Overview

Copper was founded in 2018 to set the standard for institutional digital asset infrastructure, with a focus on custody, collateral management, and prime services. Led by Global CEO Amar Kuchinad, Copper provides a comprehensive suite of custody, trading and settlement solutions that reduce counterparty risk and improve capital and operational efficiency in digital asset markets. Copper’s Multi-Party Computation (MPC) technology underpins its secure custody, enabling connections to centralized exchanges, DeFi applications and staking pools without assets leaving custody. ClearLoop is Copper’s market-leading solution that addresses counterparty risk with exchanges, underpinning a full prime services offering that enables customers to trade and settle directly from MPC-secured wallets. By reducing settlement time to a few milliseconds (without blockchain network dependencies) and enhancing security, ClearLoop is reshaping how asset managers trade and manage capital. Copper also maintains strong insurance coverage with an A+ rated insurer, reinforcing its position as a partner of choice for institutions seeking to safeguard assets.

This is an entry-level opportunity for an Associate Software Engineer to join our Exchanges team at Copper to build new back-end microservices and integrate with cryptocurrency exchanges.

Key Responsibilities

• As a key member of the engineering team, participate in every stage of product and feature development—from conceptualisation to architecture, to release, to iteration and support.
• Build backend services for new features and support existing product lines.
• Build integrations with traditional financial services providers and other third parties.
• Contribute to code reviews, architectural decisions and agile practices within the team.
• Develop a full understanding of current products.
• Provide support and solve problems for clients and stakeholders.

Your experience, skills and knowledge

• At least 2 years of experience building Scala/Java applications.
• Well-versed with the OOP/functional paradigm and design patterns.
• Familiarity with relational databases such as PostgreSQL.
• Understanding the importance of unit tests; ability to build automated tests for server-side code.
• Experience building and designing microservices.
• Experience with containerisation and DevOps practices.
• Experience building and optimizing systems for processing large amounts of data, at both the database level and in service interactions.

Benefits

• Paid Time Off - Minimum 35 days per year, inclusive of annual leave and public holidays; one additional day of annual leave per year of service.
• Comprehensive Medical Insurance including dental, optical, audiology, and mental health coverage, with medical history disregarded.
• Life Insurance.
• Enhanced Pension Contributions with employer matching.
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).

In return for what you bring to Copper, we offer an exciting, challenging role in a fast-growing and dynamic business with clear career opportunities and a welcoming working environment.

If you think you have what we’re looking for, we’d love you to apply.

Equal Employment 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.