M-KOPA
More roles at M-KOPASenior Backend Engineer - Mobility (12 month FTC)
Remote work allowed only within certain countries or regions.
Employer listed it 3 weeks ago · Added 2 weeks ago
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Contract
Full-time
Experience
Senior
Category
Software
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What the advert says
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- Working hours
Fully remote role within UTC -1 to UTC +3 time zones
- Where you can work from
- Location eligibility not confirmed
- Contract
This is an initial 12-month Fixed Term Contract, with the potential to extend or transition into a permanent role.
- Experience asked for
- Not mentioned in the advert
- Pay
We've already financed over 11,000 electric motorbikes, helping riders save more than $3 a day and cutting air pollution by 90%.
Remote flexibility
Region Restricted
Remote work is allowed, but only for candidates based in United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, Ireland.
What the employer says
- Source listing states candidate location: "London, Bristol, Madrid, Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Lisbon, Edinburgh, Dublin, Manchester, Remote"
- Job description states: "Fully remote role within UTC"
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- “Experience working with AI coding tools, ideally Claude Code or similar”
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About the role
Join our expanding engineering team! We're actively recruiting a Senior Backend Engineer to help scale M-KOPA Mobility, our fast-growing e-mobility business. This is an initial 12-month Fixed Term Contract, with the potential to extend or transition into a permanent role. Build the event-driven microservices that power clean, affordable transport for riders and entrepreneurs across Africa.
The Impact – Africa's transport sector is massive, underserved, and at an inflection point, and the transition to electric is accelerating, led by East Africa. Your code will directly power the technology behind Kenya's leading e-mobility financing platform. We've already financed over 11,000 electric motorbikes, helping riders save more than $3 a day and cutting air pollution by 90%. It's your chance to build tech for a business that's literally transforming lives across an entire continent 🌍
The Opportunity
🎯 Mission-driven engineering: Every service you build helps put clean transport within reach of riders who'd otherwise be locked out of ownership
🏆 Global recognition: Join a company named by the Financial Times as one of Africa's fastest-growing companies for 5 consecutive years running (2022–2026)
🚀 Scale challenges: Build backend systems for a business growing at 3x year-on-year, with over 11,000 e-motorbikes financed and demand climbing
🌱 Real climate impact: Electric is simply better for drivers, cities, and the planet — our e-motorbikes cut air pollution by 90% versus petrol equivalents
What You'll Do
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.
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 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
AI tooling: We use AI coding tools including Claude Code as part of our engineering workflow
Our Engineering Approach 🚀
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
What You Need
Requirements
The employer hasn't listed requirements separately, they're described in the role summary above and on the original listing.
Benefits
- ·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
How to apply
- 1Check the flexibility label above, region restricted, matches where you plan to live and work.
- 2Tailor your CV to the role at M-KOPA, mentioning your remote working experience.
- 3Apply directly on the employer's careers page using the button below. Nomaders never handles your application.
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