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Senior Backend Engineer - Mobility (12 month FTC)
[Type: CONTRACTOR, Industry: Financial Services, Category: Science & Engineering, Computer & IT]
Jobs at:
M-KOPA
Deadline of this Job:
Friday, October 23 2026
Duty Station:
This Job is Remote
Summary
Date Posted: Saturday, October 10 2026, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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Background information about the job or company (e.g., role context, company overview)
M-KOPA’s mission is to make high quality energy affordable to everyone. OUR GROWTH SO FAR... M-KOPA has connected more than 400,000 homes in Kenya,Tanzania and Uganda to solar power with over 550 new homes being added every day.
Responsibilities or duties
At M-KOPA, you'll build sophisticated event-driven microservices with real-world impact. Our engineering teams own their solutions end-to-end – from architecture decisions to production monitoring. Join us in combining cutting-edge .NET development with purpose-driven engineering that makes digital and financial inclusion possible across Africa.
Qualifications or requirements (e.g., education, skills)
As an engineer, you will work as a collaborator. 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
Experience needed
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.
Required Experience:
- Strong grasp of C# .NET development
- Experience with event-driven systems – Service Bus or similar messaging technologies such as Kafka or RabbitMQ
- Microservices architecture experience
- 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
Any other provided details (e.g., benefits, work environment, team info, or additional notes)
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
Work with diverse teams across UK, Europe, and Africa
Professional development programs and coaching partnerships
Family-friendly policies and flexible working arrangements
Well-being support and career growth opportunities
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 12
Level of Education: bachelor degree
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