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Kampala, Uganda
Full Time
About the Organisation
M-KOPA, established in 2010, is a London-based fintech company operating in Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Ghana, and South Africa. Its mission is to provide affordable access to essential products and services through innovative financing models, combining digital micropayments with GSM connectivity. M-KOPA has earned recognition for its impact, including being listed in the Financial Times' "Africa's Fastest Growing Companies" rankings in 2022, 2023, and 2024, and being named in the TIME100 Most Influential Companies list in 2023 and 2024.
The company fosters a dynamic work culture that emphasizes innovation and employee growth, offering opportunities across various departments. As of 2024, M-KOPA has extended over $1.5 billion in credit to more than 5 million customers and employs over 3,000 staff members, with 30,000 sales agents across its markets. Its business model focuses on accessible financing for smartphones and digital services, utilizing daily repayment plans that align with customers' income patterns. M-KOPA's core values include customer-centricity, innovation, and financial inclusion.
The company actively engages in corporate social responsibility initiatives aimed at empowering underserved communities. For more information, visit their official website at www.m-kopa.com.
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Backend Engineering Team Lead job at M-KOPA
M-KOPA
Job Description
Job Title: Backend Engineering Team Lead
Organisation: M-KOPA
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
The scale and impact of our work is massive. M-KOPA is a fast-growing Fin Tech company offering millions of underbanked customers across Africa access to life-enhancing products and services. From our roots as the pioneer in pay-as-you-go “PayGo’” solar energy for off grid homes, we have grown into one of the most advanced connected asset financing platforms in the world, empowering a broad range of customers to achieve progress in their lives.
Duties, Roles and Responsibilities
What You’ll Do:
Team Leadership: Mentor and lead a team of backend engineers, fostering a collaborative and high-performing environment. Lead as a servant leader, coach, and contributor, emphasising high-quality output using infrastructure as code, observability, and monitoring, as well as automated testing in all environments, including production.
Full Ownership: Oversee the entire software stack, including supporting infrastructure, throughout the entire software lifecycle from inception, through production, and right the way to decommissioning under a DevOps culture.
DevOps Culture: Champion continuous delivery, testing, and observability as first-order concerns.
Tech Stack: Work with C#.NET, event-driven systems, microservices, and deployment technologies.
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Qualifications, Education and Competencies
We are looking for good grasp of / and experience with C#.NET, Event Driven Systems, microservices, testing and Deployment.
How to Apply
If you are ready to make a difference and drive financial excellence in a dynamic and innovative environment, we want to hear from you!
Deadline: 3rd May 2025
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