Junior/Intermediate Software Developer
About Contour
Contour Software has grown from a dozen people to over 2,000 staff across 3 cities, in less than 14 years.
As a subsidiary of Constellation Software Inc., we are proud to be part of a global enterprise software conglomerate that has grown to become one of the top 10 software companies in the world, with employees and customers in 100+ countries. With a broad-based and ever-growing portfolio of market-leading, vertical-market enterprise solutions covering more than 100 industry domains in predominantly mature markets, CSI's recipe creates the perfect environment for professionals to build fulfilling, long-term careers.
What started as an R&D & Accounting back-office, has progressed into a full-service Global Centre serving all functions and departments, at the divisional as well as operating group/corporate level. Today Contour employees, located in Karachi, Lahore & Islamabad, are serving CSI divisions located in time zones spanning the globe, from Sydney to Vancouver. With the global growth of Constellation as the wind in our sails, we are only just getting started!
THE DIVISION:
Delineate has developed unique software that collects each day and every day from real consumers, enabling our clients to access high-quality insights into their brands and advertising campaigns.
THE ROLE:
Our platform is built on modern, cloud-only technology, with a strong focus on innovation, automationand scalability.
We make use of the latest technologies across our platform and engineering practices, and we'reincreasingly incorporating AI and machine learning to build smarter features and automate repetitive work. This is an evolving area for us, and you'llhave the opportunity to shape how we apply it.
We are also building a new in-house software development team, and we want highly skilled, motivatedand innovative engineers who will help us scale the business and accelerate the pace of high qualitysoftware delivery.
As a Software Developeryou will be a core member of that team, working hands-on across the platform - from backend services and messaging through to the web applications our clients use every day. You will take features from problem statement to production, and you will spend as much time in code you did not write as in code you did. You will report to our Lead Software Engineer, within an internationally based team, working closely with our product, dataand infrastructure colleagues.
The successful hire will work from the Contour Software Karachi/Lahore/Islamabadoffice as part of the resource-centerteam that is an extension of the division-based R&D department.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Design, build and ship features end to end, across backend services, data accessand the user-facing application.
Write clean, well-structuredand testable code, applying Clean Architecture principles consistently rather than selectively.
Work confidently in inherited code, reading, tracing and safely extending services written by others as readily as building something new.
Investigate defects with rigour, debugging through to root cause rather than treating symptoms.
Contribute to automated testing and CI/CD pipelines, keeping changes small and continuously deployable.
Follow secure coding practices appropriate toa SOC2 / ISO27001 accredited environment.
Build a working understanding of the market research and brand measurement domain our software serves.
Make practical use of AI in your own workflow, including agentic development tooling.
Skills and Experience:
Essential
Strong commercial experience building and maintainingapplications in C# and .NET.
Solid SQL skills and hands-on Entity Framework Core experience, including what the ORM is doing underneath.
Practical experience of distributed systems and message-based architectures - queues, eventsand asynchronous processing - and of their failure modes.
Excellent debugging and diagnostic ability, working from logs, tracesand telemetry through to root cause.
A track recordof working productively in unfamiliar codebases, including code with limited documentation or test coverage.
Familiarity with agentic AI workflows and AI-assisted development tooling, with judgement about where they help.
Genuine enthusiasm for technology and for AI, with an active interest in how things work.
Desirable
Experience applying Clean Architecture, or a comparable layered or hexagonal approach, on a production codebase.
Working knowledge of a modern frontend JavaScript framework used with TypeScript.
Exposure to .NET Aspire for local orchestration and service composition.
Exciting Benefits we offer:
- Market-leading Salary
- Medical Coverage - Self & Dependents
- Parents Medical Coverage
- Provident Fund
- Employee Performance-based bonuses
- Home Internet Subsidy
- Conveyance Allowance
- Profit Sharing Plan [Tenured Employees Only]
- Life Benefit
- Child Care Facility
- Company Provided Lunch/Dinner
- Professional Development Budget
- Recreational area for in-house games
- Sporadic On-shore training opportunities
- Friendly work environment
- Leave Encashment
Disclaimer: At Contour, we attribute our success to the unique contributions of our diverse staff. We’re committed to fostering a culture of respect that thrives on the varied perspectives and experiences of all individuals we recruit, employ, promote, and compensate. Since day one, we’ve adhered to a policy that champions a work environment honoring the worth and dignity of each person while being free from all forms of employment discrimination.
In our continuous effort to promote inclusivity, we extend our commitment to individuals with special needs by providing reasonable accommodations. We actively encourage qualified individuals with special needs to apply for the various openings within our company. Should you require assistance in completing the application process or have any inquiries regarding special facilities, please do not hesitate to contact our HR team. Your unique talents and abilities are welcomed and valued here.