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: We're looking for a Senior Software Architect who can design resilient, scalable backend systems powering data-heavy applications. You will be responsible for architecting systems, making key technical decisions, and actively coding and building backend services that drive our core platforms. This role involves hands-on system design, translating complex requirements into robust architectures, and leading through execution with strong development expertise. It is a leadership-through-execution role, combining strategic architectural thinking with deep implementation and system design 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!