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How Pakistan’s tech companies actually hire.

Who actually hires engineers in Pakistan, how each one interviews, what the work pays, and where to apply. Ranked on signals you can see and argue with, with every claim labelled by source.

308 companies listed, 39 with the hiring process written up.

Every claim here is labelled

Hiring processes change, and most of what is known about them comes from candidates rather than from the companies. Every claim here is labelled with its source and how well established it is. Treat the official careers page as the last word, and tell me when something is out of date.

  • Official Published by the company itself, on its own careers page or job posting.
  • Reported Described by multiple candidates on a review platform. Usually accurate in shape, often out of date in detail.
  • Unverified One person said this, or it came secondhand. Treat it as a hint, not a fact.

Nobody pays to be listed here, and nothing on this page is sponsored. Companies cannot buy a higher position or have a profile removed on request, though I will correct anything that is wrong.

Detail

308 companies · page 1 of 13

M

Motive

Global engineering centre
92.8#1

US fleet management and physical-operations platform, formerly KeepTruckin, with large engineering teams in Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi. Among the toughest interview loops in the country and among the best paid.

Hires oftenProcess documented
Lahore, Islamabad, Karachi1,000 to 5,000PKR 4.6M/year
S

Systems Limited

Bank, telecom or listed firm
87.2#2

Pakistan’s oldest and largest IT services company, listed on the PSX, delivering enterprise software, SAP and ERP work, cloud and BPO for clients across nine countries.

Always hiringProcess documented
Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad, Multan, Faisalabad5,000 and upPKR 4.7M/year
J

Jazz

Bank, telecom or listed firm
83.5#3

Pakistan’s largest mobile operator, part of VEON, with an in-house technology group covering network, digital products and the JazzCash payments business.

Hires oftenProcess documented
Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi5,000 and up
S

Securiti

Global engineering centre
83.1#4

Data security and privacy platform with large engineering teams in Islamabad and Karachi, founded by the team behind Elastica. Now part of Veeam, and hiring under that group.

Hires oftenProcess documented
Islamabad, Karachi250 to 1,000PKR 4.5M/year
C

Contour Software

Global engineering centre
80.9#5

The Pakistan division of Constellation Software, staffing engineering, finance, HR and support teams for dozens of the group’s software businesses worldwide. One of the country’s largest single technology employers.

Always hiringProcess documented
Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad1,000 to 5,000
V

VentureDive

Software house
79.5#6

Karachi and Lahore technology company building products with and for global partners, with a track record of spinning out its own ventures alongside client engineering work.

Hires oftenProcess documented
Karachi, Lahore250 to 1,000PKR 5.9M to 8.2M/year
C

CureMD

Global engineering centre
79.4#7

US health technology company with a large Lahore engineering and operations base, building electronic health records, practice management and billing software for American clinics.

Always hiringProcess documented
Lahore1,000 to 5,000
1

10Pearls

Global engineering centre
78.8#8

Digital product and engineering firm headquartered in Washington DC with its largest delivery teams in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad, working on healthcare, finance and energy platforms.

Hires oftenProcess documented
Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad1,000 to 5,000
i

i2c Inc

Global engineering centre
78.8#9

Payments processing platform headquartered in California with its main engineering operation in Lahore, running card issuing and banking infrastructure for clients worldwide.

Hires oftenProcess documented
Lahore1,000 to 5,000
S

S&P Global

Global engineering centre
77.8#10

Global financial data and ratings company with a substantial technology centre in Islamabad, building data platforms and internal products for its market intelligence business.

Hires oftenProcess documented
Islamabad250 to 1,000
T

Telenor Pakistan

Bank, telecom or listed firm
77.7#11

Mobile operator with a large in-house technology organisation covering network, digital services and data, headquartered in Islamabad.

Hires oftenListed
Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore5,000 and up
e

easypaisa Digital Bank

Bank, telecom or listed firm
76.8#12

Pakistan’s first digital retail bank, grown out of the easypaisa mobile money service, running payments, lending and savings products for a very large customer base.

Hires oftenProcess documented
Karachi, Islamabad, Lahore1,000 to 5,000
P

Programmers Force

Product company
76.8#13

Lahore company building identity verification, KYC and AI products, operating several brands from a single large campus, with a heavy graduate trainee intake.

Always hiringProcess documented
Lahore250 to 1,000
D

Dubizzle Labs

Global engineering centre
76.3#14

The Pakistan engineering arm of the Dubizzle group, building the technology behind Zameen, Bayut, OLX and dubizzle from Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad.

Hires oftenProcess documented
Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad250 to 1,000
C

Careem

Global engineering centre
75.8#15

The everything app for the Middle East and Pakistan, owned by Uber, with engineering and operations teams in Karachi and Lahore working on ride hailing, delivery and payments.

Hires in batchesProcess documented
Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad250 to 1,000
D

Devsinc

Software house
75.8#16

Lahore-based services company that has grown into one of the largest technology headcounts in Pakistan, delivering web, mobile and enterprise work for overseas clients, with a heavy intake of fresh graduates.

Always hiringProcess documented
Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad1,000 to 5,000
A

Arbisoft

Software house
74.7#17

Lahore-headquartered engineering firm working as long-term product teams for overseas clients, including well-known education and travel platforms. Unusually open about how it hires.

Hires oftenProcess documented
Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad250 to 1,000
H

Huawei Pakistan

Global engineering centre
74.6#18

Huawei’s Pakistan operation, delivering telecom network equipment, cloud services and large infrastructure projects.

Hires oftenListed
Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore1,000 to 5,000
J

JazzCash

Bank, telecom or listed firm
74.6#19

Pakistan’s largest mobile wallet and payments service, operated by Jazz, covering transfers, bill payments and merchant acceptance.

Hires oftenListed
Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore1,000 to 5,000
A

Afiniti

Global engineering centre
74.2#20

Applies machine learning to pair customers with call-centre agents, with substantial engineering and data science teams across Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad.

Hires in batchesProcess documented
Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi250 to 1,000
B

Bentley Systems

Global engineering centre
74.2#21

Infrastructure engineering software company, listed on NASDAQ, with a long-established development centre in Islamabad working on its design and asset management products.

Hires in batchesProcess documented
Islamabad250 to 1,000
T

Teradata

Global engineering centre
74.2#22

Enterprise data analytics and warehousing company with engineering teams in Islamabad and Lahore, and a named graduate programme for Pakistani hires.

Hires in batchesProcess documented
Islamabad, Lahore250 to 1,000
H

HBL Technology

Bank, telecom or listed firm
74.1#23

In-house technology organisation of Habib Bank, Pakistan’s largest bank, covering digital banking, data and infrastructure.

Hires oftenListed
Karachi5,000 and up
P

PTCL

Bank, telecom or listed firm
74.1#24

Pakistan’s largest fixed-line operator, with substantial in-house technology, network and digital teams.

Hires oftenListed
Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore5,000 and up

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