Engineering Manager, Atlas

Anchorage Digital is building the world’s most advanced digital asset platform for institutions to participate in crypto. As the Engineering Lead, Atlas, you will lead a critical engineering team, owning the technical vision and execution while developing a high-performing team that ships impactful software at scale.

Responsibilities:

• Drive broad expertise and knowledge across engineering domains, contributing to Anchorage's technical objectives and achieving goals in creative and effective ways
• Build and maintain deep knowledge in specialized areas, serving as an internal reference and recognized leader within the engineering organization
• Lead through complex, ambiguous problems where fundamental principles may not fully apply, demonstrating the ability to achieve innovative breakthroughs
• Manage final decisions on administrative and operational matters, ensuring budgets, timelines, and priorities align with both team and company objectives
• Own the technical output of the team, including product and platform features, with decisions that have long-term impact on Anchorage's success
• Collaborate actively with different groups across Anchorage to work on global strategy and identify new ways to deliver upon it
• Deliver a shared understanding of Anchorage's needs to rally teams, engaging with peers to develop methods and evaluation criteria with company-wide impact
• Listen and communicate complex issues clearly and credibly across a wide range of audiences, adapting communication strategy to persuade diverse stakeholders
• Contribute thoughtful leadership on broader organization programs and projects, building effective relationships with stakeholders including clients, team managers, and cross-functional partners

Requirements:

• 12+ years of relevant engineering experience, including significant experience leading and scaling engineering teams
• A track record of successfully managing medium to large teams, delivering results of significant scope, influence, and impact
• Experience leading through ambiguity—translating business strategy into actionable plans and guiding execution in complex, fast-moving environments
• Demonstrated ability to develop talent, coach managers and senior engineers, and build psychologically safe, high-performing teams
• Strong cross-functional communication skills with the ability to articulate clear strategy, influence stakeholders, and drive alignment across teams
• Real-world experience building complex distributed systems (we mostly use Go, but languages can be learned—we care about your engineering and management skills)
• You've maintained a 'player-coach' skillset and feel comfortable conducting live technical programming interviews and reviewing pull requests
• Experience managing geographically distributed teams, working cross-functionally across varying time zones
• Experience in crypto, blockchain, or fintech infrastructure at scale
• Background in the finance industry and traditional finance settlement operations
• Professional experience with Go/Rust/TypeScript/Solidity
• You were emotionally moved by the soundtrack to Hamilton, which chronicles the founding of a new financial system