M-KOPAM-

Senior Android Engineer

M-KOPA is a UK-headquartered fintech company that provides affordable smartphones, solar home systems, and digital financial services to underbanked customers in Africa using a pay-as-you-go model.

M-KOPA

Employee count: 1001-5000

PT, ES + 1 more

We are looking for a very Senior Android Engineer to join our Retention engineering group; where we use the latest technologies and architectures to build fantastic solutions that help us provide digital and financial inclusion to our customers across our operational markets.

"As a Snr engineer, you will work with a cross-functional team of android, backend engineers, and product managers to design, develop, and maintain M-KOPA’s Customer apps, and deliver software that scales with both company and customer growth".

About Us

At M-KOPA we deploy backend services multiple times per day and our android applications are released on a bi-weekly cycle. Our teams work in a self-organized, agile fashion where they keep track of their work in Azure DevOps, which we also use for our CI/CD.

You would be working with a cross-functional team to design, develop, and maintain M-KOPA’s Customer android application as well as key internal UI components. Working as a team, you would deliver software that scales with both company and customer growth, deep diving user journeys using data and implementing focused updates to address our customer’s needs, improving application quality and raising coding standards.

We predominantly use Kotlin for our Android apps and our cloud provider is Azure, where our microservices are hosted on Azure Kubernetes. We implement Android applications following clean architecture principles, unidirectional data flow and jetpack compose. We are constantly iterating towards a completely decoupled, event driven architecture across our entire software portfolio.

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.

Expertise

Our expectations are that you would be comfortable working as part of a team which owns 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.

Additionally, you would need to have an extensive background working for a large-scale product and having deep knowledge and experience of trunk-based development, Clean Architecture, Dependency Injection, Uni-directional data flow (MVI), Feature Toggles, Docker and Azure DevOps.

If you value 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 the team and shape our future.

We are looking for a solid Senior level experience with Kotlin, Android app development, clean architecture principles, testing, unidirectional data flow and jetpack compose.

Why M-KOPA?

At M-KOPA, we empower our people to own their careers through diverse development programs, coaching partnerships, and on-the-job training. We support individual journeys with family-friendly policies, prioritize well-being, and embrace flexibility.

Join us in shaping the future of M-KOPA as we grow together. Explore more at m-kopa.com.

Recognized thrice by the Financial Times as one Africa's fastest growing companies (2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025) and by TIME100 Most influential companies in the world 2023 and 2024 , we've served over 5 million customers, unlocking $1.5 billion in cumulative credit for the unbanked across Africa.

Important Notice

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.

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Spain +/- 0 hours, and 2 other timezones

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At M-KOPA, we are revolutionizing financial inclusion and connectivity across Africa through groundbreaking technology. Our innovative financing model combines the power of digital micropayments with IoT (Internet-of-Things) connectivity, making essential products and services accessible to millions of underbanked customers. Since our commercial launch in 2012, we have been at the forefront of providing affordable solar home systems, smartphones, and digital financial services. This approach empowers individuals who earn their income on a daily basis, allowing them to acquire life-enhancing assets through flexible, daily repayment plans that match their cash flow. We have built one of the largest proprietary tech and data stacks in Africa, processing over a million payments daily. This robust infrastructure, combined with one of the largest direct sales forces on the continent, enables us to reach customers who have been traditionally overlooked by formal financial institutions.

Our commitment to technological advancement is evident in our continuous efforts to scale up every technology team, from backend engineering to Android solutions. We leverage cutting-edge technologies like C#, .NET framework, Azure-hosted microservices managed with Kubernetes, and AI-driven analytics to build a credit record for each customer. This not only facilitates access to a wider range of products like digital loans and health insurance but also fosters long-term financial relationships. M-KOPA's impact extends beyond individual empowerment; we are contributing to broader economic development by creating jobs, fostering digital inclusion, and even establishing local smartphone assembly facilities. Through our pioneering pay-as-you-go model and relentless focus on innovation, M-KOPA is not just providing products; we are unlocking opportunities and paving the way for financial progress for millions across Africa.

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New Employee Referral Scheme

New Employee Referral Scheme.

Bereavement Counselling

Best Doctors & Bereavement Counselling.

Maternity leave

Women employees can access training opportunities and other benefits such as healthcare, pension, and maternity leave.

Pension

Enrolled into NEST scheme after 3 months of employment - 5% employee (inc NI reduction) and 3% Employee (UK employees). They can opt out.

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M-KOPA

Company size

1001-5000 employees

Founded in

2010

Chief executive officer

Jesse Moore, Nick Hughes

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