Member of Technical Staff, Automation Engineer

At Anchorage Digital, we are developing a cutting-edge digital asset platform tailored for institutional involvement in the crypto space.

Established in 2017, Anchorage Digital serves as a regulated crypto platform offering institutions comprehensive financial services and infrastructure solutions. With the distinction of being the first federally chartered crypto bank in the US, we provide institutions with secure custody, regulatory compliance, a wide array of products, and exceptional client service. We are seeking individuals to join our diverse team who embody qualities such as humility, creativity, and a strong desire for continuous learning.

We are a globally dispersed team that embraces remote work, while also offering the option for in-office work in several locations such as New York City, Sioux Falls, Porto, Lisbon, and Singapore. Additionally, for team members not in close proximity to our physical offices, we promote and sponsor quarterly in-person collaboration days to foster teamwork and strengthen our community spirit.

As a valuable member of our Automation Engineering team, your primary focus will be on enhancing our operational efficiency significantly. This entails actively developing capabilities within existing back-office systems to minimize manual tasks and harmonize disparate systems. This role necessitates a versatile and comprehensive technical skill set as you will be tasked with creating new backend services, integrating with a diverse range of existing backend and frontend services, and building upon them. Your contributions will be substantial as you collaborate directly with our Global Operations teams to identify key pain points, prioritize initiatives, translate operational requirements into technical specifications, and ultimately design, develop, and implement solutions that empower our entire organization.

To better gauge impact and articulate growth, we have devised the Factors of Growth & Impact to aid team members in measuring their achievements and communicaing their progress while expanding their skill set within the Corporate Engineering role.

Technical Skills:

• Proficient in swiftly navigating diverse codebases across various internal systems.
• Skilled in crafting robust, high-quality, and thoroughly tested solutions that span multiple backend and frontend services.
• Ability to contribute to the establishment of secure, resilient internal infrastructure from scratch.
• Participate actively in code reviews to facilitate changes impacting multiple teams, fostering a culture centered on efficient, dependable testing to minimize technical debt.
• Solve intricate software design challenges to optimize internal operations.

Complexity and Impact of Work:

• Capable of breaking down large, interdisciplinary internal projects into manageable tasks while accurately estimating collaborative efforts.
• Capable of delivering code and solutions that directly enhance the daily efficiency and productivity of global operations teams.
• Able to strike a balance between progress and perfection in a dynamic internal setting.

Organizational Knowledge:

• Adaptable to contributing across a wide range of internal systems and operational workflows supporting distinct business functions.
• Proficient in working closely and collaboratively with Global Operations and other internal stakeholders to discern critical needs and achieve alignment on solutions.
• Aiding in scaling the team and its impact across the organization.

Communication and Influence:

• Have influence on the technical direction and roadmap for internal systems to ensure they address operational needs effectively.
• Mentor and guide fellow engineers, sharing expertise on navigating various internal codebases and comprehending strategic operational objectives.

Desired Skill Set:

• Possess a minimum of 5 years of professional experience in building and enhancing intricate internal software systems.
• Experienced in designing, developing, and deploying cloud-native microservices.
• Passionate about constructing automated tests alongside features.
• Hands-on experience in building complex distributed systems.
• Enjoy building services from the ground up and supporting them over an extended period.
• Genuine interest in code quality and infrastructure.
• Prioritize end-user experience and business value over technical innovation.
• Familiarity with computer science fundamentals (Formal CS degree NOT mandatory).
• Character traits that may resonate with you include being creative, humble, ambitious, detail-oriented, hardworking, trustworthy, eager to learn, methodical, action-oriented, and tenacious.

Additional Skills (Optional but Beneficial):

• Professional experience with Python or Go.
• Competence in Kubernetes.
• Understanding of system security aspects such as authentication, authorization, identity, and API keys.
• Background in finance industry.
• Appreciation for the musical soundtrack of Hamilton, symbolizing the founding of a new financial system.

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