Senior Software Engineer (Backend)

About the role

AutoScale Ventures is hiring a hands-on Senior Software Engineer in its Gulberg III, Lahore office, working full-time from 6:00 PM to 2:00 AM Pakistan time. The role owns the design, build and production support of backend and data systems, including APIs, data pipelines, crawlers, integrations and databases, and helps improve their scalability, reliability and maintainability.

Key responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain backend systems handling real production workloads.
• Develop APIs, data pipelines, crawlers, integrations and other business-critical services.
• Build new systems from scratch and improve existing ones, including legacy applications and technical debt.
• Translate product and business requirements into technical solutions and implementation plans.
• Break complex work into manageable components and coordinate execution across developers.
• Write clean, tested code and review it for quality, correctness and maintainability.
• Troubleshoot production issues and improve performance, resilience, observability and reliability.
• Mentor developers through code reviews and technical discussions.
• Use AI-assisted development tools while independently validating generated code.

Required profile

• At least 5 years of software engineering experience with a strong backend focus.
• Proven experience building and maintaining production systems used by real customers.
• Experience mentoring or giving technical guidance to other developers.
• Ability to work independently, make sound technical decisions and take ownership of projects from planning through deployment and production support.
• Availability to work 6:00 PM to 2:00 AM Pakistan time.

Required skills

• Strong hands-on backend development and API, service and integration design.
• SQL and relational or NoSQL databases, including schema and query design.
• Linux, Git, CI/CD workflows, cloud environments, logs and monitoring tools.
• Nice to have: Python, crawlers, ETL, cloud platforms, containers, performance profiling and observability.

What we offer

• Base salary of PKR 500,000 (tax inclusive).
• Healthcare coverage, leave days, vacation time and paid holidays.
• Equipment funds and profit sharing (monthly and annual bonuses).
• Collaboration with an experienced, globally distributed team and on-site collaboration in Lahore.