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Our mission: To make financing for everyday essentials accessible to everyone

Software Engineering Team Lead

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Software Engineering Team Lead

M-KOPA

Role Description Join our growing FinTech Engineering team! We're recruiting a Software Engineering Team Lead to spearhead the delivery of our new loan origination architecture, compliance systems, and pricing platform - infrastructure that will power M-KOPA's next phase of expansion across Africa. The Impact - Your architecture will directly shape how millions of people access credit for the first time. - We've already served over 7 million customers and unlocked more than $2 billion in credit since we began. - Every system you design, every engineer you develop, and every decision you make contributes to a platform that's transforming financial inclusion across an entire continent. The Opportunity - Mission-driven engineering: Your daily work enables affordable smartphones, digital loans, and financial services for Africa's Every Day Earners. - Global recognition: Join a FinTech company named by TIME 100 as one of the world's most influential and by the Financial Times as Africa's fastest-growing company for five consecutive years (2022–2026). - Scale that matters: You'll be architecting systems that process over 2 million payments daily across five markets. - Environmental impact: We're carbon-negative, having avoided 2.155 million tonnes of COβ‚‚ emissions across our product portfolio. What You'll Do At M-KOPA, you'll lead a team of backend engineers through both greenfield and legacy projects, owning the full software lifecycle from design ideation through to production and eventual decommissioning. - Set architectural direction and partner closely with your Product Manager counterpart on roadmap planning and prioritisation. - Serve as a servant leader who grows the people around you while shipping high-quality, impactful software. Technical Environment - Languages & frameworks: C#/.NET - Cloud: We work in Azure, and welcome experience across AWS or GCP. - Architecture: Event-driven systems and microservice development - we use Azure Service Bus, and welcome experience with similar messaging technologies such as Kafka or RabbitMQ. - Infrastructure: Kubernetes, Docker. - Observability: Prometheus, Grafana. - Engineering culture: DevOps, infrastructure as code, automated testing across all environments including production, continuous delivery. Our Engineering Approach - Full ownership: Teams own their solutions end-to-end - from inception through production support to decommissioning. - Servant leadership: We lead by coaching and enabling, not directing. - Quality by default: Observability, monitoring, and automated testing are built in from day one. - Continuous improvement: We foster a culture of innovation within a supportive, dynamic team environment. - Product partnership: Engineering and Product work as genuine counterparts β€” planning together, prioritising together, delivering together. What You Need We're looking for an experienced, low-ego engineering leader who brings both technical depth and a genuine passion for growing people. - Strong hands-on background in C#/.NET backend development. - Proven experience with Azure, AWS, or GCP - we work in Azure but welcome experience across major cloud providers. - Solid understanding of event-driven architecture and microservice development. - Experience leading or mentoring engineers in a collaborative team environment. - Ability to set technical direction and provide architectural guidance. - Comfortable working with Product to shape roadmaps and drive delivery. The Team You'll lead a close-knit, focused engineering team with real end-to-end ownership over a significant part of the M-KOPA platform - including loan origination, compliance systems, and a new pricing engine. Location & Benefits - 🌍 Fully remote role within UTC -1 to UTC +3 time zones. - πŸ’Ό Work with diverse teams across the UK, Europe, and Africa. - πŸ“ˆ Professional development programmes and coaching partnerships. - πŸ‘¨β€πŸ‘©β€πŸ‘§ Family-friendly policies and flexible working arrangements. - πŸ’š Well-being support and genuine career growth opportunities. Our Mission We create financial inclusion for the traditionally excluded through a fair, flexible, customer-centric financing model. Our Impact - Connected πŸ“±: 2.5 million first-time smartphone users connected to the mobile internet. - Prosperous πŸ’°: 70% of customers use M-KOPA products for income generation, with 35,000 livelihoods created for agents. - Green 🌱: 2.155 million tonnes of COβ‚‚ avoided through clean energy and circular economy products. 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. 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.

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