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Backend Engineering Team Lead (.net)

Corporate Staffing Services

Nairobi | FULL_TIME | Engineering

Closing in 6 days ago

Backend Engineering Team Lead (.NET) Job

About the Job

We are looking for a Backend-focused Engineering Team Lead to join our team as we scale up and drive digital and financial inclusion across our markets.
"At M-KOPA, you'll lead a team building sophisticated event-driven microservices with real-world impact. You'll work as a servant leader, coach, and contributor in a team that emphasizes high-quality output using infrastructure as code, observability, monitoring, and automated testing across all environments, including production. Join us in combining technical leadership with purpose-driven engineering that makes digital and financial inclusion possible across Africa."

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About Us

At M-KOPA, we're revolutionising financial inclusion and connectivity across Africa through innovative technology solutions. Our platform has unlocked $1.5 billion in credit, connected 1.7 million first-time internet users, and impacted over 23 million lives.

Technical Environment

  • Modern C# Stack: We use predominantly C# written against the latest .NET stack
  • Microservices & Cloud: We favour microservices hosted on Azure using Kubernetes
  • Event-Driven Architecture: We are constantly iterating towards a completely decoupled, event-driven architecture
  • Mixed Environment: We have both legacy services and greenfield microservices

Our Engineering Approach

  • As a team lead, you will work as a servant leader, coach, and contributor, placing an emphasis on:

  • High quality output
  • Observability and monitoring
  • Automated testing in all environments, including production
  • Infrastructure as code and DevOps practices

Leadership Philosophy

We're looking for a true servant leader who is:

  • Passionate about managing and promoting engineer career paths
  • Dedicated to conducting meaningful 1-2-1's that drive personal and professional growth
  • A champion for your team, advocating for their needs and successes
  • Experienced in conducting code reviews that elevate code quality and engineer development
  • Committed to creating a supportive environment where engineers can thrive and innovate

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