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Senior Backend Engineer II & III (.NET) at M-KOPA – Lagos, Nigeria

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Item Details
Company M-KOPA
Location Lagos, Lagos State (Fully Remote)
Employment Type Full-Time, Remote (Asset Sales Group)
Salary Not specified by the employer
Qualification Not specified by the employer — the advert sets experience-based requirements and states no degree requirement
Experience Senior-level backend engineering experience (no fixed number of years stated in the advert)
Application Deadline Not specified by the employer — applications are reviewed on a rolling basis
Number of Openings 2

About This Opportunity

M-KOPA is hiring two permanent Senior Backend Engineers (levels II and III) for its Asset Sales group, and the vacancy was published on the company’s official Ashby recruitment board on 10 November 2026. The role is fully remote, and Lagos is one of the locations listed on the official advert, alongside Nairobi, Accra, Cape Town, Johannesburg and Kampala. The engineers will build and run the distributed C# and .NET microservices, hosted on Azure, that power the systems putting smartphones and electric motorbikes into the hands of customers M-KOPA calls Every Day Earners. The platform now serves more than 10 million customers and has extended over $2 billion in credit. The advert sets no degree requirement; it asks for senior engineers with strong C#, .NET and event-driven systems experience who are comfortable using AI tools daily. No closing date is stated, applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, and the company may close the vacancy early, so apply promptly.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, build and operate distributed C# and .NET microservices running on Azure.
  • Build event-driven systems that work reliably at large scale.
  • Own features end to end, from the first idea through implementation, deployment, live production running and later improvement.
  • Use AI tools, including Claude and similar tools, throughout the working day for design exploration, code generation and review, test writing, incident investigation and technical writing.
  • Keep strong engineering guardrails in place, including automated tests, service level objectives, alerting and safe deployment practices.
  • Design for real-world failure, covering idempotency, retries, events arriving out of order and other failure modes.
  • Take part in on-call duties and treat production incidents as feedback for improving the systems.
  • Leave every system you touch better than you found it, following the team’s Campfire Rule.
  • Work with distributed colleagues across the United Kingdom, Europe and Africa, collaborating during core GMT working hours.

Requirements And Qualifications

Mandatory:

  • Senior-level experience as a backend engineer, with the curiosity and autonomy to own your work end to end.
  • Strong knowledge of C# and .NET.
  • Experience building event-driven systems; Azure Service Bus experience is relevant, and experience with tools such as Kafka or RabbitMQ is also welcome.
  • Experience with microservices architecture, ideally on Azure and Kubernetes.
  • Experience with observability tooling such as Grafana and Azure Application Insights, including logs, traces and metrics.
  • Confidence using AI tools as part of your daily engineering workflow.
  • A DevOps mindset, including willingness to support the infrastructure your code runs on and to share on-call responsibility.
  • A track record of working well in distributed teams across different time zones.
  • A continuous learning mindset.

Please Note:

  • The official advert states no degree or academic qualification requirement for this role; selection is based on the engineering experience and skills listed above.
  • M-KOPA states that it never charges or collects recruitment fees, and successful applicants go through pre-employment background checks covering criminal records, identification, academic qualifications, employment dates and references.

Salary And Benefits

Salary: Not specified by the employer; no figure is stated in the official advert. Benefits stated in the official advert include a bonus, growth shares and an on-call allowance, a personalised training budget, a home office setup budget, professional development programmes and coaching partnerships, family-friendly policies and flexible working, and well-being support.

How To Apply

  1. Open the official advert link below (M-KOPA’s listing on its Ashby recruitment board).
  2. Read the full advert and confirm your C#, .NET and event-driven systems experience matches what is required.
  3. Prepare your CV, making your microservices, Azure and production ownership experience clear.
  4. Complete the online application form on that page and submit it.
  5. Apply here: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/m-kopa/fbfc41bc-c167-4029-a091-da381012e6da

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Our Tips For This Role

  • Apply as early as you can: no closing date is stated, applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, and the advert warns the vacancy may close early once a suitable candidate is selected.
  • Remember there are only 2 openings for these Senior Backend Engineer II and III roles, so make your senior-level C# and .NET experience easy to evidence at the top of your CV.
  • Lead with event-driven and production ownership: highlight microservices on Azure, Azure Service Bus, Kafka or RabbitMQ experience, and how you have handled idempotency, retries and out-of-order events.
  • Show your daily AI-tool and observability practice: the advert asks for confidence using AI tools such as Claude in daily work, plus Grafana and Azure Application Insights, and a willingness to share on-call duties during core GMT hours.

About M-KOPA

M-KOPA is a fintech company built on financial inclusion for people traditionally excluded from formal finance.
It provides fair, flexible and customer-centric financing that helps customers acquire smartphones, electric motorbikes and other productive assets.
The company says its products have created 2.5 million first-time smartphone users, that 70% of customers use its products to generate income, and that its agent network supports 35,000 livelihoods.
It has been recognised on the Financial Times list of Africa’s fastest-growing companies, on CNBC’s World’s Top Fintech list, and in the TIME100 list of most influential companies.
M-KOPA is an equal opportunity employer and states clearly that it does not charge any recruitment fees.
The company recruits through its official Ashby board, where this vacancy was published on 10 November 2026.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the application deadline for the M-KOPA Senior Backend Engineer role?
The employer has not specified a deadline. The advert was published on 10 November 2026, applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, and M-KOPA may close the vacancy early once a suitable candidate is selected, so apply as early as possible.

How many openings are there?
Two. The official advert states that M-KOPA is hiring two permanent Senior Backend Engineers at levels II and III for its Asset Sales group.

Is this role remote, and can I apply from Nigeria?
Yes. The role is fully remote, Lagos is one of the locations listed on the official advert, and the team collaborates during core GMT working hours.

What qualification do I need to apply?
The official advert states no degree requirement. It asks for senior backend engineering experience, strong C# and .NET skills, and experience with event-driven systems, microservices and observability tools.

How much is the salary?
Not specified by the employer; no figure is stated in the official advert. The benefits stated in the advert include a bonus, growth shares, an on-call allowance, a training budget and a home office setup budget.

Verified on 11 November 2026 — apply link checked.

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