M-KOPA City Of Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Overview
Join our expanding engineering team. We’re actively recruiting multiple Senior Backend Engineers as we continue to scale our growing FinTech division at M-KOPA. Build sophisticated event-driven microservices that unlock financial inclusion across Africa.
The Impact: Your code will directly power technology solutions for millions of people across Africa who’ve been excluded from traditional financial services. We’ve already helped over 5 million customers access over $1.5 billion in credit.
The Opportunity
* Mission-driven engineering: Every service you build helps expand financial inclusion for under-banked populations
* Global recognition: M-KOPA named by TIME 100 as one of the world’s most influential and by the Financial Times as Africa’s fastest-growing for 4 consecutive years (2022-2025)
* Scale challenges: Build backend systems serving millions across multiple African markets
* Environmental impact: We’re carbon-negative, having displaced over 2 million tonnes of emissions
What You'll Do
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.
Technical Environment
* Modern C# Stack: predominantly C# on the latest .NET stack
* Microservices & Cloud: microservices hosted on Azure using Kubernetes
* Event-Driven Architecture: decoupled event-driven evolution
* Mixed Environment: legacy services and greenfield microservices
Our Engineering Approach
As an engineer, you will work as a collaborator with more senior members coaching and contributing. Emphasis is placed on:
* High quality output
* Observability and monitoring
* Automated testing in all environments, including production
* Infrastructure as code and DevOps practices
What You Need
We expect you to be comfortable working as part of a team which owns the entire software stack, including supporting infrastructure, throughout the software lifecycle – from inception through production to decommissioning under a DevOps culture. You’ll value continuous delivery and embrace testing and observability as first-order concerns.
* Strong grasp of C# .NET development
* Experience with Event-Driven Systems
* Microservices architecture experience
* Testing and deployment expertise
* DevOps culture mindset
Location & Benefits
* Fully remote role within UTC -1 to UTC +3 time zones
* Work with diverse teams across UK, Europe, and Africa
* Professional development programs and coaching partnerships
* Family-friendly policies and flexible working arrangements
* Well-being support and career growth opportunities
Our Mission & Our Impact
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.
* Connected: 1.7 million first-time mobile internet users connected
* Prosperous: 62% of customers use M-KOPA smartphones for income generation
* Green: 2.1 million tonnes of CO2 avoided through clean energy products
Ready to build C# .NET solutions that create real-world financial inclusion while advancing your career in modern backend engineering? 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, prioritise well-being, and embrace flexibility.
Why M-KOPA? Join us in shaping the future of M-KOPA as we grow together. Explore more at m-kopa.com.
Applications for this position will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Shortlisting and interviews may take place at any stage during the recruitment process. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a suitable candidate is selected before the advertised closing date.
Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
Employment type: Full-time
Job function: Engineering and Information Technology
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