• Application Deadline:
• Position: Senior Backend Engineer II & III



• Job Type Full Time , Remote



• Qualification BA/BSc/HND



• Experience



• Location Lagos




• Job Field Engineering / Technical 
  
  

Description

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.

The Opportunity

• Mission-driven engineering: Every service you build helps expand financial inclusion for under-banked populations


• Global recognition: Join a company 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 2.1 million tonnes of emissions


• Fully distributed: Work remotely with diverse teams across UK, Europe, and Africa

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: 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


• Your On-boarding Journey: When you join, you'll participate in our Internal Engineering Bootcamp - an immersive on-boarding experience with our staff engineering group. You'll deep-dive into our event-driven architecture, explore our engineering practices, and understand how we approach building systems at scale. We invest in getting you up to speed properly 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

• We expect you to be comfortable working as part of a team which owns the entire software stack, including supporting infrastructure, throughout the entire software lifecycle - from inception through production to decommissioning under a DevOps culture.


• You'll value the constraints that continuous delivery places upon engineering processes and embrace testing and observability as first-order concerns in development.

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

Additional Information:

• Fully remote role within UTC -1 to UTC +3 time zones


• Work with diverse teams distributed across UK, Europe, and Africa


• Personalised training budget to support your development


• Home office setup budget


• Internal Engineering Bootcamp: Join our staff engineering group for an immersive onboarding where you'll deep-dive into our event-driven architecture and engineering practices


• Professional development programs and coaching partnerships


• Family-friendly policies and flexible working arrangements


• Well-being support and career growth opportunities.