioritize the well-being, satisfaction, and personal/professional development of each team member.

Complexity and Impact of Work:

• Lead a team of Engineers and be accountable for their execution quality, delivery timeliness, overall impact, and growth.
• Take on the role of a mentor and counselor, offering coaching and feedback that elevate the skills of all team members.

Organizational Knowledge:

• Assume responsibility for the personal and professional growth of a dedicated team.
• Collaborate closely with Product Managers to delineate investments in our products, ensuring alignment between our product strategies, team bandwidth, technical landscape realities, and your team growth and structure plans.

Communication and Influence:

• Engage with other engineering managers, product management, recruiting, and the broader engineering team to propel team growth, retention, and recruitment endeavors forward.
• Influence not only the projects Anchorage undertakes but also who works on them, taking charge of growth planning, recruitment, and performance management for a team of Engineers.

You may align with this role if you have:

• Proven experience managing, mentoring, and fostering the growth of a geographically dispersed team.
• Hands-on experience building complex distributed systems. While we primarily utilize Go, proficiency in other languages can be acquired. Your engineering and management skills are of more significance than expertise in any particular language or framework.
• Enjoy establishing services from the ground up and supporting them over a substantial period.
• Exhibit genuine concern for code quality and test infrastructure.
• Prioritize end-user experience and business value over mere technological novelty.
• Possess a grasp of "computer science fundamentals," encompassing concurrency, algorithms, and data structures (Note: A formal CS degree is not obligatory).
• Identify with a blend of attributes like creative, humble, ambitious, detail-oriented, hardworking, trustworthy, eager to learn, methodical, action-oriented, and tenacious.

Although not mandatory, advantageous qualifications include:

• a background in the finance sector and familiarity with traditional finance settlement operations
• professional experience with Go/Rust/TypeScript/Solidity

Compensation at Anchorage Digital:

• Compensation at Anchorage Digital is benchmarked against market standards and data insights. Every full-time employee receives a competitive salary, significant equity stake, and an extensive perks and benefits package.
• The salary range provided, $162,040 - $275,000, is subject to adjustments during the interview process based on required skills, capabilities, and experience. Periodic collaborations with third-party firms ensure equity, cash, benefits, and perks alignment.

Benefits:

Anchorage Digital prides itself on offering leading benefits and perks to its employees, including full health, dental, and vision coverage for self and dependents, requiring zero out-of-pocket premiums. A wide array of benefits are extended to employees globally.

About Anchorage Digital:

The Anchorage Village, our collective term for the team, coalesces expertise in platform security, financial services, and distributed ledger technology to furnish institutions with foundational tools for safe engagement in the evolving digital asset sphere. With a diverse team exceeding 300 members, our shared objective is dedicated to revolutionizing finance by laying the groundwork for secure value transfer in the emerging global economy.

Anchorage Digital is unequivocally committed to fostering an inclusive and welcoming workspace, ensuring all individuals feel valued, supported, and connected at work, irrespective of background. We champion diversity and openness, believing that embracing our differences enables us to deliver our best work.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Anchorage Digital upholds principles of equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or veteran status. Qualified applicants are considered irrespective of criminal histories, in compliance with pertinent legal statutes.

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