Anchorage Digital · 3 hours ago
Talent Team Lead, Product, Design, & Engineering
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
8+ years expAnchorage Digital is seeking a crypto-native technical recruiter to lead the recruitment for their Protocols/Blockchain engineering teams. This role involves owning the full recruiting lifecycle and mentoring other recruiters while focusing on sourcing and closing for highly technical roles in a fast-paced environment.
BlockchainCryptocurrencyFinancial ServicesFinTechSoftware
Responsibilities
Owns end-to-end recruiting for the most technically demanding engineering roles
Executes creative sourcing strategies for deeply technical, hard-to-find talent (distributed systems, blockchain, cryptography)
Constructs robust pipelines with measurable metrics
Reverse-engineers pipeline math independently (screens, loops, offers needed to hit hiring goals)
Runs experiments to improve efficiency and scales what works
Independently owns hiring outcomes for high-stakes roles without hand-holding
Executes full-cycle recruiting with strong conversion metrics
Partners with engineering managers and technical leads to calibrate on bar, refine interview loops, and close competitive offers
Escalates appropriately on process changes, bar adjustments, and stakeholder commitments
Works cross-functionally with engineers, EMs, and executives, flexing communication style based on audience
Builds credibility with skeptical hiring managers through technical calibration
Maintains tight feedback loop with leadership on progress, blockers, and learnings
Balances velocity with judgment on things that ripple across teams
Takes feedback cleanly, gives it constructively
Adapts approach based on stakeholder needs and hiring manager input
Mentors junior recruiters on pipeline strategy, technical calibration, and closing under pressure
Extracts playbooks from successes and teaches others to replicate
Qualification
Required
8+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with significant time spent in crypto, fintech, or adjacent infrastructure spaces where you understand the talent landscape and candidate motivations
Track record of hiring for deeply technical roles (blockchain, distributed systems, security, or similar) where candidates are competitive and closing requires more than just meeting compensation expectations
Demonstrated ability to close competitive candidates with numbers to prove it: you can cite offer acceptance rates, wins against competing offers, or walk through creative close strategies under pressure
Experience pitching equity in a way that inspires candidates to bet on upside rather than just comparing cash offers
History of mentoring other recruiters on pipeline strategy, technical calibration, and closing
Willingness to get in the weeds when stakes are high: you source, screen, and close alongside your team when it matters, while also knowing what to delegate and when to ask for help
Experience in an environment where you were measured on placements or hires, not arbitrary activity: agency recruiting, quota-carrying in-house roles, or a sales-adjacent background where closing is the desired outcome
Preferred
You've worked at a crypto-native company where you already know the talent pools, compensation dynamics, and how to sell the opportunity to engineers who have competing offers
You were emotionally moved by the soundtrack to Hamilton, which chronicles the founding of a new financial system
Company
Anchorage Digital
Anchorage Digital is a regulated crypto platform that provides institutions with integrated financial services and infrastructure solutions.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$487MKey Investors
Kohlberg Kravis RobertsGICBlockchain Capital
2021-12-15Series D· $350M
2021-02-25Series C· $80M
2019-07-10Series B· $40M
Leadership Team
Nathan McCauley
Co-Founder and CEO
Diogo Mónica
Co-Founder and Executive Chairman
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