Role in brief
Anchorage is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a remote team focused on digital asset platforms for institutions. This role involves driving team growth, refining the engineering roadmap, and ensuring high-quality execution for distributed systems. Candidates with experience in managing remote engineering teams and a background in distributed applications are encouraged to apply.
About the role
This Engineering Manager role at Anchorage involves guiding a team that builds digital asset platforms for institutional clients. The work centers on developing advanced infrastructure for crypto participation, encompassing custody, staking, trading, and security. Success in this position means fostering a team that consistently delivers high-quality, impactful solutions in a timely manner.
The manager will be responsible for the overall health and growth of the engineering organization. This includes actively participating in hiring, mentoring team members to support their career development, and establishing processes that maintain a high-performance environment. Collaboration with Product Managers is key to defining product investment strategies.
A core aspect of this role is leading a team of engineers, overseeing their execution quality, delivery timelines, and impact. The manager will also be instrumental in refining the engineering roadmap and developing the technology strategy for their team, ensuring alignment with the company's goals to provide robust digital asset services.
The salary for this position ranges from $142,000 to $238,000 USD.
Skills that matter here
- engineering management: This role requires leading and developing an engineering team, including hiring, mentoring, and setting strategic direction.
- distributed systems: The position involves building and maintaining complex, high-performance distributed applications for digital asset platforms.
- security: The company provides leading security infrastructure for digital assets, implying a focus on secure engineering practices.
- team leadership: The manager will be directly responsible for guiding engineers, overseeing their performance, and fostering their growth.
Who this role suits
- A person who thrives on mentoring and developing engineering talent.
- Someone with a strong background in building complex, high-performance distributed applications.
- An individual who values and can drive processes for engineering quality and efficient delivery.
- A leader who can effectively manage and collaborate with a geographically distributed team.
From the employer
Responsibilities
- Drive the healthy growth of the engineering organization.
- Help with hiring high-caliber Engineers.
- Mentor and collaborate with team members to work toward their career goals.
- Drive processes that sustain a high-performance engineering team.
- Refine engineering roadmap and create technology strategy for your team.
- Lead a team of Engineers and take responsibility for their quality of execution, timeliness of delivery, impact, and growth.
- Work closely with Product Managers to define investment in our products.
Requirements
- Demonstrated experience managing, mentoring, and growing a geographically distributed team.
- Experience in building robust, high-performance complex distributed applications.
- Care about code quality and test infrastructure.
- Developed computer science fundamentals (concurrency, algorithms, data structures).
- Self-describe as creative, humble, ambitious, detail oriented, hard working, trustworthy, eager to learn, methodical, action oriented, and tenacious.
Bonus Points
- Experience in effective regulatory compliance controls in the financial services industry.
- Background in the finance industry.
- Professional experience with Go/Rust/TypeScript/Solidity.
Conditions
- Competitive salary range of $142K-$238K.
- Fully remote work environment.
- Commitment to a welcoming and inclusive workplace.
Questions about this role
Is this a remote position?
Yes, this is a fully remote work environment.
What level of experience is required for this role?
Candidates should have demonstrated experience managing, mentoring, and growing a geographically distributed team, along with experience building robust distributed applications.
What is the salary range for this position?
The competitive salary range for this role is between $142,000 and $238,000 USD.