Member of Technical Staff, Atlas (Front-End Engineer)

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.

Technical Skills:

Architect and own front-end systems, establishing patterns and component libraries that scale across the Atlas platform

Review code across the front-end engineering discipline while actively participating in product development and driving technical standards

Foster an efficient, deterministic testing culture with an emphasis on minimizing tech debt

Find elegant solutions to complex UI/UX problems, balancing user experience with technical constraints

Implement high-quality, performant code that is clear, concise, and well-tested

Participate in on-call rotations and troubleshoot, mitigate, and learn from production incidents

Complexity and Impact of Work:

Lead or significantly contribute to medium-to-large front-end projects that cross team boundaries, coordinating with other engineers

Break down large UI initiatives into smaller tasks and accurately estimate the scope of multi-person projects

Ship code that directly impacts institutional clients' ability to settle digital assets safely at scale

Find the right balance between progress (shipping quickly) and perfection (measuring twice)

Drive technical decisions that shape the Atlas front-end architecture

Organizational Knowledge:

Work across Atlas and adjacent product lines, understanding how front-end systems integrate with backend services and the broader Anchorage platform

Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Design, and Backend engineers

Ensure knowledge is shared amongst the team and no one is positioned as a single point of failure

Help scale the team through hiring, mentoring, and establishing best practices

Communication and Influence:

Mentor and guide other engineers on the team within front-end specialization, helping them understand strategic goals and how their work contributes

Work closely with Backend engineers to propose and review GraphQL API changes

Collaborate with Product managers and designers to brainstorm and align on new features

Influence architecture and product roadmap—have a seat at the table

Use compelling arguments to convey insights and recommendations on technical direction

You may be a fit for this role if you have:

You have 8+ years of professional experience building web applications and UIs, with deep expertise in React.js and TypeScript

You have architected front-end systems from scratch and supported them over meaningful periods of time

You have experience mentoring other engineers and driving technical standards across a team or organization

You genuinely care about code quality, test infrastructure, and developer experience

You have experience performing on-call support for production systems

You prioritize end-user experience and business value over "cool tech"

You have developed "computer science fundamentals"—i.e., concurrency, algorithms, and data structures (formal CS degree NOT required)

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:

You have production experience with web security (e.g., authentication, authorization, identity, API keys)

You have experience with system design for front-end applications at scale

You've built a Chrome extension or other browser-based tooling

You have professional experience with backend technologies (Go, C++, or similar)

You read blockchain protocol white papers for fun and stay up to date with the proliferation of cryptoasset innovations

You have a background in the finance or cryptocurrency industries

You were emotionally moved by the soundtrack to Hamilton, which chronicles the founding of a new financial system. :)