About the job
- We are looking for a Backend-focused Engineering Team Lead to join our team as we scale up and drive digital and financial inclusion across our markets.
- "At M-KOPA, you'll lead a team building sophisticated event-driven microservices with real-world impact. You'll work as a servant leader, coach, and contributor in a team that emphasizes high-quality output using infrastructure as code, observability, monitoring, and automated testing across all environments, including production. Join us in combining technical leadership with purpose-driven engineering that makes digital and financial inclusion possible across Africa."
About Us
- At M-KOPA, we're revolutionising financial inclusion and connectivity across Africa through innovative technology solutions. Our platform has unlocked $1.5 billion in credit, connected 1.7 million first-time internet users, and impacted over 23 million lives.
Technical Environment
- Modern C# Stack: We use predominantly C# written against the latest .NET stack
- Microservices & Cloud: We favour microservices hosted on Azure using Kubernetes
- Event-Driven Architecture: We are constantly iterating towards a completely decoupled, event-driven architecture
- Mixed Environment: We have both legacy services and greenfield microservices
Our Engineering Approach
As a team lead, you will work as a servant leader, coach, and contributor, placing an emphasis on:
- High quality output
- Observability and monitoring
- Automated testing in all environments, including production
- Infrastructure as code and DevOps practices
Leadership Philosophy
We're looking for a true servant leader who is:
- Passionate about managing and promoting engineer career paths
- Dedicated to conducting meaningful 1-2-1's that drive personal and professional growth
- A champion for your team, advocating for their needs and successes
- Experienced in conducting code reviews that elevate code quality and engineer development
- Committed to creating a supportive environment where engineers can thrive and innovate
