Senior Android Engineer - Financial Inclusion (Scale) at M-KOPA Nigeria - Remote

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 following positions below:

Job Title: Senior Android Engineer - Financial Inclusion (Scale)

Location: Lagos (Remote)
Employment Type: Full-time

What You'll Do

• At M-KOPA, you'll build sophisticated Android applications with real-world impact. Our engineering teams own their solutions end-to-end – from architecture decisions to production monitoring.
• Join us in combining cutting-edge Android development with purpose-driven engineering that makes digital and financial inclusion possible across Africa.

Technical Environment:

• Modern Android Stack: We use predominantly Kotlin with Jetpack Compose for our UI
• Architecture & Patterns: Clean Architecture principles with unidirectional data flow (MVI)
• Cloud Integration: Our microservices are hosted on Azure using Kubernetes
• Release Cycle: Bi-weekly Android releases with multiple backend deployments daily
• DevOps Culture: Azure DevOps for CI/CD with trunk-based development

Our Engineering Approach:
We work in self-organised, agile teams that:

• Focus on raising coding standards and improving application quality
• Embrace testing and observability as first-order concerns
• Deep dive user journeys using data to implement focused updates
• Own the entire software stack throughout the lifecycle under a DevOps culture

What You Need

• We expect you to be comfortable working as part of a team which owns the entire software stack, including supporting infrastructure, throughout the entire software lifecycle - from inception through production to decommissioning under a DevOps culture.
• You'll value the constraints that continuous delivery places upon engineering processes and embrace testing and observability as first-order concerns in development.

Required Experience:

• Solid senior-level expertise with Kotlin and Android app development
• Deep knowledge of Clean Architecture and Dependency Injection
• Experience with unidirectional data flow (MVI) and Jetpack Compose
• Trunk-based development and Feature Toggles expertise
• Strong testing practices and DevOps mindset

Location & Benefits

• Fully remote role within UTC -1 to UTC +3 time zones
• Work with diverse teams across UK, Europe, and Africa
• Professional development programs and coaching partnerships
• Family-friendly policies and flexible working arrangements
• Well-being support and career growth opportunities.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note

• This is a fully remote role, within the following time zone (UTC -1 / UTC+3). Our engineers work remotely from locations such as UK, Europe and Africa. You will be reporting to a Software Engineering Team Lead.
• M-KOPA is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to assembling a diverse, broadly trained staff.
• Women, minorities, and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.
• M-KOPA explicitly prohibits the use of Forced or Child Labour and respects the rights of its employees to agree to terms and conditions of employment voluntarily, without coercion, and freely terminate their employment on appropriate notice.
• M-KOPA shall ensure that its Employees are of legal working age and shall comply with local laws for youth employment or student work, such as internships or apprenticeships.
• M-KOPA does not collect/charge any money as a pre-employment or post-employment requirement.
• This means that we never ask for ‘recruitment fees’, ‘processing fees’, ‘interview fees’, or any other kind of money in exchange for offer letters or interviews at any time during the hiring process.
• Applications for this position will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Shortlisting and interviews will take place at any stage during the recruitment process.
• We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a suitable candidate is selected before the advertised closing date. If your application is successful, M-KOPA undertakes pre-employment background checks as part of its recruitment process, these include: criminal records, identification verification, academic qualifications, employment dates and employer references.