Backend Engineer (Pakistan)

About the role

We are looking for a Backend Engineer to design, build, and scale the core infrastructure that powers our fintech platform. You will work closely with the CTO and the engineering team to deliver reliable, secure, and compliant services to thousands of users across multiple jurisdictions.

Key responsibilities

• Design, implement, and own critical backend infrastructure, including service architecture, reliability, build and release pipelines, and integration with compliance and banking services.
• Identify and remediate weak spots in the codebase and infrastructure to improve system health.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, and operations teams to ship features for multiple markets.
• Contribute to engineering best practices, code quality, and process improvements as the organization scales.

Required profile

• Strong engineering fundamentals with knowledge of clean architecture, layered abstractions, and complexity trade‑offs.
• Broad platform knowledge across backend architecture, databases, site reliability, infrastructure as code, and CI/CD.
• Security‑mindset capable of designing robust financial systems that meet high compliance standards.
• Business‑oriented decision‑making, balancing speed with quality.

Required skills

• Experience in backend engineering, platform engineering, or infrastructure roles.
• Proficiency in backend languages and frameworks relevant to scalable financial systems.
• Ability to operate independently in fast‑moving environments.
• Experience in startups, fintech, or regulated environments is strongly preferred.