Senior Backend Engineer, Asset Sales

• PositionSenior Backend Engineer, Asset Sales
• CompanyM-KOPA
• LocationUganda, fully remote
• Job TypeFull-time, permanent
• CategoryFintech Jobs in Uganda
• IndustryFinancial services and technology
• DepartmentAsset Sales
• DeadlineNot stated in the advert.

M-KOPA is a fintech business offering smartphones and related digital financial services through an accessible financing model. Its website describes daily, weekly or monthly repayment options that can help customers gain device ownership and build a credit history.

The company says its work is intended to widen financial inclusion and create access to useful devices and services. The advertised engineering role supports its Asset Sales group and platform services.

The Senior Backend Engineer, Asset Sales builds and operates distributed C# and .NET microservices on Azure using event-driven architecture. You will own services from early design through implementation, deployment, production operation and iteration. The advert highlights idempotency, retries, out-of-order events and failure modes, with Kubernetes and messaging systems such as Azure Service Bus, Kafka or RabbitMQ in the technical environment. Observability through Grafana, Azure Application Insights, logs, traces and metrics supports production understanding.

The role participates in on-call work and uses production incidents to improve resilience. AI tools support design exploration, code generation and review, test writing, incident investigation and technical communication. The advert also encourages experimentation with tools and workflows, backed by tests, service objectives, alerting, observability and deployment safeguards. It is fully remote with core GMT collaboration. Explore related fintech jobs in Uganda and information technology jobs as you assess the role.

• Build and operate distributed C# and .NET microservices on Azure.
• Design services for idempotency, retries, out-of-order events and failure modes.
• Own services end to end from idea and implementation through deployment, production and iteration.
• Use observability tools such as Grafana and Azure Application Insights, including logs, traces and metrics, to understand production behaviour.
• Participate in on-call and production ownership to improve platform resilience.
• Use AI tools for design exploration, code review, testing, incident investigation and technical communication.
• Experiment with new AI tools, agents and engineering workflows and share useful learning.
• Use automated tests, service-level objectives, alerting, observability and deployment safeguards around changes.
• Improve the systems you work on and treat production behaviour as part of service ownership.

Required Education

• Not stated in the advert.

Work Experience

• The advert does not state a minimum number of years of experience.
• Strong C# and .NET development experience is required.
• Experience with event-driven systems and microservices is required.

Additional Requirements

• Experience with Azure Service Bus, Kafka, RabbitMQ or similar messaging technology.
• Microservices experience, ideally with Azure and Kubernetes.
• Experience with Grafana, Azure Application Insights or similar observability tools.
• Comfort using AI tools in everyday engineering workflows.
• A DevOps mindset that includes on-call and production ownership.
• Ability to collaborate with distributed teams across time zones.
• Continuous learning and openness to feedback.
• The role is fully remote and collaborates during core GMT working hours.

Technical Skills

• C# and .NET: Build and operate distributed backend services.
• Cloud and orchestration: Work with Azure and Kubernetes.
• Event-driven systems: Use message-driven services and account for retries and event ordering.
• Observability: Use Grafana, Azure Application Insights, logs, traces and metrics.
• AI-assisted workflows: Apply AI tools to design, code review, testing and incident work.

Soft Skills

• Ownership: Support services through their full lifecycle and production operation.
• Curiosity: Experiment with tools and approaches and share learning.
• Collaboration: Work effectively with teams across time zones.
• Learning: Accept feedback and continue developing engineering practice.

The advert lists a bonus, growth shares and an on-call allowance. It also offers a personalised training budget, home-office setup budget, professional development programmes and coaching partnerships, family-friendly policies, flexible working arrangements, well-being support and career growth opportunities.

• Build services used within a financial technology platform.
• Own backend systems from design through production.
• Work with a modern C#, .NET, Azure and Kubernetes environment.
• Use event-driven architecture at significant scale.
• Contribute to AI-assisted engineering practices.
• Work remotely with distributed teams across regions.
• Receive a home-office setup budget and personalised training budget.
• Access the listed bonus, growth shares, on-call allowance and development support.

Apply through the M-KOPA Ashby careers page: the LinkedIn advert directs applicants to the employer’s application route. The advert does not state a closing date.

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