Solution Architect & Development Team Lead — React / Node.js / SaaS Architecture

iQansoft; Saddar; Hybrid; PKR 4,241,000 - 4,464,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote working opportunity

Multi-product exposure

Exposure to AI-assisted development

Job summary

iQansoft in Islamabad is seeking a Solution Architect who will also lead the development team. You will propose real technical solutions, stay hands-on to build them, and mentor a small team while writing code yourself.

You will decide on stack and design trade-offs, lead architecture across websites and SaaS-style backends, and maintain high-quality standards through code reviews and collaboration with a Technical Project Manager.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software development incl. leadership in solution architecture.
• Experience at a well-regarded Pakistani software house.
• Continued hands-on development; not only diagrams.
• Strong React and Node.js expertise.
• Experience architecting SaaS/multi-tenant or multi-client web solutions.
• Own frontend and backend architecture decisions.
• Familiar with modern tooling (Sanity, Vercel, Supabase, Cursor, GitHub).
• Track record of leading/mentoring developers.
• Outcomes-first mindset; clear communication with non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Propose end-to-end solution architecture for new projects and features.
• Stay hands-on as lead developer; write and review production code.
• Lead and mentor a small development team and set technical direction.
• Decide on stack, tooling, and system design trade-offs.
• Collaborate with Technical Project Manager to scope and sequence work.
• Own code review standards and overall technical quality.
• Take ownership of issues beyond a ticket to ensure shipping.

Skills

React

Node.js

Leadership

Mentoring

Communication

Hands-on coding

Tools

Sanity

Vercel

Supabase

Cursor

GitHub

Lovable AI

Job description

Compensation: PKRs380,000 - PKRs400,000 / month

Application Deadline: 30 September 2026

Department: Operations

Location: Islamabad

Description

We're hiring a Solution Architect who will also act as our development team's lead — someone who proposes real technical solutions and then stays hands-on to help build them. This is not a role for someone who wants to hand off a diagram and walk away. You'll lead a small team (a Senior Software Engineer and a Junior Developer), make the architecture calls, and still be writing and reviewing code yourself. We want someone who thinks in terms of solutions delivered, not hours logged — who's willing to go the extra mile when a project needs it, and who's spent real time at a well-known Pakistani software house doing both hands-on development and solution architecture work.

What You'll Do

• Propose end-to-end solution architecture for new projects and features across our portfolio — websites, SaaS-style solutions, and backend systems (including data-heavy builds like our Parts Blue vendor-catalog backend)
• Stay hands-on as lead developer — writing and reviewing production code in React and Node.js, not just producing architecture diagrams
• Lead and mentor a small development team, setting the technical direction and quality bar for their work
• Make the call on stack, tooling, and system design trade-offs, and stand behind those decisions
• Partner directly with our Technical Project Manager to scope, estimate, and sequence work across multiple concurrent projects
• Own code review standards and the overall technical quality/reliability bar for the team's output
• Take ownership of problems beyond your immediate ticket when that's what it takes to actually ship

What We're Looking For

• 7+ years of software development experience (10+ years ideal), including meaningful time in a Solution Architect or technical leadership capacity — not purely an individual-contributor track
• That experience should include time at a known, well-regarded Pakistani software house
• Continued, active hands-on development — you should still want to be in the code, not just reviewing it from a distance
• Strong, demonstrable React and Node.js expertise
• Real experience architecting SaaS-style, multi-tenant, or multi-client web solutions
• Comfort owning both frontend and backend architecture decisions
• Familiarity with modern tooling — Sanity, Vercel, Supabase, Cursor, GitHub (openness to newer AI-assisted tools like Lovable is a plus)
• A track record of leading or mentoring developers
• An outcomes-first mindset — you measure success by what got delivered, not hours logged
• Strong communication skills, including with non-technical stakeholders

Benefits

• Remote working opportunity
• Opportunity to work across multiple products and projects.
• Exposure to modern technologies and AI-assisted development tools.
• Opportunity to work closely with technical and project leadership.