Anchorage Digital - Engineering Manager, Atlas

• 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 • Complexity and Impact of Work: • 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 • Organizational Knowledge: • 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 • Communication and Influence: • 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 • You may be a fit for this role if you have: • 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 • Although not a requirement, bonus points if: • 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. :)