Member of Technical Staff, Security Engineering

The role

This person will build and implement secure cryptographic controls across Anchorage Digital's infrastructure. They will review code, build threat models and lead medium and large Security Team initiatives.

What you will do

• Develop and implement high-quality, secure code for cryptographic controls throughout the infrastructure
• Review code across the technology stack and help engineering teams resolve security guardrail issues
• Foster an efficient testing culture while reducing technical debt
• Build robust, resilient components that other teams can integrate
• Develop and maintain threat models for cryptosystem guarantees
• Lead or substantially contribute to medium and large Security Team initiatives
• Break complex projects into tasks with time and scope estimates
• Mentor and guide engineers across the Engineering team
• Help plan the Security Team's strategic goals
• Communicate security insights clearly to technical and non-technical audiences

Required qualifications

• Applied cryptography: symmetric and asymmetric encryption, hashing, digital signatures, key exchange protocols
• Secure coding in Go, C++, C, and Rust, with a focus on cryptographic implementations
• Security architecture and implementation of secure systems
• Hardware Security Modules for key generation, storage and management
• Authentication and authorization mechanisms, including multi-factor authentication, OAuth 2.0 and role-based access control
• Threat modeling and prioritizing mitigation strategies
• Computer science fundamentals: concurrency, algorithms and data structures
• Care about code quality and test infrastructure
• Prioritize security, end-user experience and business value over cool tech

Nice to have

• Blockchain protocols experience
• Experience with Hardware Security Modules
• Reads blockchain protocol white papers and follows cryptoasset innovations

Before you apply

• All new hires must complete an in-person onboarding process, with no exceptions

About the company

Anchorage Digital is a crypto platform that enables institutions to participate in digital assets through custody, staking, trading, governance and settlement. It is home to Anchorage Digital Bank N.A., the first federally chartered crypto bank in the U.S.