Software house in Sialkot: where Innovation Insight started

The Sialkot office

Sialkot is best known abroad for exports, sports goods and surgical instruments, and for its unusual density of businesses that have sold internationally for decades. That export culture is part of why the company started here: from the first project, our clients were in the US and Europe, and the office was built for remote delivery rather than local work.

What the Sialkot team does

• Backend and API engineering on Node.js and Python, including integrations and data pipelines.
• Web front ends on React and Next.js.
• Mobile apps in Flutter and React Native.
• QA and test automation with Playwright, Cypress and Appium, and real-device testing.
• Maintenance and support retainers for products after launch.

Same rates, same process

Engineers in Sialkot work in the same squads as their Lahore colleagues and on the same terms. Rates are published per role, engagement models are identical, and every engineer passes the same five-step vetting.

Hiring and training in Sialkot

Sialkot and the surrounding Punjab cities produce strong engineering graduates who would otherwise move to Lahore or abroad. We hire them here, pair them with senior engineers, and promote from within. Several of the leads who now run client squads in Lahore started as graduates in this office. For clients, that means teams with continuity and low turnover, which is the thing most often missing from offshore work.

How the two offices work together

Lahore and Sialkot are about two hours apart by road. Squads are usually formed across both offices, with the delivery lead in either location. Daily stand-ups, code review and demos are remote by design, so the client experience is the same regardless of where an engineer sits. Clients visiting Pakistan normally come to Lahore; visits to Sialkot are welcome too.

Working with us from abroad

Contracts include an NDA, IP assignment and, for European clients, a GDPR data processing agreement. Invoicing is in USD or EUR. The security page explains the controls that apply to every project regardless of office.

Why a software company in Sialkot

Sialkot's businesses have exported to Europe and North America for generations, and the city has a practical, deadline-driven work culture as a result. Starting the company here in 2019 meant lower costs than Lahore or Islamabad, access to graduates from the University of Sialkot, GC University and nearby campuses in Gujranwala and Gujrat, and a team that stayed. Turnover in the Sialkot office is among the lowest in the company, which is exactly what long-term clients want from a dedicated team.

What clients get from the Sialkot team

A typical engagement from Sialkot

A European SaaS client adds two senior Node.js engineers and a QA engineer from Sialkot to their product team on a monthly basis. They join the client's stand-up at 10:00 CET, work in the client's GitHub and Jira, and ship to the client's staging environment every day. A delivery lead in Lahore reviews quality weekly and handles staffing, so the client's product lead manages priorities, not HR. After three months the client adds a Flutter engineer for a companion mobile app, from the same office.

Working hours, contracts and payment

• Core hours 9:00 to 19:00 PKT, with stand-ups placed inside your working day.
• Monthly billing per engineer, or fixed price per project after discovery.
• USD or EUR invoicing, payment by wire, ACH, SEPA or card.
• NDA, IP assignment and, for EU clients, a GDPR data processing agreement.
• Two-week free replacement of any engineer, 30-day notice to scale down.

Sialkot International Airport has flights to the Gulf and, seasonally, to Europe; Lahore's airport is about two and a half hours away by road. Most client visits are planned through Lahore, with a day trip to Sialkot when the team is based here.

Frequently requested engagements from Sialkot

Standards that apply in every office

• Code review on every change and automated tests in CI.
• Managed, encrypted devices with MFA on every tool.
• Written sprint notes and recorded demos every two weeks.
• Five-step hiring with a senior technical interview and an English check.
• ISO 27001 certification in progress company-wide, SOC 2 control evidence on request.

Getting started

Send a brief through the contact page or book a 30-minute call. You will get a written reply within one business day and can interview the engineers before they start. Whether the work runs from Sialkot, Lahore or both, the contract, the rates and the process are the same.

Sialkot and the growth of Pakistan's IT exports

Pakistan's IT and IT-enabled services exports have grown steadily through the 2020s, with Punjab's industrial cities contributing an increasing share as fibre connectivity and university programmes expanded beyond Lahore and Islamabad. Sialkot's exporters were early adopters of software for order management and customs, and several of our first local projects came from that demand. Today the office is almost entirely focused on international product work, but the export mindset remains: deadlines, documentation and a customer who is usually several time zones away.