# Senior Backend Engineer - Asset Sales at M Kopa

- Company: M Kopa
- Status: Open
- Workplace: Remote
- Location: Nairobi · Remote · Cape Town · Lagos · Kampala · Accra · Johannesburg
- Level: Senior
- Discipline: Backend
- Employment: Full-time
- Posted: 2026-10-27
- Skills: microservices, AI
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/m-kopa/1edd2187-b684-439b-82da-adbdea1ce2be

## Description

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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

🌍 Fully distributed: Work remotely with diverse teams 

More M Kopa roles: https://deviantjobs.com/companies/m-kopa