M-KOPA
FinTech
SoftwareEngineeringTeamLead
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“Software Engineering Team Lead at M-KOPA. Lead backend engineers. Own software lifecycle”
Industry & Context.
Root cause analysis
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
C#/.NET backend development, Azure, AWS, or GCP experience, Event-driven architecture understanding, Microservice development understanding, Experience leading engineers, Set technical direction, Provide architectural guidance, Work with Product to shape roadmaps
Nice to Have
Experience with Kafka, Experience with RabbitMQ
What You'll Do.
Lead backend engineers
Own software lifecycle
Set architectural direction
Partner with Product Manager
Ship high-quality software
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Product Manager counterpart; Cross-functional teams; Engineering and Product partnership
Process & Methodology
Roadmap planning, Prioritisation
Full Job Description
[https://app.ashbyhq.com/api/images/user-content/1d985516-2a99-43c0-b591-957f5adaceb9/5ac97b31-49cd-4012-8bb0-5caf15e33c69/B25.png] 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. [https://app.ashbyhq.com/api/images/user-content/1d985516-2a99-43c0-b591-957f5adaceb9/0524125f-275f-4f87-83d9-7d2f25b72c9e/B13.png] 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 quite literally transforming financial inclusion across an entire continent 🌍 [https://app.ashbyhq.com/api/images/user-content/1d985516-2a99-43c0-b591-957f5adaceb9/0524125f-275f-4f87-83d9-7d2f25b72c9e/B13.png] THE OPPORTUNITY 🎯 Mission-driven engineering: Your daily work enables affordable smartphones, digital loans, and financial services for Africa's Every Day Earners — people for whom traditional finance simply doesn't work. 🏆 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 — and building for the next 10 million customers. 🌱 Environmental impact: We're carbon-negative, having avoided 2.155 million tonnes of CO₂ 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
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