Software Engineering Team Lead

Full ownership: Teams own their solutions end-to-end - from inception through production support to decommissioning.

Servant leadership: We lead by coaching and enabling, not directing.

Quality by default: Observability, monitoring, and automated testing are built in from day one.

Continuous improvement: We foster a culture of innovation within a supportive, dynamic team environment.

Product partnership: Engineering and Product work as genuine counterparts — planning together, prioritising together, delivering together.

We're looking for an experienced, low-ego engineering leader who brings both technical depth and a genuine passion for growing people.

Strong hands-on background in C#/.NET backend development

Proven experience with Azure, AWS, or GCP - we work in Azure but welcome experience across major cloud providers

Solid understanding of event-driven architecture and microservice development - we use Azure Service Bus, and welcome experience with similar messaging technologies such as Kafka or RabbitMQ

Experience leading or mentoring engineers in a collaborative team environment

Ability to set technical direction and provide architectural guidance

Comfortable working with Product to shape roadmaps and drive delivery

You'll lead a close-knit, focused engineering team with real end-to-end ownership over a significant part of the M-KOPA platform. You'll have a dedicated Product Manager as your counterpart and operate with genuine autonomy over technical direction.

We create financial inclusion for the traditionally excluded through a fair, flexible, customer-centric financing model. We strive to drive greater inclusion of women, youth, and low-income communities.

Our technology has created measurable change:

Connected 📱: 2.5 million first-time smartphone users connected to the mobile internet

Prosperous 💰: 70% of customers use M-KOPA products for income generation, with 35,000 livelihoods created for agents

Green 🌱: 2.155 million tonnes of CO₂ avoided through clean energy and circular economy products, with over 127,700 circular economy products provided

Ready to build the systems that create real-world financial inclusion while leading a talented team of engineers? Apply Now!

At M-KOPA, we empower our people to own their careers through diverse development programs, coaching partnerships, and on-the-job training. We support individual journeys with family-friendly policies, prioritize well-being, and embrace flexibility.

Join us in shaping the future of M-KOPA as we grow together. Explore more at m-kopa.com .

Recognized four times by the Financial Times as one Africa's fastest growing companies (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026), named on CNBC's World’s Top Fintech Companies 2025 & 2026 and by TIME100 Most influential companies in the world 2023 and 2024 , we've served over 10 million customers, unlocking $2 billion in cumulative credit for the everyday earners across Africa, in addition to over 10,000 e-bikes financed in Kenya.

Important Notice M-KOPA is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to assembling a diverse, broadly trained staff. Women, minorities, and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.

M-KOPA explicitly prohibits the use of Forced or Child Labour and respects the rights of its employees to agree to terms and conditions of employment voluntarily, without coercion, and freely terminate their employment on appropriate notice. 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.

M-KOPA does not collect/charge any money as a pre-employment or post-employment requirement. This means that we never ask for ‘recruitment fees’, ‘processing fees’, ‘interview fees’, or any other kind of money in exchange for offer letters or interviews at any time during the hiring process.

Applications for this position will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Shortlisting and interviews will take place at any stage during the recruitment process. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a suitable candidate is selected before the advertised closing date.

If your application is successful M-KOPA undertakes pre-employment background checks as part of its recruitment process, these include; criminal records, identification verification, academic qualifications, employment dates and employer references.