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.
At Anchorage, we're building the infrastructure to support institutional access to digital assets and that means staying at the forefront of blockchain innovation. As a Blockchain Specialist, you'll be the team's go-to expert on how protocols work under the hood.
You'll partner across Product, Engineering, and Sales to help the team deeply understand the protocols and use cases our clients care about most staking, vesting, governance voting, and more. You'll also lead diligence on assets we're considering for support, researching the business, technical, and compliance dimensions of each opportunity.
This role is ideal for someone who loves going deep on blockchain mechanics, communicates complex ideas clearly, and thrives in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.
Technical Skills:
Develop deep expertise in blockchain protocols, consensus mechanisms, and on-chain operations (staking, vesting, governance)
Research and synthesize protocol whitepapers, technical documentation, and market data into actionable insights
Complexity and Impact of Work:
Own the full lifecycle of asset diligence projects from initial research through recommendation
Navigate ambiguity in emerging protocol designs and make sound judgment calls on prioritization
Organizational Knowledge:
Understand how protocol decisions impact Anchorage's product roadmap and client offerings
Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure engineering, product, and sales teams have the protocol knowledge they need
Communication and Influence
Translate complex technical concepts into clear documentation, reports, and presentations for diverse audiences
Build trust with stakeholders by proactively sharing relevant market trends, opportunities, and risks.
You may be a fit for this role if you have:
5-7+ years of experience in blockchain/crypto, technical research, or a related field with demonstrated depth in protocol mechanics
The technical ability to read and digest protocol whitepapers, technical documentation, and on-chain data—and present findings clearly to engineering, product, design, and sales teams
Familiarity with crypto analysis tools including block explorers (Etherscan, Solscan, etc.) and data aggregators
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
A collaborative mindset and experience working cross-functionally with product, engineering, and business teams
Although not a requirement, bonus points if:
You have previously published research, analyses, articles, or blogs on blockchain projects or protocols
You have hands-on experience with staking, governance voting, or other on-chain protocol participation
You were emotionally moved by the soundtrack to Hamilton, which chronicles the founding of a new financial system. :)
About Anchorage Digital: Who we are
The Anchorage Village, what we call our team, brings together the brightest minds from platform security, financial services, and distributed ledger technology to provide the building blocks that empower institutions to safely participate in the evolving digital asset ecosystem. As a diverse team of more than 600 members, we are united in one common goal: building the future of finance by providing the foundation upon which value moves safely in the new global economy.
Anchorage Digital is committed to being a welcoming and inclusive workplace for everyone, and we are intentional about making sure people feel respected, supported, and connected at work—regardless of who you are or where you come from. We value and celebrate our differences and we believe being open about who we are allows us to do the best work of our lives.
Anchorage Digital is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, 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.
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