Senior Backend Engineer - Asset Sales
Nairobi · Remote · Cape Town · Lagos · Kampala · Accra · Johannesburg
microservices · AI
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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.
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The Impact 💚
Your code will directly power the systems that put smartphones and e-motorbikes into the hands of Every Day Earners across Africa. 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 🌍
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The Opportunity
🎯 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)
🚀 Scale challenges: Build backend systems serving millions across multiple African markets
🤖 AI-native from day one: We're actively embracing AI as part of the engineering craft, not bolting it on