Anchorage Digital - Member of Technical Staff, Security Engineering

• Develop and implement high-quality, secure code for cryptographic controls throughout our infrastructure. • Review code throughout the technology stack and help engineering teams resolve issues related to security guardrails. • Foster an efficient testing culture while reducing technical debt and unnecessary processes. • Complexity and Impact of Work: • Build robust, resilient components that are easily integrated by other teams to ensure asset and data security. • Develop and maintain threat models for cryptosystem guarantees, both internal and external. Monitor technical debt and proactively identify areas for improvement. • Lead or substantially contribute to medium and large Security Team initiatives with minimal oversight. Coordinate team members across engineering boundaries and drive projects from inception to completion. • Break complex projects into manageable tasks with accurate time and scope estimates. Present options clearly, analyze tradeoffs thoroughly, and provide well-reasoned priority recommendations. • Deliver work that aligns with departmental objectives, subject to review upon completion. Take ownership of tactical business targets that affect team performance. • Organizational Knowledge: • Understand and help implement the company’s strategy by participating in planning and defining the Security Team’s strategic goals in alignment with Anchorage Digital’s overall objectives. • Stay alert to emerging company objectives and industry trends that could affect organizational success. • Consider security holistically across the entire product ecosystem while fostering a security-first company culture. • Balance speed of delivery with careful planning and precision. • Communication and Influence: • Mentor and guide engineers throughout the Engineering team. Help them understand security’s impact on Anchorage Digital’s strategic goals, enabling them to develop new technologies and services safely with appropriate oversight. • Collaborate across teams to solve problems, review specifications, and engage in technical discussions. Communicate insights and recommendations clearly to improve processes and address technical debt. • Demonstrate empathy by understanding others’ context, needs, motivations, and concerns—adapting communication style to maximize effectiveness. • You may be a fit for this role if you have: • Cryptography: You possess a strong foundation in applied cryptography, including symmetric/asymmetric encryption, hashing algorithms, digital signatures, key exchange protocols, and common cryptographic libraries. • Cryptography: • Security Architecture and Implementation: You can contribute to the design and implementation of secure systems, with a focus on security best practices and industry standards. • Security Architecture and Implementation: • Hardware Security Modules (HSMs): You have experience with the configuration and use of HSMs for secure key generation, storage, and management, and understand their role in protecting sensitive cryptographic operations. • Hardware Security Modules (HSMs): • Authentication and Authorization: You understand and can implement various authentication and authorization mechanisms, including multi-factor authentication, OAuth 2.0, and role-based access control (RBAC). • Authentication and Authorization: • Threat Modeling: You can identify and assess potential threats to systems and applications, and effectively prioritize mitigation strategies. • Threat Modeling: • You have developed “computer science fundamentals”, i.e. concurrency, algorithms, and data structures • You genuinely care about code quality and test infrastructure. • You prioritize security, end-user experience, and business value over “cool tech.” • You self-describe as some combination of the following: creative, humble, ambitious, detail-oriented, hardworking, trustworthy, eager to learn, methodical, action-oriented, and tenacious. • Although not a requirement, bonus points if: • In your mind the word “crypto” stands for cryptography, not cryptocurrency. • You read blockchain protocol white papers for fun, and stay up to date with the proliferation of cryptoasset innovations. • You were emotionally moved by the soundtrack to Hamilton, which chronicles the founding of a new financial system. :)