Overview

Join our expanding engineering team! We're continuing to hire multiple Senior Backend Engineers (I, II & III) as we scale our growing FinTech team 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 7 million customers access over $2 billion in credit. It's your chance to be part of something transforming lives across an entire continent.

Link to Impact report: M-KOPA Impact Report 2025: Pathways to progress

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. You’ll combine cutting-edge .NET development with purpose-driven engineering that enables digital and financial inclusion across Africa.

Technical Environment

• Modern C# Stack: We use predominantly C# written against the latest .NET stack
• Microservices & Cloud: Microservices hosted on Azure using Kubernetes
• Event-Driven Architecture: We iterate toward a decoupled, event-driven architecture
• Mixed Environment: Both legacy services and greenfield microservices

Your On-boarding Journey

Participate in our Internal Engineering Bootcamp – an immersive onboarding with our staff engineering group. You’ll deep-dive into our event-driven architecture, engineering practices, and scaling approaches. We invest in getting you up to speed from day one.

Our Engineering Approach

We’re looking for low-ego, experienced engineers who collaborate exceptionally well and embrace continual learning. As an engineer, you’ll work as a collaborator with more senior members coaching and contributing, placing emphasis on:

• High quality output
• Observability and monitoring
• Automated testing in all environments, including production
• Infrastructure as code and DevOps practices
• Knowledge sharing and collaborative problem-solving

What You Need

You’ll be part of a team owning the entire software stack, including supporting infrastructure, throughout the software lifecycle under a DevOps culture. You’ll value continuous delivery, 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
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively in distributed teams
• Continuous learning mindset and openness to feedback

Location & Benefits

• Fully remote role within UTC -1 to UTC +3
• Work with diverse teams across UK, Europe, and Africa
• Personalised training budget
• Home office setup budget
• Internal Engineering Bootcamp and immersive onboarding
• Professional development programs and coaching
• Family-friendly policies and flexible working
• Well-being support and career growth opportunities

Our Mission and Impact

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

Our technology has created measurable change: 2.5 million first-time mobile internet users connected; 70% of customers use M-KOPA products for income generation, with 35,000 livelihoods created for agents; 2.1 million tonnes of CO₂ avoided through clean energy and e-mobility products.

Ready to build C# .NET solutions that create real-world financial inclusion?

Why M-KOPA? We empower our people to own their careers through diverse development programs, coaching, and on-the-job training. We support families with flexible policies, prioritize well-being, and embrace flexibility. Explore more at m-kopa.com.

Recognized by Financial Times as one of Africa’s fastest growing companies (2022-2025) and by TIME100 Most influential companies (2023-2024). We have served over 5 million customers, unlocking $1.5 billion in cumulative credit.

Important Notice M-KOPA is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply. We prohibit forced or child labour and comply with local laws for youth employment. We do not charge applicants any recruitment fees at any stage. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis; we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found.