About the role

Role overview

As Backend Engineering Team Lead at M-KOPA, you will spearhead delivery of a new loan origination architecture, compliance systems, and a pricing platform. You’ll lead a team of backend engineers, set architectural direction, and work closely with your Product Manager counterpart.

Key missions & responsibilities

Lead and grow a team of backend engineers across design, development, and delivery of:
- loan origination architecture
- compliance systems
- pricing platform
Set architectural direction and provide technical guidance to the team
Partner with Product on roadmap planning and delivery execution
Act as a servant leader, mentoring and fostering a collaborative environment
Ensure engineering best practices, including:
- DevOps culture
- Infrastructure as Code
- Observability
- Automated testing
- Continuous delivery

Requirements

Azure cloud services experience
Strong backend engineering leadership with a low-ego, people-development mindset
Solid understanding of event-driven architecture and microservices
- e.g., Service Bus, RabbitMQ, Kafka
Comfortable working with Product to shape roadmaps and drive delivery
Experience leading and/or mentoring engineers in a collaborative setting
Strong hands-on background in C#/.NET backend development

Nice-to-haves

Experience delivering large-scale platforms in fintech domains (loan origination, compliance, pricing)

About M-KOPA

M-KOPA is a FinTech company focused on transforming financial inclusion in Africa. The company builds technology that expands access to credit and financial services. It works on backend platforms such as loan origination, compliance systems, and pricing infrastructure.