Senior DevOps Engineer

Since being founded in 2018 Copper has been building the standard for institutional digital asset infrastructure with a focus on custody collateral management and prime services.

Led by Amar Kuchinad Coppers Global CEO the firm provides a comprehensive suite of custody trading and settlement solutions that reduce counterparty risk and bring greater capital and operational efficiency to digital asset markets. At the heart of Coppers offering is Multi-Party Computation (MPC) technology the gold standard in secure custody. Coppers multi-award winning custody system is unique in that it can be connected to centralised exchanges DeFi applications and even staking pools without the assets leaving the custody.

Built on top of this state-of-the-art custody ClearLoop is the first solution in the market that overcomes a growing industry challenge; counterparty risk with exchanges. This solution underpins a full prime services offering connecting global exchanges and enabling customers to trade and settle directly from the safety of their MPC-secured wallets. By reducing settlement time for transfers to a few milliseconds (without blockchain network dependency) and offering enhanced security measures ClearLoop is rapidly reshaping the way asset managers trade and manage capital.

In addition to industry-leading security certifications Copper has one of the strongest insurance coverages in the industry from an A rated insurer positioning the firm as the partner of choice for institutions seeking to safeguard their assets.

Department/Team Purpose:

The Engineering department is the backbone ofCopper; entrusted with the critical responsibility of building and securing the infrastructure that safeguards billions of dollars in digital assets. Weoperateat the intersection of traditional institutional finance and decentralized blockchain technology.

We believe the best infrastructure comes from curious minds working openly together. Our engineering organisation brings together people with diverse backgrounds and experiences who genuinely enjoy solving hard problems. We foster a blame-free intellectually honest environment whereyoureencouraged to take thoughtful risks and think the autonomy to own meaningful projects while gaining the support you need to grow your skills and advance your career.

Role Purpose:

Werelooking for a Senior DevOps engineer at the intersection of software development and platform this role your focus will be enabling fast reliable and secure delivery of our systems whilst continuously improving how our infrastructure is built and operated including our blockchain environments.

Day-to-dayyoulltackle platform and deployment challenges through pragmatic engineering and andoperatescalable self-service infrastructure CI/CD pipelines and blockchain platforms including node provisioning network deployment and lifecycle build and release pipelines improve system resilience and ensure traditional and blockchain infrastructure can scale with the needs of the business.

You will collaborate closely with engineering and SRE teams focusing on infrastructure as code developer experience and operational scalability across the engineering organisation with ownership of the reliability and performance of blockchain nodes and supporting systems.

Key Responsibilities:

• Building a fault-tolerant geographically distributed infrastructure: support of multiple data centres providing replication sharding auto balancing and failover.

• Participating in deployment of services with strict availability requirements on a large-scale environment and working together with other Engineers to ensure our systems meet current and future demand.

• Develop andmaintaincode for automated infrastructure management (DevOps Infrastructure as Code) with the use of Ansible and Terraform.

• Working collaboratively with the Backend Engineering team to increase our resilience through insightful systems and application metrics.

• Improving our CI/CD pipeline to provide new integration vectors. Building andmaintaininginfrastructure for its own fleet of blockchain nodes (>25 layer 1 protocols now and more to come)

• On-Call support to ensure 24/7 availability of all systems.

Skills and Experience:

Essential

• 5years experienceas a DevOps Engineer operating production-grade infrastructure.

• Hands-on experience running and maintaining blockchain infrastructure (e.g. node deployment syncing upgrades monitoring and troubleshooting).

• Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform CloudFormation) and automated environment provisioning.

• Strong experience with containerisation and Kubernetes including production operations and cluster management; EKS preferred.

• Experience building and operating CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and deployment tools such asArgoCD.

• Solid understanding of networking fundamentals (VPCs routing load balancing DNS firewalls).

• Experience implementing andoperatingsecure systems (IAM secrets management network security controls vulnerability management).

• Proficiencywith at least one development language (e.g. bash Python Go).

• Strong troubleshooting skills across distributed systems and production environments.

• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities.

• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.

Desirable

• Experience working within crypto organisation

• Experience in Financial Services

Why Copper

At Copper wekeep innovation openness and curiosity at thecentreofeverythingwe do. Here boldideas get the spotlight learning is constant and diversity shapes our team from the ground up.

Jump into a fast-moving dynamic team that loves a challenge and knows how to have fun along the is just as important as resultsyoullbe surrounded bysmartdrivencolleagues in London and across our APAC Switzerland UAE and US offices.

Hybrid working model we believe in the value of bringing people together and at the same time we embrace theadaptability offlexibly working.

Diversity and inclusionmatterto ustheyrewoven employee-led groups like Women at Copper to a committee focused on community and wellbeingyoullhave a network that supports you from day one. Everyonevoice matters.

Ifyourelooking toramp up your career orkeen todo something new in your fieldwith usyoullkeep moving forward.

Ready to make your mark keep growing and join a supportive dynamic team Coppers the place.

The interview process atCopper

Our interview process is designed to be thoughtful efficient and engaging. While specific steps may vary slightly depending on the role the typical journey includes:

1. Initial ScreeningA brief conversation with our Talent Acquisition team to explore your background motivations and alignment with the role.

1. Technical InterviewA virtual session conducted via Microsoft Teams whereyoullengage with team members to discuss relevant skills problem-solving approaches and technical experience.

1. In-Person InterviewA conversation focused on team dynamics collaboration style and any final technical questions. This may be with cross-functional peers or leadership.

Additionalsteps may be added based on the roles complexity or seniority. We aim to keep the process transparent and respectful of your time.

Benefits

In return for everything you can bring toCopper we can offer you an exciting challenging role in a fast-growing and dynamic business with career opportunities andwelcomingworking environment. Some of our key UK benefits are highlighted below:

• Paid Time Off - A minimum of 35 days of paid time off per yearinclusive ofannual leave and public holidays. Employees also receive oneadditionalday of annual leave for each year of service.

• Comprehensive Medical Insurance - Inclusive of dental optical audiology and mental health coverage with medical history disregarded

• Life Insurance

• Enhanced Pension Contributions - Includes an enhanced employer matching contribution
• 24/7 Employee AssistanceProgramme(EAP)

If you think you have everythingwerelooking for and more thenwedlove you to apply for the opportunity.

Copper is an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and equal opportunities in a serious way. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds perspectives and skills. The more inclusive we are the better our work will be. So bring us your experience perspectives and skills. It is in our differences that we will continue to grow and ensure Copper is transforming how institutional investors engage with digital assets. Copper is a Disability Confident Employer please let us know if you have a disability. If you require us to provide any assistance during the recruitment process then we would ask you to highlight this to us and we will be happy to accommodate.