Backend Engineering Team Lead (.NET Azure) at M-KOPA Nigeria

M-KOPA is a fast-growing FinTech 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.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Backend Engineering Team Lead (.NET Azure)

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Department: Fintech Technology—Software Engineering

Job Description

• 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.
• We are looking for good grasp of / and experience with C#.NET, Event Driven Systems, microservices, testing and Deployment.
• Leading a team you will work as a servant leader, coach and contributor within a team which places emphasis on high quality output using infrastructure as code, observability and monitoring as well as automated testing in all environments, including production.

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.

Why M-KOPA?

• Leadership Opportunity: Lead a team of talented engineers, guiding them through both legacy and greenfield projects.
• Innovative Environment: Continuously improve and innovate within a dynamic and supportive team.
• Remote Flexibility: Fully remote role within UTC -1 to UTC +3 time zones.
• Impactful Work: Contribute to a mission-driven company that has unlocked $1.5 billion in credit and impacted over 23 million lives through our products.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
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