Join our expanding engineering team We're actively recruiting a Senior Backend Engineer to help scale M-KOPA Mobility, our fast-growing e-mobility business. This is an initial 12-month Fixed Term Contract, with the potential to extend or transition into a permanent role. Build the event-driven microservices that power clean, affordable transport for riders and entrepreneurs across Africa. Africa's transport sector is massive, underserved, and at an inflection point, and the transition to electric is accelerating, led by East Africa. Your code will directly power the technology behind Kenya's leading e-mobility financing platform. We've already financed over 11,000 electric motorbikes, helping riders save more than $3 a day and cutting air pollution by 90%. It's your chance to build tech for a business that's literally transforming lives across an entire continent. Mission-driven engineering: Every service you build helps put clean transport within reach of riders who'd otherwise be locked out of ownership Integral recognition: Join a company named by the Financial Times as one of Africa's fastest-growing companies for 5 consecutive years running (2022–2026) Build backend systems for a business growing at 3x year-on-year, with over 11,000 e-motorbikes financed and demand climbing Our engineering teams own their solutions end-to-end – from architecture decisions to production monitoring. NET development with purpose-driven engineering that makes digital and financial inclusion possible across Africa. C#/.
NET Cloud: We work in Azure, and welcome experience across AWS or GCP Event-driven systems and microservice development
- we use Service Bus, and welcome experience with similar messaging technologies such as Kafka or RabbitMQ Infrastructure: Kubernetes, Docker Prometheus, Grafana DevOps,



infrastructure as code, automated testing across all environments including production, continuous delivery We use AI coding tools including Claude Code as part of our engineering workflow More senior members will coach and contribute, placing an emphasis on: High quality output Observability and monitoring Automated testing in all environments, including production Infrastructure as code and DevOps practices We expect you to be comfortable working as part of a team which owns the entire software stack, including supporting infrastructure, throughout the entire software lifecycle, from inception through production to decommissioning under a DevOps culture. You'll value the constraints that continuous delivery places upon engineering processes and embrace testing and observability as first-order concerns in development. Strong grasp of C# .
NET development Experience with event-driven systems
- Service Bus or similar messaging technologies such as Kafka or RabbitMQ Experience with Azure, or other major cloud providers such as AWS or GCP Familiarity with containerisation and orchestration tools (Kubernetes, Docker) Experience with observability tools such as Prometheus and Grafana Testing and deployment expertise DevOps culture mindset Experience working with AI coding tools, ideally Claude Code or similar Initial 12-month Fixed Term Contract,



with potential to extend or transition into a permanent role Fully remote role within UTC -1 to UTC +3 time zones Professional development programs and coaching partnerships Family-friendly policies and flexible working arrangements We create financial inclusion for the traditionally excluded through a fair, flexible, customer-centric financing model, with M-KOPA Mobility extending that same model to clean transport. We strive to drive greater inclusion of women, youth, and low-income communities. Green: 11,000+ e-motorbikes financed, growing 3x year-on-year, cutting air pollution by 90% and helping riders save more than $3 a day Ready to build C# .
NET solutions that put clean, affordable transport within reach of Every Day Earners, while advancing your career in modern backend engineering? At M-KOPA, we empower our people to own their careers through diverse development programs, coaching partnerships, and on-the-job training. At M-KOPA, we empower our people to own their careers through diverse development programs, coaching partnerships, and on-the-job training. Recognized four times by the Financial Times as one Africa's fastest growing companies (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026), named on CNBC's World’s Top Fintech Companies 2025 & 2026 and by TIME100 Most influential companies in the world 2023 and 2024 , we've served over 10 million customers, unlocking $2 billion in cumulative credit for the everyday earners across Africa, in addition to over 10,000 e-bikes financed in Kenya. Women, minorities, and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply. M-KOPA shall ensure that its Employees are of legal working age and shall comply with local laws for youth employment or student work, such as internships or a

📌 Senior Backend Engineer (Madrid)
🏢 M-KOPA
📍 Madrid