Backend Engineering Team Lead (.NET) Job 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 Position: Backend Engineering Team Lead (.NET)

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

Description
As a team lead, you will work as a servant leader, coach, and contributor, placing an emphasis on:

• High quality output
• Observability and monitoring
• Automated testing in all environments, including production
• Infrastructure as code and DevOps practices

We're looking for a true servant leader who is:

• Passionate about managing and promoting engineer career paths
• Dedicated to conducting meaningful 1-2-1's that drive personal and professional growth
• A champion for your team, advocating for their needs and successes
• Experienced in conducting code reviews that elevate code quality and engineer development
• Committed to creating a supportive environment where engineers can thrive and innovate
• Our roles are fully Remote, within the following time zone (UTC -1 / UTC+3).

What You'll Bring 

• We expect you to mentor and lead a team of .NET backend engineers while fostering a collaborative and high-performing environment. 
• You'll oversee the entire software stack, including supporting infrastructure, throughout the entire software lifecycle - from inception through production to decommissioning under a DevOps culture. 
• You'll champion continuous delivery, testing, and observability as first-order concerns in development.