Microservices Engineer – M-Pesa Africa (Kenya, Hybrid)

Application Development & Engineering Excellence

• Design, build, and maintain secure, scalable microservices using Java (Spring Boot), Python, Go (Golang), Rust, Node.js (Typescript).
• Implement asynchronous event handling, messaging queues, and end-to-end API orchestration.
• Write clean, test-driven code with strong unit and integration test coverage.
• Apply modern engineering frameworks such as Microsoft Engineering Playbook.
• Customize and extend Apache Fineract modules for lending, wallets, and savings.
• Build microservices supporting secure, high-performance financial transactions.
• Integrate Fineract with mobile money platforms, KYC/AML systems, and regulatory APIs.
• Automate microservices deployment and testing using robust CI/CD pipelines.

Fintech Platform Integration & Customization

• Customize and extend open-source core banking platforms such as Apache Fineract.
• Integrate with mobile money, card networks, KYC/AML, credit scoring, and regulatory reporting APIs.
• Build and publish financial APIs aligned with Open Banking and ISO 20022 standards.
• Develop adapters to bridge legacy systems with modern service architectures.

DevSecOps & Agile Delivery

• Implement CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab, SonarQube, JMeter, and GitOps workflows.
• Embed security controls, telemetry, and static/dynamic analysis into SDLC.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies—backlog grooming, sprint planning, retrospectives—providing technical guidance and estimations.

Architecture, Frameworks & Technical Leadership

• Guide solution design aligned to enterprise architecture and engineering frameworks.
• Define reusable architectural patterns for APIs, authentication, data flows, and service communication.
• Conduct code and design reviews to ensure quality, security, and performance.
• Contribute to shared libraries, code generation tools, and engineering-wide initiatives.

Code Quality, Governance & Support

• Enforce high-quality coding standards supported by static analysis and code coverage metrics.
• Maintain clear technical documentation across services and interfaces.
• Work with QA and security teams to ensure rigorous testing and secure releases.
• Participate in incident response, root-cause analysis, and platform resilience improvements.
• Track and address technical debt through structured engineering cycles.

Qualifications

Education & Industry Background

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.
• Proven experience delivering fintech solutions in regulated environments (digital wallets, savings, lending, cross-border payments).
• Experience in system architecture design and adherence to enterprise engineering standards.
• Understanding of AI/ML fundamentals and practical application in engineering workflows.

Backend Development & Architecture

• Hands-on experience building production-grade backend systems using Java (Spring Boot); additional expertise in Python or C#.
• Strong knowledge of microservices patterns—API gateway, service mesh, circuit breakers, distributed tracing.

Core Banking & Fintech Platform Integration

• Experience customizing/integrating Apache Fineract or equivalent core banking systems.
• Understanding of financial workflows: lending, digital wallets, savings automation, transaction reconciliation.
• Familiarity with ISO 20022, SWIFT, and Open Banking standards.

APIs, Messaging & Distributed Systems

• Proficiency in REST, gRPC, GraphQL, JSON, Protocol Buffers.
• Experience with event-driven systems: Kafka, RabbitMQ, AWS SNS/SQS.
• Strong grasp of OAuth2, OpenID Connect, mTLS and modern API security practices.

Data & Persistence

• Expertise in MySQL/PostgreSQL schema design, modeling, and performance tuning.
• Experience with NoSQL solutions: MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis.

DevSecOps, CI/CD & Infrastructure Automation

• Strong DevSecOps background with integrated security scanning tools (SonarQube, Checkmarx, OWASP ZAP, Snyk, Fortify).
• Experience with GitOps tools like ArgoCD or Flux, and deployment strategies such as Canary and Blue/Green.

Cloud-Native Engineering & Observability

• Experience deploying applications on AWS, Azure, or GCP using managed cloud services.
• Containerization using Docker and orchestration with Kubernetes; experience with Helm.
• Setup and tuning of observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK, OpenTelemetry).

Security, Compliance & Governance

• Strong understanding of secure coding practices and regulatory compliance (PCI-DSS, GDPR).
• Experience with RBAC, JWT management, audit logging, and risk controls.
• Ability to work in regulated financial environments with strict compliance requirements.

How to Apply

To view the detailed job description and submit your application, visit M-Pesa Africa’s official careers page or follow the link provided in the job listing.