Full Stack Software Engineer

We're Hiring: Full Stack Software Engineer (Full-Time) at Kalakar.io

Kalakar.io is an AI-powered captioning platform designed for Desi languages. Our platform helps creators easily generate accurate captions and subtitles for their videos in languages like Urdu, Hindi, and other regional languages.

Today, 100,000+ creators and businesses use Kalakar.io to make their content more accessible, engaging, and shareable across social platforms.

What you'll be doing

• Building and shipping features across our React frontend and Node.js/Express backend
• Working with PostgreSQL — schema design, querying, and performance tuning
• Integrating AI captioning pipelines into smooth, intuitive product experiences
• Improving our caption editor and video rendering workflows
• Scaling systems that process thousands of videos efficiently
• Owning your work end-to-end, from idea to production

You're a Great Fit if You Have

• 3+ years of professional experience with React and Node.js
• Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL
• Experience designing and building REST APIs with Express
• Someone who thinks beyond the ticket and cares about the user experience
• Comfortable working independently in a remote, asynchronous environment
• Someone who enjoys solving problems and shipping products, not just writing code
• Experience building and deploying applications on AWS, including services such as EC2, S3, or Lambda.

Bonus Points for

• Experience with Remotion (video rendering with React)
• Audio/video processing
• AI or LLM API integrations
• Speech-to-text or machine learning applications
• South Asian languages or the Desi creator ecosystem

How we work

• Fully remote
• Flexible working hours
• Small team with very little bureaucracy
• Fast feedback and quick releases
• Extreme ownership and lots of autonomy

Role Details

• Position: Full-Time Software Engineer
• Location: Fully Remote
• Salary: PKR 300,000/month

Tell us about yourself

Instead of sending an AI-generated cover letter, we'd love to hear from you.

In a few sentences, tell us:

• Who you are
• What motivates you about software engineering
• What types of products or problems you've enjoyed working on

Please write this in your own words. We're not looking for perfect writing, we're looking for originality. A short, genuine introduction is much more valuable than something AI-generated.

If you're excited about building tools for an underserved community and want your work to reach tens of thousands of real users, we'd love to hear from you.