Senior Software Architect (Backend & Distributed Systems)

Position: Senior Software Architect (Backend & Distributed Systems)

Location: Remote (Pakistan)

Job Type: Full-time

Work Hours: 09:00 AM – 05:00 PM PST (10:00 PM - 06:00 AM PKT)

Role Overview:

Were looking for a Senior Software Architect who can designresilient, scalable backend systems powering data-heavy applications. You will be responsible for designing systems, making key technical decisions, and actively building backend services that power our core platforms. This is a leadership-through-execution role — combining strategic architectural thinking with strong implementation skills.

Key Responsibilities:

- Architect and evolve backend systems that support high-volume traffic and production workloads. - Lead major architectural improvements across APIs, crawlers, data ingestion pipelines, and core services. - Design distributed systems with a strong focus on scalability, reliability, and performance. - Build new production systems from scratch while modernizing legacy components. - Define system-level strategies for observability, failure handling, and long-term maintainability. - Break down complex technical initiatives into clear, executable components. - Drive performance optimization and infrastructure efficiency. - Collaborate directly with leadership on long-term technical direction. - Mentor engineers through architecture reviews, system design discussions, and engineering best practices. Requirements:

- 10+ years of experience in backend engineering or system architecture. - Proven track record designing and maintaining high-traffic production systems. - Strong experience with APIs, distributed systems, and backend services at scale. - Systems thinking mindset: concurrency, performance bottlenecks, scaling strategies, failure modes, and resiliency. - Ability to independently make high-impact architectural decisions. - Experience in data-heavy systems, crawling infrastructure, or network-related systems is highly valuable. - Python experience is a plus. - Comfortable using AI-assisted tools (Copilot, ChatGPT, etc.) to enhance engineering productivity. Nice to Have:

- Experience evolving legacy systems. - Background in data-heavy systems (feeds, crawlers, analytics pipelines). - Infrastructure, scalability, and performance tuning experience. - Mentoring mid- and senior-level developers. Benefits & Perks:

- Fully remote work. - Healthcare coverage for you and your family. - Paid leave, vacation, and holidays. - Equipment allowance for home office setup. - Profit sharing and performance-based bonuses. - Long-term growth and collaborative team culture. About Us:

AutoScale Ventures is a technology-driven company with 50+ team members across the Philippines, Pakistan, India, the U.S., China, and Canada. We operate a group of businesses spanning tech, data services, and infrastructure, and AI, with some of our main products and ventures around:

- Vehicledata (VinAudit.com) - Proxy infrastructure solutions (SquidProxies.com) Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. We look forward to meeting the right person for this role!