Senior Backend Engineer II & III Lisboa

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Join our expanding engineering team! We're continuing to hire multiple Senior Backend Engineers (I, II & III) as we scale our growing Fin
Tech team at M-KOPA. Build sophisticated
- driven microservices that unlock financial inclusion across Africa.

Overview

The Impact: Your code will directly power technology solutions for millions of people across Africa who have been excluded from traditional financial services. We’ve already helped over 7 million customers access over $2 billion in credit. It’s your chance to be part of something transforming lives across the continent.

The Opportunity

Mission-driven engineering: Every service you build helps expand financial inclusion for
- banked populations. Global recognition: Join a company named by TIME 100 as one of the
- 's most influential and by the Financial Times as Africa-'s
- growing for 4 consecutive years (2022-2025). Scale challenges: Build backend systems serving millions across multiple African markets. Environmental impact: We-'re
- negative, having displaced over 2. 1 million tonnes of emissions. Fully distributed: Work remotely with diverse teams across UK, Europe, and Africa.

What You’ll Do

At M-KOPA,
- 'll build sophisticated
- driven microservices with
- world impact. Our engineering teams own their solutions
-
- end—from architecture decisions to production monitoring. Combine
- edge. NET development with
- driven engineering that enables digital and financial inclusion across Africa.

Technical Environment

Modern C# stack: We use predominantly C# written against the latest. NET stack.

Microservices & Cloud: Microservices hosted on Azure using Kubernetes.

Event-Driven Architecture: We are iterating toward a decoupled,
- driven architecture.

Mixed Environment: We have both legacy services and greenfield microservices.

Your On-boarding Journey: You-'ll participate in our Internal Engineering Bootcamp—an immersive onboarding experience with our staff engineering group to explore our
- driven architecture and engineering practices.

Our Engineering Approach

We-'re looking for
- ego, experienced engineers who collaborate exceptionally well and embrace continual learning. You-'ll work as a collaborator with more senior members coaching and contributing. Emphasis on:

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

What You Need

We expect you to own the entire software stack, including supporting infrastructure, throughout the software lifecycle under a Dev
Ops culture. You-'ll value continuous delivery, testing, and observability as
- order concerns.

• 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 +3 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 for immersive onboarding
• Professional development programs and coaching partnerships
• Family-friendly policies and flexible working arrangements
• Well-being support and career growth opportunities

Our Mission & Impact

We create financial inclusion for the traditionally excluded through a fair, flexible,
- centric financing model. We strive to drive greater inclusion of women, youth, and
- income communities.

Our technology has created measurable change:

• 2. 5 million
  - time mobile internet users connected
• 70% of customers use M-KOPA products for income generation, with 35, 000 livelihoods created for agents
• 2. 1 million tonnes of CO₂ avoided through clean energy products and
  - mobility

Ready to build C#. NET solutions that create
- world financial inclusion?

Why M-KOPA? We empower our people to own their careers through diverse development programs, coaching partnerships, and
-
- job training. We support individual journeys with
- friendly policies, prioritize
- being, and embrace flexibility.

Join us in shaping the future of M-KOPA as we grow together. Explore more at m-kopa.com.

Important notices We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to assembling a diverse, broadly trained staff. Women, minorities, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply. We do not charge any recruitment fees at any stage of the hiring process. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis; the right to close the vacancy early applies.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology