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# Senior Backend Engineer

- **Company:** M-KOPA
- **Location:** Manchester, UK (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Temporary to permanent
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Automation of Tests, Microsoft Azure, C Sharp (Programming Language), Continuous Delivery, DevOps, Enterprise Messaging Systems, RabbitMQ, Prometheus, Software Engineering, Workflow Management Systems, Grafana, Backend, Event Driven Architecture, Containerization, Kubernetes, Apache Kafka, Docker, Microservices
- **Published:** September 14, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=6bc5c358d2f52baf

## About the Role

* Strong grasp of C# .NET development
 * Experience with event-driven systems - Service Bus or similar messaging technologies such as Kafka or RabbitMQ
 * Microservices architecture experience
 * Experience with Azure, or other major cloud providers such as AWS or GCP
 * Familiarity with containerisation and orchestration tools (Kubernetes, Docker)
 * Experience with observability tools such as Prometheus and Grafana
 * Testing and deployment expertise
 * DevOps culture mindset
 * Experience working with AI coding tools, ideally Claude Code or similar

## Description

As an engineer, you will work as a collaborator. More senior members will coach and contribute, placing an emphasis on:

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

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., * Initial 12-month Fixed Term Contract, with potential to extend or transition into a permanent role

 * 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