Software Engineering Team lead, M-KOPA
Mobility
Connected asset financing solutions
Job no longer available
Connected asset financing solutions
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
1001+ employees
Company mission
To make financing for everyday essentials accessible to everyone.
Role
Who you are
- Our expectations are that you would be comfortable working independently while owning the entire software stack, including the supporting infrastructure, throughout the entire software lifecycle from inception, through production and right the way to decommissioning under a DevOps culture
- If you also value e-mobility adoption and the constraints that continuous delivery places upon engineering processes and embrace testing and observability as first order concerns in the development of software, you probably have what it takes to join one of the teams and help shape our future
- We are looking for good grasp of / and experience with C#.NET, Event Driven Systems, microservices, testing and Deployment
What the job involves
- We are looking for a seasoned Senior Backend Engineer to join our Mobility team as we grow and expand our market impact and reach
- We use the latest technologies and architectures to build fantastic solutions that help us finance progress in e-mobility, and clean energy adoption
- As an engineer in Mobility, you will be working independently as an autonomous contributor reporting directly to the Head of Technology - Mobility while collaborating with the wider Software Engineering teams
- Placing an emphasis on high quality output observability and monitoring as well as automated testing in all environments, including production, using infrastructure as code demonstrating the unique nature of some of our work
- We predominantly use C# written against the latest .NET stack, and favor microservices hosted on Azure using Kubernetes for all new implementations
- We are constantly iterating towards a completely decoupled, event driven architecture across our entire software portfolio
- We have a mix of legacy services and greenfield microservices, so if you love the challenge of improving a legacy codebase while working on new projects then this might just be the role for you
Our take
M-KOPA is an asset financing company in East Africa, that provides solar energy solutions to under-served households. The company offers a pay-as-you-go model, allowing customers to access solar products like panels and batteries without upfront costs.
M-KOPA's impact reaches far beyond its innovative financing model. By allowing households to have access to sustainable energy solutions, the company has helped improve overall living conditions for its customers. The widespread adoption of solar products has significantly reduced dependence on fossil fuels, resulting in lower carbon emissions and a cleaner environment.
M-KOPA's robust funding includes debt financing from the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, which aims to develop digital connectivity in Kenya. On top of this, a substantial, sustainability-linked 2025 debt financing round will help grow M-KOPA's smartphone products and ramp up market expansion, whilst promoting an environment and social benefit approach to asset financing. The company, then, is a driving force in ensuring sustainable energy access for millions across Africa and beyond.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 10 rounds)
Nov 2025
$160m
SERIES F
May 2023
$55m
LATE VC
Total funding: $358.1m
Company benefits
- Private health and life insurance
- Remote and flexi working
- Free meals in office
- Fun and collaborative facilities
- Career development opportunities
Company HQ
Westminster, London, UK
Leadership
Jesse Moore
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously served as the Director at GSMA and Signal Point Partners.
Chad Larson
(Co-Founder)Current CEO of Kopo Kopo and an Advisor at Blue Haven Initiative and KawiSafi Ventures. Previously worked at the Bank of America for 10 years in multiple roles, including Principal and Head of Structured Municipal Products.
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