Backend Engineer (Remote) at M-KOPA Nigeria

Posted on Mon 22nd May, 2023 - www.hotnigerianjobs.com --- (0 comments)

The scale and impact of our work is massive. 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 Engineer

Location: Lagos (Remote)
Employment Type: Full-time
This position will be reporting to: The Engineering Manager

About this role

  • We pay important emphasis in Infrastructure as Code, Observability, and Automated Testing in all environments, including Production, which will be part in your daily job.
  • We foster autonomy inside the teams, while keeping some standards across the company. We use the latest .NET stack, and are based in Azure using Kubernetes.
  • 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, and if you love working remotely, this might be a job for you. 

We’re excited about you because you

  • You have at least 2 years’ experience working as a professional software engineer
  • You have commercial experience with C#.NET, and shipping high-quality backend code into production.
  • You have knowledge of Azure and AKS or other containerized application deployment tools.
  • You can write high quality code by applying software development principles such as KISS, YAGNI.
  • You are comfortable with the DevOps culture, and with the idea of being involved with the management of the systems that you build through their entire lifecycle.
  • You have a collaborative spirit and a desire to learn from teammates.

You’re excited about this opportunity because:

  • You like to put your people and teammates first and bring your most empathetic self to work
  • You take a product-focused approach to development and drive changes with data.
  • You make technical decisions based on stakeholders and user needs.
  • You understand clean architecture and know how to keep domain teams decoupled.
  • You write clear and reliable automated tests using testing best practices such as TDD.
  • You apply data security practices, such as protecting Personally Identifiable Information (PII).

What's in for you

  • Private health insurance (inpatient outpatient, maternity, eye care, dental and gym facilities)
  • Group Life Cover and Personal Accident Cover
  • Company pension (A mandatory basic national social security scheme)
  • Remote working (dependent on the nature of the role)
  • Airtime allowance (dependent on the nature of the role)
  • MIFI monthly payment for remote workers
  • 20 days per annum (excluding public holidays). Annual leave is accrued at the standard rate of 1.67 days per month.
  • Annual Learning and Development Fund - You have an annual $ 1,200 allowance to spend on learning and development
  • Home Office Set Up - this includes a budget of $1000 that you can use at any time after signing the offer letter
  • On site retreats with wider tech team, plus trips to operational markets.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

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