Senior / Principal Software Architect (QKD Management Platform)

Position: Senior / Principal Software Architect (QKD Management Platform)

Location: On-Site (Islamabad - Pakistan)
Experience: Minimum 10+ years

Position Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Software Engineer to design and develop an inbuilt web server and management subsystem directly within our next-generation networking devices. In this role, you will be responsible for building the core backend software that enables real-time device resource monitoring, hardware configuration, and robust telemetry logging.

The ideal candidate bridges the gap between low-level system software and modern backend architecture, bringing hands-on experience with network management protocols (NETCONF, RESTCONF, SNMP) and a passion for building highly resilient, secure, and observable embedded applications.

Responsibilities

• Inbuilt Management Software: Design, develop, and optimize a high-performance, low-footprint inbuilt web server and management engine running directly on network hardware.
• Device Configuration & Orchestration: Build secure, atomic configuration management systems, monitoring engines, and operational workflows to manage local device states.
• Interface Implementation: Define and implement standard northbound management interfaces, including RESTCONF, NETCONF, SNMP, CLI, and the underlying APIs powering the device's UI.
• Advanced Telemetry & Logging: Design and implement a robust, high-fidelity logging and telemetry framework. Ensure all system anomalies, resource spikes, and unusual device behaviors are deterministically captured, aggregated, and surfaced.
• Resource Monitoring: Develop lightweight, efficient microservices or daemons to monitor critical device hardware resources (CPU, memory, storage, temperature, packet buffers) without impacting data-plane performance.
• Security & Resilience: Architect secure, fault-tolerant software systems tailored for critical infrastructure environments, ensuring the management plane remains responsive under heavy load or failure conditions.
• Engineering Excellence: Drive software quality through architecture reviews, rigorous testing strategies (unit, integration, and system-level), automated CI/CD pipelines, and meticulous documentation.

Qualifications

• Experience: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field with 10+ years of professional software development experience.
• System & Backend Expertise: Strong background in software architecture, system-level software programming, and designing resource-constrained backend services.
• Programming Proficiency: Expert-level skills in modern systems and backend languages (e.g., C/C++, Go, Rust, or Python) with a deep understanding of object-oriented design and modular architecture.
• Protocols & APIs: Proven, hands-on experience working with NETCONF, RESTCONF, SNMP, and REST APIs, including a solid understanding of YANG modeling.
• Telemetry Mastery: Deep knowledge of logging frameworks, structured logging (JSON/Protobuf), time-series telemetry data collection, and system-level monitoring techniques.
• DevOps & Tools: Mastery of standard software engineering practices, including Git multi-account environments, automated testing frameworks, and secure CI/CD pipelines.
• Collaborative Mindset: Proved experience working effectively in agile, cross-functional teams alongside hardware, firmware, and UI/UX engineers.

Engineering Practices

• Source control systems (Git)
• CI/CD pipelines
• Unit testing and documentation
• Comfortable working in:
• Agile development environments
• Fast prototyping and lean project management (e.g., Jira)
• Heavy user of AI-assisted development tools, including:
• GitHub Copilot
• Claude Code or similar integrated agents

Optional / Preferred Experience

• Knowledge of Electronics and hardware design
• Reading schematics
• Hardware debugging and use of test/measurement equipment
• Experience with:
• Telecommunications hardware systems
• Common Criteria and certified security products

How to Apply

Kindly fill out the following details accordingly:
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• Details of system-level or security-critical projects you’ve worked on
• Examples of systems you’ve architected or contributed to
• GitHub or technical portfolio (if available)

Job Type: Full-time

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Islamabad: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Preferred)

Location:

• Islamabad (Preferred)

Work Location: In person