For engineers who chose the hard road on purpose.
We hire small, senior, and curious. If you are happiest when the problem is genuinely complex, and you would rather build something honest than something flashy, we should talk.
No ticket factories. No layered handoffs. No careers spent renaming the same Jira board. Just senior people taking on work that matters, with the autonomy to do it well.
Five reasons that hold up after the honeymoon.
We do not compete on perks. We compete on the work itself, the people you will work with, and the freedom to do both well.
- 01
Hard problems, on purpose
We pick work where the answer is not obvious and a generic playbook will not get you there.
- 02
Small, senior teams
Most pods are three to six people. Everyone on the call understands the code being written.
- 03
Owner level autonomy
You set the technical direction with the client. We protect you from the noise around it.
- 04
Real R&D budget
Time to read papers, prototype, and bring back what worked. Curiosity is part of the job.
- 05
Transparent comp
Bands are written down. So are the criteria for moving between them. No backchannel negotiation.
Currently hiring.
Do not see a fit but think you should be here? Email us. Some of our best hires never matched a posting.
- ApplyEngineeringPrincipalRemote
Principal Software Engineer
Own the architecture of our most complex client systems end to end. You set the bar for craft, mentor staff engineers, and stay close to the code that ships.
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Staff AI Engineer
Build production grade LLM and agentic systems for clients shipping into regulated environments. Strong systems background and a healthy distrust of demos.
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Senior Platform Engineer
Design internal developer platforms that turn six month change cycles into daily deploys. You enjoy the kind of infrastructure other engineers stop noticing.
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Senior Product Designer
Lead end to end product design for deep tech products. Comfortable defending decisions to engineers and CEOs in the same meeting, with the same evidence.
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Delivery Lead
Run multi team engagements. You own the rhythm sprint by sprint, milestone by milestone, and keep the partnership transparent enough that nothing surprises anyone.
Islamabad, PK · Hybrid
Four conversations. No trick questions.
We are trying to figure out whether the work will be good for both of us. The process is built to give you real information, not to filter you through hoops.
- Step 01
Intro chat
Thirty minutes. We learn about you, you learn about us. No homework, no slides, no panel.
- Step 02
Technical depth
A real conversation about a problem from your past. What worked, what did not, and what you would do differently.
- Step 03
Working session
A short paid working session on a representative problem. We work the way we work every day.
- Step 04
Offer and onboarding
Transparent comp, written expectations, and a structured first ninety days that someone actually owns.
Do not see your role? Tell us anyway.
Send us your story, the work you are proud of, and what you would like to build next. We keep an open call list year round.