Engineering Lead, Security Operations

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. The mission of an Engineering Lead is to drive the healthy growth of the engineering organization. As an Engineering Lead for the Security Operations team, you are expected to help with hiring high-caliber Engineers to support the growth of the team, mentor and collaborate with team members to work toward their career goals, and drive the processes that can sustain a high-performance engineering team. People make this organization and as an Engineering Lead, it is your mission to cultivate and contribute to Anchorage's culture, coach and mentor team members, help refine our roadmap and provide continuous support with our recruiting efforts.The mission of an Engineering Lead for Security Operations is to drive the healthy growth of a high-performing security engineering team. As an Engineering Lead, you are expected to hire for growth, create an environment of high ownership, and work with leadership to continuously improve our organization.As an Engineering Lead for Security Operations, you will refine our security roadmap, drive operational excellence in vulnerability management and incident response, create technology strategy for security automation, and use your influence to facilitate judgment and critical thinking in decision making across your organization.We have created the Factors of Growth & Impact to help Villagers better measure impact and articulate coaching, feedback, and the rich and rewarding learning that happens while exploring, developing, and mastering the capabilities and contributions within and outside of the Engineering Lead, Security Operations role.Core Competencies:8+ years of technical experience including full-time security engineering or software engineering, with 3+ years of leadership experience as a formal people managerYou have experience leading distributed teams, working cross-functionally across varying time zonesDeep understanding of security fundamentals including vulnerability management, incident response, security monitoring, and secure coding practicesYou've maintained a "player-coach" skillset with the ability to provide technical guidance while managing people and processesYou genuinely enjoy learning new things and have a proven track record of diving below the surface when faced with uncertainty, understanding the "why" and the "how," not just the "what"Technical Skills:Demonstrate extensive knowledge across multiple security domains (vulnerability management, incident response, security monitoring, application security) with deep expertise in at least one areaApply expertise and analytical skills to independently solve complex security problems, influencing solutions across your team and multiple functionsContribute to department strategies, security frameworks, systems, and processes, ensuring alignment with broader organizational prioritiesComplexity and Impact of Work:Take ownership of complex security challenges, selecting the best methods and approaches with minimal oversightLead and significantly contribute to large, cross-functional security projects, driving execution and impact across multiple teamsBreak down large-scale security initiatives into manageable tasks, proactively assessing trade-offs and priorities independentlyIndependently navigate ambiguity, anticipating challenges and escalating only for critical blockersDeliver results that impact your department, with accountability for tactical security targetsOrganizational Knowledge:Monitor security industry trends and internal objectives to inform team and department-level goal-setting and decision-makingUnderstand and proactively communicate how security work drives Anchorage's long-term growth and competitive advantageLead hiring efforts, ensuring the recruitment and retention of top security talent by submitting referrals, conducting interviews, mentoring interviewers, and actively participating in external recruiting eventsCommunication and Influence:Mentor mid to experienced teammates and help them align their efforts with department goals and company strategyDemonstrate