Senior Software Developer

Karachi Data employs 770 people across engineering hubs in Karachi and three other locations, building ERP software for mid-market manufacturers. Public sector agencies, utilities and large health systems licence our asset management platform under multi-year contracts. On-call rotates weekly and pays a flat stipend whether or not the pager goes off.

Job summary

We need another Senior Software Developer who likes owning a feature from the design doc all the way to the on-call rotation. Remote within Pakistan. The team meets in Karachi once a quarter, travel covered.

Main duties

• Debug performance problems using profilers, logs and tracing in Datadog or Grafana.
• Keep dependencies current and patch findings from Dependabot or Snyk.
• Migrate older modules out of the monolith where it makes sense.
• Take part in an on-call rotation (roughly one week in six) and help resolve production incidents.
• Improve the reliability of existing code instead of just adding features on top of it.
• Review pull requests from teammates and give clear, specific feedback.
• Work with product managers and designers to scope features and cut what isn't needed.
• Mentor junior engineers through pairing and code review.

Required qualifications

• 6+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong skills in at least one of Python, Java, Go, C# or TypeScript.
• Willing to join the on-call rotation once ramped up.
• Familiarity with Git, pull request workflows and CI tools like GitHub Actions, Jenkins or CircleCI.
• BS in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms and basic system design.

Salary range: PKR 260,000-PKR 300,000 pcm

Perks and benefits

• Medical insurance.
• Provident fund.
• Paid leave.
• Life insurance.

We are reviewing applications as they arrive, so apply early.

Candidates must be eligible to work in Pakistan.

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Karachi Data.