Information Technology · Full-time
Senior Backend Engineer - Asset Sales
About this role
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Role overview
M-KOPA is hiring a Senior Backend Engineer to join their Asset Sales team. This is a full-time, permanent role based remotely with teams across Nairobi, Cape Town, Lagos, Kampala, Accra, and Johannesburg. The position suits experienced engineers skilled in C#/.NET and interested in building scalable fintech systems that promote financial inclusion across Africa.
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What you will do
- Build and operate distributed C# and .NET microservices on Azure within an event-driven architecture.
- Own the software lifecycle from design through deployment, production, and iteration.
- Use observability tools to monitor and improve system performance.
- Collaborate with distributed teams across multiple time zones.
- Incorporate AI tools into engineering workflows for design, code review, testing, and incident investigation.
- Participate in on-call duties to support production systems and improve resilience.
Requirements
- Strong experience in C# and .NET development.
- Experience with event-driven systems and messaging technologies such as Azure Service Bus, Kafka, or RabbitMQ.
- Familiarity with microservices architecture, preferably on Azure and Kubernetes.
- Ability to use observability tools like Grafana and Azure Application Insights.
- Comfortable using AI tools as part of daily engineering tasks.
- DevOps mindset including production ownership and on-call experience.
- Proven ability to collaborate effectively in distributed teams across time zones.
- Continuous learning attitude and openness to feedback.
Benefits
The role is fully remote with collaboration during core GMT hours. Benefits include a personalised training budget, home office setup budget, professional development programs, coaching partnerships, family-friendly policies, flexible working arrangements, well-being support, and career growth opportunities.