Senior Backend Engineer (.Net)

M-Kopa Kenya Limited; Durban; Remote; ZAR 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in financial technology seeks a Senior Backend Engineer to develop sophisticated microservices with real-world impact. The successful candidate will work in a collaborative environment from architecture decisions to production monitoring, embodying continuous delivery and robust DevOps practices. Join a team committed to financial inclusion across Africa while advancing your career in modern backend engineering.

Benefits

Family-friendly policies

Diverse development programs

Coaching partnerships

On-the-job training

Flexibility in work hours

Qualifications

• Strong grasp of C# and .NET.
• Experience with event-driven architectures.
• Comfortable working in a DevOps culture.

Responsibilities

• Build event-driven microservices.
• Ownership of solutions from architecture to production.
• Embrace automated testing and observability.

Skills

C#

Event Driven Systems

Microservices

Testing

Deployment

Job description

We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our growing team at M-KOPA.

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."

About us At M-KOPA, we're revolutionising financial inclusion and connectivity across Africa through innovative technology solutions.

Our platform has unlocked $1.5 billion in credit, connected 1.7 million first-time internet users, and impacted over 23 million lives.

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 Our Engineering Approach As an engineer, you will work as a collaborator.

More senior members will coach and contribute, placing an emphasis on : High quality output Observability and monitoring Automated testing in all environments, including production Infrastructure as code and DevOps practices Our roles are fully remote , within the following time zone (UTC -1 / UTC).

Our engineers work remotely from locations such as UK, Europe and Africa.

What You'll Bring 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.

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 Our technology has created measurable change : Connected : 1.7 million first-time mobile internet users connected Prosperous : 62% of customers use M-KOPA smartphones for income generation, with 30,+ livelihoods created for agents Green : 2.1 million tonnes of CO2 avoided through clean energy products, with over , circular economy products provided Join us in building C# .NET solutions that create real-world financial inclusion while advancing your career in modern backend engineering!

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.

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Recognized thrice 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 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-KOPAexplicitly 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 / chargeany money as a pre-employment or post-employment requirement.

This meansthat 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.

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