Join our expanding engineering team We're hiring a permanent Senior Backend Engineer to join our Asset Sales group as we scale one of the most important parts of M-KOPA's FinTech platform. Build distributed, event-driven microservices and help shape what AI-native engineering looks like at M-KOPA. We've already helped over 10 million customers access more than $2 billion in credit. It's your chance to be part of something that's literally transforming lives across an entire continent. Mission-driven engineering: Every service you build helps expand financial inclusion for under-banked populations Global recognition: Join a company named by the Financial Times as one of Africa's fastest-growing companies for five consecutive years (2022–2026) Build backend systems serving millions across multiple African markets We're actively embracing AI as part of the engineering craft, not bolting it on Work remotely with diverse teams across UK, Europe, and Africa At M-KOPA, you'll build and operate distributed C# and .
NET microservices on Azure, working within an event-driven architecture at significant scale. This is an outcomes-driven role: we care far more about the value you create than where you sit or how many hours you're online. You'll own what you build end-to-end — from idea, through implementation and deployment, into production and iteration. Modern C# stack: Distributed C# and .
NET microservices Cloud & orchestration: Hosted on Azure using Kubernetes Grafana, Azure Application Insights, logs, traces, and metrics Claude and other AI tools used throughout the engineering workflow — design exploration, code generation and review, test writing, incident investigation, and technical communication Automated tests, SLOs, alerting, observability, and deployment safeguards around everything we ship Own it beyond the pull request:



We're looking for a senior engineer who's curious, autonomous, and highly trusted. You're comfortable owning the entire software stack — including supporting infrastructure — throughout its lifecycle, and you see production data, not just deployment, as the real measure of "done." Strong grasp of C# and .
NET development Experience with event-driven systems — We use Azure Service Bus, but would love to hear from you if you have experience with similar messaging technology (Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc.) Microservices architecture experience, ideally on Azure and Kubernetes Grafana, Application Insights) to understand production behaviour Comfort using AI tools as part of a daily engineering workflow (design, code review, testing, incident investigation) DevOps culture mindset, including on-call/production ownership Fully remote role, collaborating during core GMT

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Personalised training budget to support your development Home office setup budget Professional development programs and coaching partnerships Family-friendly policies and flexible working arrangements We create financial inclusion for the traditionally excluded through a fair, adaptable, customer-centric financing model. We strive to drive greater inclusion of women, youth, and low-income communities. Green: 2.155 million tonnes of CO2 avoided since 2010 through clean energy, refurbished devices, and e-mobility At M-KOPA, we empower our people to own their careers through diverse development programs, coaching partnerships, and on-the-job training. 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 apprenticeships. Shortlisting and interviews will take place at any stage during the recruitment process.

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