Software Engineering Team Lead
Job Description
At M-KOPA, you'll lead a team of backend engineers through both greenfield and legacy projects, owning the full software lifecycle from design ideation through to production and eventual decommissioning. Our engineering teams work under a true DevOps culture ā with infrastructure as code, observability, automated testing, and continuous delivery treated as first-order concerns, not afterthoughts. You'll set architectural direction, partner closely with your Product Manager counterpart on roadmap planning and prioritisation, and serve as a servant leader who grows the people around you while shipping high-quality, impactful software. Technical Environment Languages & frameworks: C#/.NET Cloud: We work in Azure, and welcome experience across AWS or GCP Architecture: Event-driven systems and microservice development - we use Azure Service Bus, and welcome experience with similar messaging technologies such as Kafka or RabbitMQ Infrastructure: Kubernetes, Docker Observability: Prometheus, Grafana Engineering culture: DevOps, infrastructure as code, automated testing across all environments including production, continuous delivery Our Engineering Approach Full ownership: Teams own their solutions end-to-end - from inception through production support to decommissioning. Servant leadership: We lead by coaching and enabling, not directing. Quality by default: Observability, monitoring, and automated testing are built in from day one. Continuous improvement: We foster a culture of innovation within a supportive, dynamic team environment. Product partnership: Engineering and Product work as genuine counterparts ā planning together, prioritising together, delivering together.
Requirements
We're looking for an experienced, low-ego engineering leader who brings both technical depth and a genuine passion for growing people. Required Experience: Strong hands-on background in C#/.NET backend development Proven experience with Azure, AWS, or GCP - we work in Azure but welcome experience across major cloud providers Solid understanding of event-driven architecture and microservice development - we use Azure Service Bus, and welcome experience with similar messaging technologies such as Kafka or RabbitMQ Experience leading or mentoring engineers in a collaborative team environment Ability to set technical direction and provide architectural guidance Comfortable working with Product to shape roadmaps and drive delivery
Posted
July 7th, 2026
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