Senior Tech Lead

Role Overview
We are looking for a highly experienced Senior Tech Lead to own the technical vision, architecture, and delivery of our large-scale Short Video Platform. The ideal candidate must have deep hands-on expertise in the JavaScript ecosystem (Node.js/MERN), modern microservice architecture, distributed systems, and high-scale video streaming platforms.

This is not a generic architect role — we need someone who has led engineering teams in JS-based ecosystems, understands real-time video platform bottlenecks, and can embed into our environment built with:

• Node.js / MERN Stack
• Microservices (Event-driven & API-driven)
• RabbitMQ (queues, pub/sub, dead-lettering)
• Redis (caching, rate-limiting, feed generation, session/data caching)
• AWS Stack (S3, CloudFront, Lambda, MediaConvert, Transcoder, ECS/EKS)
• FFmpeg pipelines
• Short-form video delivery, ABR streaming, CDN optimization

Key Responsibilities
Platform Architecture & System Design

• Architect and lead the entire technical design for a high-scale short-video platform.
• Build distributed microservice systems with low-latency APIs and event-driven workflows.
• Design and optimize video ingestion, transcoding pipelines, and ABR/HLS/DASH delivery.
• Architect multi-region deployments (PK, MENA, upcoming markets) with automated failover.

Video Delivery & Performance

• Optimize edge caching, CDN strategies, and playback performance.
• Improve latency, startup time, seek time, and QoS metrics across devices.
• Define caching layers (Redis), queue workflows (RabbitMQ), and scalable data storage patterns.

Scalability, Reliability & DevOps

• Define architectural standards for fault-tolerance, retries, circuit breakers, and DR.
• Ensure security-by-design across microservices, APIs, video content, and user data.
• Establish CI/CD pipelines, observability stack, log processing, and monitoring frameworks.

Leadership & Team Enablement

• Lead engineering teams and guide them through architectural execution.
• Work closely with Infra, Backend, Frontend, and Mobile teams to maintain a unified system vision.
• Make final decisions on tech stack upgrades, design patterns, and performance strategies.

Qualifications
Must-Have

• 12–18+ years of engineering experience, with at least 5+ years as a technical lead/architect.
• Strong, proven experience in JavaScript ecosystem, particularly Node.js microservices.
• Hands-on experience with MongoDB, Redis, RabbitMQ, AWS, and distributed system design.
• Deep knowledge of video platforms, streaming, transcoding, HLS/DASH, and performance optimization.
• Experience in designing scalable microservices and high QPS systems.

Nice-to-Have

• Experience with recommendation systems, AI-driven feeds, ranking, or content moderation.
• Experience with React Native/React for full ecosystem understanding.
• Exposure to TikTok/Reels/SnackVideo-like architectures.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: Rs500,000.00 - Rs650,000.00 per month

Application Question(s):

• Please share your resume at: https://tinyurl.com/TechleadWalee

Experience:

• Software Engineering: 10 years (Required)
• Node.js Microservices: 10 years (Required)
• Technical Lead: 6 years (Required)

Location:

• Lahore (Required)

Work Location: In person