Job Description

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:

AtBiblioCommons, we build SaaS solutions for public libraries, directlyimpactingthe lives of millions and fostering learning, literacy, and culture within the digital world. We constantly improve our products through user research, client interaction, and the input of our creative staff. Join a team of passionate professionals making public libraries accessible, delightful, and engaging. 

Many companies tout 'social impact'; atBiblioCommons, we serve over 8 million diverse users monthly by partnering with close to 200 public libraries in Canada, the US and New Zealand. Libraries are more than just book stacks-they are public spaces that foster learning, connection, and community.BiblioCommonsis bringing that community online with clever software that powers the world's largest libraries.

The Position:

Weoffersan opportunity to work in an environment that combines the challenges and complexity of a large-scale, data-intensive application with the creativity and fun of a sophisticated consumer web offering, central to the daily web interactions of millions of users.

We’rea highly collaborative team that applies innovative solutions to challenging problems. We stronglybelievein automation and invest heavily init to make that possible.We’realso committed to doing things right and always looking for ways to do them better.

We are looking for an experiencedSeniorSoftware Engineer candidate whowill bring strong technical expertiseto our Platform team. This role willbe key to strengtheningour systems and infrastructure, remediating technical debt, upgrading legacy systems, remediating any securityvulnerabilitiesand helpingus achieveourcompliancegoals

You will enjoy and be successful in this role if you are:

• Great at debugging distributed systems

• Comfortable diving deep into legacy code and infrastructure to understand and resolve issues.

• Accountable and take ownership of your work

• Skilled at documenting and sharing knowledge about complex systems.

• Delivery-focused and giving your best effort atalltimes

• Creative andenjoysbrainstorming ideas with others tocome up withthe right solution

• Supportive andenjoysworking as part of a team

• Passionate toself-improve

• Methodical in root-cause analysis and systematic problem-solving.

• You are always looking to automate, improve processes, and follow best practices

• Curious, adaptable, and comfortable experimenting with AI-driven approaches to design, build, andoptimizeapplications.

Howyou’llmake an impact:

• Plan and execute software upgrades for critical dependencies, frameworks, and libraries.

• Tackle technical debt remediation initiatives across our platform and infrastructure.

• Identify, prioritize, and remediate security vulnerabilities to support compliancegoals

• Implement security controls and compliance automation.

• Modernize legacy backend services and messaging applications to improve maintainability.

• Troubleshoot and perform root-cause analysis ofsystemic issues

• Collaborate with engineering teams toestablishupgrade schedules and deprecation timelines.

• Write robust,high-quality code withappropriate tests

• Participate in code reviewsand best-practice discussions

What you will bring to the team:

• 7+ years of backend engineering experience with significant Javaexpertise

• Proven experience upgrading andmaintainingSpring-based applications and related Java technologies.

• Strong theoretical foundation in data structures, algorithms, and software engineering best practices

• Experience debugging andoptimizinglarge-scale, multi-threaded systems

• Solid understanding of dependency management with Maven/Gradle and upgrade strategies.

• Experience identifying and remediating security vulnerabilities in production systems.

• Track recordof successfully tackling technical debt whilemaintainingsystem stability.

• Strong knowledge of RESTful API applications

• Some experience building backend messaging applications

• Have a mindset for end-to-end ownership of services

• Passionate, motivated, and capable of working autonomously

• Strong communicationskills and collaborationacross teams

Bonus Points for:

• Experienceimplementing security controls inon-prem andcloudenvironments

• Direct experience implementing security controls and remediating findingsfor compliancepurposes

• Experienced in a continuous integration and continuous delivery environment

• Experience building cloud-native API-based applications on AWS

• Experience managing technical debt in legacy monolithic applications.

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.