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

iQansoft Ltd; Saddar; On-site; PKR 4,241,000 - 4,464,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote working opportunity

Exposure to AI-assisted development

Multi-project exposure

Job summary

iQansoft Ltd in Islamabad is seeking a Solution Architect to lead a small development team while staying hands-on, architecting end-to-end solutions across websites, SaaS and backend systems.

You will mentor, decide on stack and tooling, and work closely with the Technical Project Manager to plan and ship features. The role rewards an outcomes-first mindset and strong communication with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software development, 10+ years ideal in leadership roles.
• Experience at a known Pakistani software house.
• Active hands-on development with code ownership.
• Strong React and Node.js expertise.
• Experience architecting SaaS-style, multi-tenant, or multi-client web solutions.
• Comfort owning frontend and backend architecture decisions.
• Track record in leading or mentoring developers.
• Outcomes-first mindset; focus on delivered value.
• Strong communication with non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Propose end-to-end solution architecture for new projects across websites, SaaS, and backend systems.
• Stay hands-on as lead developer—coding in React and Node.js.
• Lead and mentor a small development team, setting technical direction and quality bar.
• Make stack, tooling, and system design trade-offs and stand behind those decisions.
• Partner with the Technical Project Manager to scope, estimate, and sequence work.
• Own code review standards and the team’s overall quality and reliability.
• Take ownership of problems beyond your ticket to ship.

Skills

React

Node.js

Solution Architect

Technical leadership

Mentoring

Communication skills

Frontend & Backend architecture

Tools

Sanity

Vercel

Supabase

Cursor

GitHub

Lovable

Job description

Application Deadline: 30 September 2026

Department: Operations

Location: Islamabad

Compensation: PKRs380,000 - PKRs400,000 / month

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.