Software Engineering Team Lead

M-Kopa

Nairobi

Full-time

About M-Kopa

M-KOPA was founded in 2010 on the idea that combining digital micropayments with GSM connectivity could provide affordable access to life-enhancing products. Since then, we’ve built a financial platform that has deployed over $1.5 billion in credit and enabled over 5 million customers across five countries - Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa - to own quality smartphones, access digital services and progress towards their financial goals. 

Description

You'll set architectural direction, partner closely with your Product Manager counterpart on roadmap planning and prioritisation, and serve as a servant leader who grows the people around you while shipping high-quality, impactful software.

Qualifications

Technical Environment

Languages & frameworks: C#/.NET
Cloud: We work in Azure, and welcome experience across AWS or GCP
Architecture: Event-driven systems and microservice development – we use Azure Service Bus, and welcome experience with similar messaging technologies such as Kafka or RabbitMQ
Infrastructure: Kubernetes, Docker
Observability: Prometheus, Grafana
Engineering culture: DevOps, infrastructure as code, automated testing across all environments including production, continuous delivery
Our Engineering Approach

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.
What You Need

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

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