Member of Technical Staff, Anchorage Digital

• When you join Anchorage, we expect you to drive our products forward by developing novel solutions for our institutional clients
• You have 3+ years of professional experience building API first back end services (e.g. REST, GraphQL, gRPC)
• You have experience designing, building and deploying cloud native micro-services
• You are passionate about building automated tests alongside your features
• You have real world experience building complex distributed systems
• You enjoy building services from scratch and supporting them over a meaningful period of time
• You have a genuine interest and pride in code quality and infrastructure
• You prioritize end-user experience and business value over “cool tech.”
• You developed “computer science fundamentals”, i.e. algorithms, data structures and operating systems (Formal CS degree NOT required)

Desirable

• The team’s mission is to empower institutions to settle assets safely and at scale, improving digital asset liquidity while reducing their counterparty risk
• The primary task of this position is to translate requirements into code quickly and efficiently!
• You will be part of a small, high performing team that collaborates closely to design, implement and maintain new software components and services
• At Anchorage Digital, we believe the product is never "done," we can always do better!
• As a team, we are constantly striving to innovate in order to build the future of cryptocurrency and the digital asset ecosystem
• We think about growth and career development differently at Anchorage Digital
• We define performance as acquiring, possessing, and practicing a relevant set of skills and competencies - and the ability to apply them effectively and consistently
• We have created the Factors of Growth & Impact to help Anchorage Digital “Villagers” better measure impact and the rich and rewarding learning that happens while exploring, developing, and mastering the capabilities and contributions within and outside of the Software Engineering role
• You will be coached, mentored and guided to grow your capabilities in 4 major areas:
• Technical skills
• Complexity and impact of work
• Organizational knowledge
• Communication and influence
• Build secure, resilient infrastructure from the ground up!
• Perform regular code reviews
• Minimize tech debt by refactoring code and writing and maintaining unit and integration tests
• Ship code that will impact the global economy
• Find the right balance between progress (i.e. shipping quickly) and perfection (i.e. measuring twice)
• Collaborate cross-functionally within the team and with other teams
• Eventually participate in the interview process
• Influence architecture/product roadmap - have a seat at the table
• Mentor and guide multiple engineers on the team within their area of specialization or domain, and help others understand the strategic goals of Anchorage Digital and how their work relates to these