Senior Backend Engineer I

Senior Backend Engineer I Company: M‑KOPA We are 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. What You’ll Do At M‑KOPA, you will build sophisticated event‑driven microservices with real‑world impact. Our engineering teams own their solutions end‑to‑end, from architecture decisions to production monitoring. Key Highlights Mission‑driven engineering: Every service you build helps expand financial inclusion for under‑banked populations. Global recognition: Company named by TIME 100 and Financial Times as Africa’s fastest‑growing for four consecutive years (2022‑2025). Scale challenges: Build backend systems serving millions across multiple African markets. Environmental impact: Carbon‑negative, has displaced over 2.1 million tonnes of emissions. Fully distributed: Work remotely with diverse teams across UK, Europe, and Africa. Impact Report Link to Impact report: M‑KOPA Impact Report 2025: Pathways to progress Technical Environment Modern C# Stack: We use predominantly C# against the latest .NET stack. Microservices & Cloud: We favour microservices hosted on Azure using Kubernetes. Event‑Driven Architecture: We iteratively move toward a completely decoupled, event‑driven architecture. Mixed Environment: Legacy services and greenfield microservices coexist. On‑boarding Journey When you join, you participate in our Internal Engineering Bootcamp – an immersive on‑boarding experience with our staff engineering group. You will deep‑dive into our event‑driven architecture, engineering practices, and how we build systems at scale. Engineering Approach 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 We expect you to be comfortable working as part of a team that owns the entire software stack and supporting infrastructure throughout the software lifecycle – from inception through production to decommissioning under a DevOps culture. Required Experience 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 time zones. Work with diverse teams distributed across the UK, Europe, and Africa. Personalised training budget to support your development. Home office setup budget. Internal Engineering Bootcamp. Professional development programs and coaching partnerships. Family‑friendly policies and flexible working arrangements. Well‑being support and career growth opportunities. 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. Impact Connected: 2.5 million first‑time mobile internet users connected. Prosperous: 70% of customers use M‑KOPA products for income generation, with 35,000 livelihoods created for agents. Green: 2.1 million tonnes of CO₂ avoided through clean energy products and e‑mobility. 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. Equal Opportunity Employer 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 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. Recruitment Process All standard pre‑employment checks are performed. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and shortlisting and interviews may occur at any time. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a suitable candidate is selected before the advertised closing date. M‑KOPA does not collect or charge any money as a pre‑employment or post‑employment requirement. 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 comply with local laws for youth employment or student work, such as internships or apprenticeships. M‑KOPA is committed to a fair hiring process and will not request any fees from applicants. All background checks will include criminal records, identification verification, academic qualifications, employment dates, and employer references. #J-18808-Ljbffr