Member of Technical Staff, Security Engineering
AI summary of the role
Anchorage Digital seeks a Member of Technical Staff for its Security Engineering team to design and implement cryptographic controls across its institutional crypto platform.
What you’ll do
- Develop and implement high-quality, secure code for cryptographic controls throughout infrastructure.
- Review code across the technology stack and help engineering teams resolve security guardrail issues.
- Build robust, resilient components that other teams can easily integrate to ensure asset and data security.
- Develop and maintain threat models for cryptosystem guarantees, both internal and external.
What you’ll bring
- Deep understanding of modern cryptography: symmetric/asymmetric encryption, hashing, key management, cryptographic protocols.
- Secure coding expertise in Go, C++, C, and Rust with focus on cryptographic implementations.
- Experience with Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) for key generation, storage, and management.
- Strong systems thinking and ability to analyze complex distributed architectures for vulnerabilities.
Technologies
Go · C++ · C · Rust · Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) · OAuth 2.0 · RBAC · cryptographic libraries · threat modeling · blockchain protocols
About Anchorage Digital
Regulated crypto platform for institutions, combining custody, trading, staking, settlement, and stablecoin infrastructure through the only federally chartered crypto bank in the U.S.
Private Late · 200–500 people
Source and classification
Internal deployment & tooling · Evidence for this classification:
secure, efficient, and well-documented code in Go, C++, C, and Rust, with a focus on cryptographic implementations. Systems thinking: Ability to analyze complex systems, identify potential vulnerabilities, and design robust security solutions within a distributed architecture. Experience with Hardware Security Modules is a plus. Strong problem-solving skills: Capacity to troubleshoot cryptographic issues, analyze security threats, and develop effective mitigation strategies. Excellent communication and collaboration: Ability to clearly explain complex cryptographic concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences. Technical Skills: 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
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At Anchorage Digital, we are building the world’s most advanced digital asset platform for institutions to participate in crypto. Anchorage Digital is a crypto platform that enables institutions to participate in digital assets through custody, staking, trading, governance, settlement, and the industry's leading security infrastructure. Home to Anchorage Digital Bank N.A., the first federally chartered crypto bank in the U.S., Anchorage Digital also serves institutions through Anchorage Digital Singapore, Porto by Anchorage Digital, and other offerings. The company is funded by leading institutions including Andreessen Horowitz, GIC, Goldman Sachs, KKR, and Visa, with its Series D valuation over $3 billion. Founded in 2017 in San Francisco, California, Anchorage Digital has offices in New York, New York; Porto, Portugal; Singapore; and Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Learn more at anchorage.com, on X @Anchorage, and on LinkedIn. With the evolving landscape of digital threats and an increasing volume of sophisticated attacks by malicious actors, we have a security policy mandating all new hires complete an in-person onboarding process - no exceptions. Security is our foundation and we prioritize physical identity verification and secure IT setup. While our security and IT logistics require physical presence to protect our infrastructure from sophisticated global threats, this move [... source excerpt omitted ...] ship, marital status, disability, gender identity or veteran status. Anchorage Digital considers qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with other legal requirements. “Anchorage Digital” refers to services that are offered either through Anchorage Digital Bank National Association, an OCC-chartered national trust bank, or Anchorage Lending CA, LLC a finance lender licensed by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, License No. 60DBO-11976, or Anchorage Digital Singapore Pte Ltd, a Singapore private limited company, all wholly-owned subsidiaries of Anchor Labs, Inc., a Delaware corporation. Protecting your privacy rights is importa
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