Lead Engineer - AI Agents

M-KOPA is hiring its first lead engineer for AI agents to design and scale internal automations across a large African fintech operation. The role is remote-friendly across several African hubs and is positioned as a leadership opportunity in a new team with continent-wide operational impact.

This opening fits a senior engineer who can build production-grade agent systems, lead a new function, and connect practical AI delivery to business workflows at scale.

• Strong software engineering leadership with experience shipping complex systems.
• Ability to lead a new AI-focused team and set technical direction.
• Comfort designing automations and agent workflows for operational use cases.
• Strong collaboration across product, operations, and engineering stakeholders.
• Ability to work remotely from one of M-KOPA's listed African hubs.