Senior Backend Engineer Ii & Iii

M-Kopa; Remote; ZAR 300 000 - 400 000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic technology company is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to build event-driven microservices that positively impact financial inclusion across Africa. The role involves end-to-end ownership of solutions, from architecture to production. The ideal candidate has a strong grasp of C#, experience in event-driven systems, and a collaborative mindset for working with distributed teams. This remote position supports professional development with a personalized training budget and offers well-being support, family-friendly policies, and career growth opportunities.

Benefits

Personalised training budget

Home office setup budget

Internal Engineering Bootcamp

Professional development programs and coaching

Family-friendly policies

Flexible working arrangements

Well-being support

Qualifications

• Comfortable working as part of a team that owns the entire software stack.
• Embrace testing and observability as first-order concerns in development.

Responsibilities

• Build sophisticated event-driven microservices with real-world impact.
• Participate in end-to-end ownership from architecture to production monitoring.

Skills

Strong grasp of C#

.NET development

Experience with event-driven systems

Microservices architecture experience

Testing and deployment expertise

Dev Ops culture mindset

Proven ability to collaborate effectively in distributed teams

Continuous learning mindset

Job description

Senior Backend Engineer II & III

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 have been excluded from traditional financial services.

You've already helped over 7 million customers access over $2 billion in credit.

It's your chance to be part of something that literally transforms lives across an entire continent.

M-KOPA Impact Report : Pathways to progress

Opportunity Mission-driven engineering : Every service you build expands financial inclusion for under-banked populations.

Global recognition : Join a company named by TIME and Financial Times Africa's fastest-growing for 4 consecutive years ).

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 the 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 : Predominantly C# written against the latest.

NET stack.

Microservices & Cloud : Favored microservices hosted on Azure using Kubernetes.

Event-driven architecture : Constantly iterating towards a completely decoupled, event-driven architecture.

Mixed environment : Both legacy services and greenfield microservices.

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 dive into our event-driven architecture, explore our engineering practices, and understand how we build systems at scale.

Our Engineering Approach

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

What You Need

Comfortable working as part of a team that owns the entire software stack, including supporting infrastructure, throughout the entire software lifecycle – from inception through production to decommissioning under a Dev Ops culture.

Value the constraints that continuous delivery places on 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.
• Dev Ops 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 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.
• 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.

Our Impact 2.5 million first-time mobile internet users connected.

70% of customers use M-KOPA products for income generation, with 35, livelihoods created for agents.

2.1 million tonnes of CO2 avoided through clean energy products and e-mobility, with over , circular economy products provided.

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.

Explore more at .

Recognized four times by the Financial Times as one Africa's fastest growing companies , , and ) and by TIME Most influential companies in the world and , we've served over 6 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.

It ensures employees are of legal working age and complies with local laws for youth employment or student work.

M-KOPA does not collect / charge any money as a pre-employment or post-employment requirement.

This means 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.

Applications for this position will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Shortlisting and interviews will take place at any stage during the recruitment process.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a suitable candidate is selected before the advertised closing date.

If your application is successful, M-KOPA undertakes pre-employment background checks as part of its recruitment process, including criminal records, identification verification, academic qualifications, employment dates, and employer references.