Job Description

We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our growing team at M-KOPA. At M-KOPA, you'll build sophisticated event-driven microservices with real-world impact. Our engineering teams own their solutions end-to-end – from architecture decisions to production monitoring. Join us in combining cutting-edge .NET development with purpose-driven engineering that makes digital and financial inclusion possible across Africa.

About Us

At M-KOPA, we're revolutionising financial inclusion and connectivity across Africa through innovative technology solutions. Our platform has unlocked $1.5 billion in credit, connected 1.7 million first-time internet users, and impacted over 23 million lives.

Technical Environment

• Modern C# Stack: We use predominantly C# written against the latest .NET stack.
• Microservices & Cloud: We favour microservices hosted on Azure using Kubernetes.
• Event-Driven Architecture: We are constantly iterating towards a completely decoupled, event-driven architecture.

• Mixed Environment: We have both legacy services and greenfield microservices.

  Our Engineering Approach

  As an engineer, you will work as a collaborator. More senior members will coach and contribute, placing an emphasis on:

• High-quality output
• Observability and monitoring
• Automated testing in all environments, including production

• Infrastructure as code and DevOps practices

  Remote Work

  Our roles are fully remote, within the following time zone (UTC -1 / UTC+3). Our engineers work remotely from locations such as UK, Europe, and Africa.

  Our Mission

  We create financial inclusion for the traditionally excluded through a fair, flexible, customer-centric financing model. We strive to drive greater inclusion of women, youth, and low-income communities.

  Our Impact

  Our technology has created measurable change:

• Connected: 1.7 million first-time mobile internet users connected.
• Prosperous: 62% of customers use M-KOPA smartphones for income generation, with 30,000+ livelihoods created for agents.

• Green: 2.1 million tonnes of CO2 avoided through clean energy products, with over 100,000 circular economy products provided.

  Join us in building C# .NET solutions that create real-world financial inclusion while advancing your career in modern backend engineering!

  Why M-KOPA?

  At M-KOPA, we empower our people to own their careers through diverse development programs, coaching partnerships, and on-the-job training. We support individual journeys with family-friendly policies, prioritize well-being, and embrace flexibility.

  Join us in shaping the future of M-KOPA as we grow together. Explore more at m-kopa.com.

  Recognition

  Recognized thrice by the Financial Times as one of Africa's fastest growing companies (2022, 2023, and 2024) and by TIME100 Most influential companies in the world 2023 and 2024, we've served over 5 million customers, unlocking $1.5 billion in cumulative credit for the unbanked across Africa.

  Equal Opportunity

  M-KOPA is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to assembling a diverse, broadly trained staff. Women, minorities, and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply. M-KOPA explicitly prohibits the use of Forced or Child Labour and respects the rights of its employees to agree to terms and conditions of employment voluntarily, without coercion, and freely terminate their employment on appropriate notice. M-KOPA shall ensure that its Employees are of legal working age and shall comply with local laws for youth employment or student work, such as internships or apprenticeships.

  Hiring Policy

  M-KOPA does not collect/charge any money as a pre-employment or post-employment requirement. This means that we never ask for ‘recruitment fees’, ‘processing fees’, ‘interview fees’, or any other kind of money in exchange for offer letters or interviews at any time during the hiring process.

• Good grasp of and experience with C#.NET
• Experience with Event Driven Systems
• Experience with microservices
• Understanding of testing and deployment
• Comfortable working as part of a team owning the entire software stack
• Experience with supporting infrastructure throughout the entire software lifecycle
• Embrace testing and observability as first-order concerns in development
• Experience with continuous delivery constraints in engineering processes