Senior Backend Engineer II - AI-Driven Microservices, Remote

M-KOPA; Newcastle upon Tyne; Remote; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Growth Shares

On-Call Allowance

Home office setup budget

Personalised training budget

Flexible working arrangements

Job summary

M-KOPA is expanding its engineering team to deliver AI-native backend services in a fully distributed setup. You will build and operate distributed C# and .NET microservices on Azure, owning end-to-end delivery from concept to production across UK, Europe, and Africa.

This role emphasizes outcomes, scalability, and collaboration across time zones. Join a mission-driven fintech platform powering financial inclusion across Africa, with a modern tech stack and opportunities to shape the engineering

Qualifications

• Strong grasp of C# and .NET development.
• Experience with event-driven systems using messaging tech such as Azure Service Bus, Kafka or RabbitMQ.
• Microservices architecture experience on Azure and Kubernetes.
• Experience using observability tooling (Grafana, Application Insights) to understand production behaviour.
• Comfort using AI tools as part of daily engineering workflow (design, code review, testing, incident investigation).
• DevOps mindset with on-call/production ownership.
• Ability to collaborate in distributed teams across time zones.
• Continuous learning mindset and openness to feedback.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate distributed C# and .NET microservices on Azure.
• Own end-to-end delivery from idea to production and iteration.
• Ensure systems are resilient, observable, and scalable.

Skills

C# & .NET

Event-driven architecture

Azure

Kubernetes

Observability tooling

AI tools in workflow

Distributed systems

On-call ownership

Tools

Azure Service Bus

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Grafana

Application Insights

Job description

M-KOPA is expanding its engineering team to deliver AI-native backend services in a fully distributed setup. You will build and operate distributed C# and .NET microservices on Azure, owning end-to-end delivery from concept to production across UK, Europe, and Africa.

This role emphasizes outcomes, scalability, and collaboration across time zones. Join a mission-driven fintech platform powering financial inclusion across Africa, with a modern tech stack and opportunities to shape the engineering