About the Role

This is your chance to be part of a growing SaaS startup with great scalability and huge career potential. You will get a chance to thrive amongst other extremely talented engineers, while learning and working with a diverse team based in the US and Pakistan, embracing challenges leading to growth, tap into new opportunities that will shape the future of learning.

Your impact:

As part of our Backend Architecture squad, you will:

• Work on the design, development and maintenance of application’s backend architecture 
• Ensure code quality standards are well defined and enforced across different squads across the engineering organization 
• Work closely with with the infrastructure teams to ensure we are optimally using our cloud infra while ensuring the right logging and monitoring tools are in place to proactively tackle issues

What you'll get to do every day: 

• Replacement and refactoring of some of the old system components like our Websockets API 
• Optimizing the search capabilities in the product with the right use of PostgreSQL capabilities 
• Provide feedback on RFC presented by other squad developers for proposed design/code changes 
• Perform PR reviews 

What you’ll need to be successful on Day 1:

• You have extensive experience leading engineers in developing web applications that make heavy manipulations of the Document Object Model of other web applications
• Have experience in Python ( Django / Django-Rest), PostgreSQL, Redis, RabbitMQ and ElasticSearch
• Familiarity with React & Redux is a plus
• You have excellent software engineering fundamentals, including knowledge of algorithms and data structures, UML and other forms of systems design collaboration
• You have a Graduate or Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, or similar technical field
• You enjoy working in an Agile development environment and taking initiatives in improving systems both for our teams as well as users
• You are excited to develop a product that end users LOVE to use on a day to day basis

What's in it for you?

• Health Insurance Coverage
• Medical OPD (Upon confirmation)
• Provident Fund & EOBI
• 28 days annual leave 
• Food & Internet Allowance
• Hybrid work environment: Remote-first with company provided home off setup with the option to work from the Karachi office when you feel the need
• Meaningful equity: every employee is granted stock options when they walk in the door 
• Multicultural & dynamic environment in fast-growing worldwide business.
• One-of-a-kind company culture: a mixture of open mindset, high dedication, striving for success, and team spirit.
• Professional team that is committed and stands for the highest standards of performance.
• L&D stipend that can be used for learning opportunities at your discretion
• The chance to help build from the ground up. The hires we’re making now are foundational to our growth as a company
• Team Lunches & Monthly Events