Senior Backend Engineer II & III (.NET)

About the Role

Join our expanding engineering team! We're hiring 2x permanent Senior Backend Engineers II & III to join our Asset Sales group as we scale one of the most important parts of M-KOPA 's FinTech platform. Build distributed, event-driven microservices and help shape what AI-native engineering looks like at M-KOPA . The Impact 💚 Your code will directly power the systems that put smartphones and e-motorbikes into the hands of Every Day Earners across Africa. We've already helped over 10 million customers access more than $2 billion in credit. It's your chance to be part of something that's literally transforming lives across an entire continent 🌍 The Opportunity 🎯 Mission-driven engineering : Every service you build helps expand financial inclusion for under-banked populations 🏆 Global recognition : Join a company named by the Financial Times as one of Africa's fastest-growing companies for five consecutive years (2022–2026) 🚀 Scale challenges : Build backend systems serving millions across multiple African markets 🤖 AI-native from day one : We're actively embracing AI as part of the engineering craft, not bolting it on 🌍 Fully distributed : Work remotely with diverse teams across UK, Europe, and Africa What You'll Do At M-KOPA , you'll build and operate distributed C# and .NET microservices on Azure, working within an event-driven architecture at significant scale. This is an outcomes-driven role: we care far more about the value you create than where you sit or how many hours you're online. You'll own what you build end-to-end — from idea, through implementation and deployment, into production and iteration. Technical Environment 💻 Modern C# stack : Distributed C# and .NET microservices Cloud & orchestration : Hosted on Azure using Kubernetes Architecture : Event-driven, supporting products used at significant scale Observability : Grafana, Azure Application Insights, logs, traces, and metrics AI tooling : Claude and other AI tools

Requirements & Qualifications

• Strong problem solving foundations, knowledge of modern engineering practices, and interest in technology systems.

Perks & Benefits

• Official mentor support
• verified hiring timeline
• and career progression.