Senior Backend Engineer

Join our expanding engineering team
We're actively recruiting a Senior Backend Engineer to help scale M-KOPA Mobility, our fast-growing e-mobility business.
This is an initial 12-month Fixed Term Contract, with the potential to extend or transition into a permanent role.
Build the event-driven microservices that power clean, affordable transport for riders and entrepreneurs across Africa.The ImpactAfrica's transport sector is massive, underserved, and at an inflection point, and the transition to electric is accelerating, led by East Africa.
Your code will directly power the technology behind Kenya's leading e-mobility financing platform.
We've already financed over 11,000 electric motorbikes, helping riders save more than $3 a day and cutting air pollution by 90%.
It's your chance to build tech for a business that's literally transforming lives across an entire continent.The OpportunityMission-driven engineering: Every service you build helps put clean transport within reach of riders who'd otherwise be locked out of ownershipGlobal recognition: Join a company named by the Financial Times as one of Africa's fastest-growing companies for 5 consecutive years running **)Scale challenges: Build backend systems for a business growing at 3x year-on-year, with over 11,000 e-motorbikes financed and demand climbingReal climate impact: Electric is simply better for drivers, cities, and the planet — our e-motorbikes cut air pollution by 90% versus petrol equivalentsWhat You'll DoAt 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 EnvironmentLanguages & frameworks: C#/.
NETCloud: We work in Azure, and welcome experience across AWS or GCPArchitecture: Event-driven systems and microservice development - we use Service Bus, and welcome experience with similar messaging technologies such as Kafka or RabbitMQInfrastructure: Kubernetes, DockerObservability: Prometheus, GrafanaEngineering culture: DevOps, infrastructure as code, automated testing across all environments including production, continuous deliveryAI tooling: We use AI coding tools including Claude Code as part of our engineering workflowOur Engineering ApproachAs an engineer, you will work as a collaborator.
More senior members will coach and contribute, placing an emphasis on:High quality outputObservability and monitoringAutomated testing in all environments, including productionInfrastructure as code and DevOps practicesWhat You NeedWe 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 developmentExperience with event-driven systems - Service Bus or similar messaging technologies such as Kafka or RabbitMQMicroservices architecture experienceExperience with Azure, or other major cloud providers such as AWS or GCPFamiliarity with containerisation and orchestration tools (Kubernetes, Docker)Experience with observability tools such as Prometheus and GrafanaTesting and deployment expertiseDevOps culture mindsetExperience working with AI coding tools, ideally Claude Code or similarLocation & BenefitsInitial 12-month Fixed Term Contract, with potential to extend or transition into a permanent roleFully remote role within UTC -1 to UTC +3 time zonesWork with diverse teams across UK, Europe, and AfricaProfessional development programs and coaching partnershipsFamily-friendly policies and flexible working arrangementsWell-being support and career growth opportunitiesOur MissionWe create financial inclusion for the traditionally excluded through a fair, flexible, customer-centric financing model, with M-KOPA Mobility extending that same model to clean transport.
We strive to drive greater inclusion of women, youth, and low-income communities.Our ImpactConnected: 6 million smartphone customers, 2.5 million first-time smartphone usersProsperous: 70% of customers use their M-KOPA product for income generation, with 35,000+ livelihoods created for agentsGreen: 11,000+ e-motorbikes financed, growing 3x year-on-year, cutting air pollution by 90% and helping riders save more than $3 a dayReady to build C# .
NET solutions that put clean, affordable transport within reach of Every Day Earners, while advancing your career in modern backend engineering?
At M-KOPA, we empower our people to own their career