Backend Engineering Team Lead

We are looking for a Backend-focused Engineering Team Lead to join our team as we scale up and drive digital and financial inclusion across our markets.

"Leading a team you will work as a servant leader, coach and contributor within a team which places emphasis on high quality output using infrastructure as code, observability and monitoring as well as automated testing in all environments, including production".

About Us

At M-KOPA, we are revolutionising financial inclusion and connectivity across Africa. We deploy multiple times per day, empowering our engineers to drive the architecture of our cutting-edge microservices. Our tech stack includes the latest .NET framework, C#, and Azure-hosted microservices managed with Kubernetes. We are committed to building a fully decoupled, event-driven architecture.

Why M-KOPA?

• Leadership Opportunity: Lead a team of talented engineers, guiding them through both legacy and greenfield projects.

• Innovative Environment: Continuously improve and innovate within a dynamic and supportive team.

• Remote Flexibility: Fully remote role within UTC -1 to UTC +3 time zones.

• Impactful Work: Contribute to a mission-driven company that has unlocked $1.5 billion in credit and impacted over 23 million lives through our products.

What You'll Do:

• Team Leadership: Mentor and lead a team of backend engineers, fostering a collaborative and high-performing environment. Lead as a servant leader, coach, and contributor, emphasising high-quality output using infrastructure as code, observability, and monitoring, as well as automated testing in all environments, including production.

• Full Ownership: Oversee the entire software stack, including supporting infrastructure, throughout the entire software lifecycle from inception, through production, and right the way to decommissioning under a DevOps culture.

• DevOps Culture: Champion continuous delivery, testing, and observability as first-order concerns.

• Tech Stack: Work with C#.NET, event-driven systems, microservices, and deployment technologies.

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:

• 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: If you are passionate about technology, love the challenge of improving legacy codebases while working on new projects, and value a remote work environment, M-KOPA is the place for you. Shape the future with us and make a real impact as a Software Engineering Team Lead.

We are looking for good grasp of / and experience with C#.NET, Event Driven Systems, microservices, testing and Deployment.

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.

Recognized thrice by the Financial Times as one 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.

Important Notice

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. 

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.