Senior Backend Engineer - Mobility (12 month FTC)

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Posted: Oct 10, 2026

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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.

Senior Backend Engineer - Mobility (12 month FTC)

• Job Type Contract , Full Time
• Qualification BA/BSc/HND
• Experience
• Location Nairobi
• Job Field ICT / Computer

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

• 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

• Location & 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

• Well-being support and career growth opportunities

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