Interview with Qasim Asad Salam and Talha Masood, Founders of Remotebase
Founded by Qasim Asad Salam and Talha Masood in 2020, Remotebase finds & hires software engineers globally and matches them in teams that work with Silicon Valley-based startups and companies with the aim to empower top developer talent in emerging markets around the world. Qasim Asad Salam is also the CEO of Remotebase. His repertoire of work includes kickstarting numerous companies, mentoring startups in Silicon Valley, and investing in companies such as Kick start, Near pear, and more.
Since its inception, Remote based has grown exponentially. It has a team of 120+ individuals working across 6 countries and 30 different cities with over 85,000 vetted engineers on its platform. On its trajectory of growth, Remotebase has acquired major global clients such as Fireflies, Qureos, Walnut, and Northwestern Mutual to name a few. In 2021, the company conducted its first legacy event called Hirefest, a disruptive virtual hiring drive along with South Asia's largest virtual Hackathon with over 2,600 participants. Since then Remotebase has also ventured into offering niche tech tools on the web like KeyCoder, JSON Formatter, Job Grader, and Job Descriptor to become an integrated tech solution provider.
Qasim: I have always been super passionate about technology and was eleven when I made my first website. I entered the tech industry when I made an application that went viral while in college. Then later, I started a software house with Talha - now the co-founder of Remotebase. The software house did pretty well. We scaled it, and I moved to the US. Our experience with the software house taught us how to find, hire, and train software engineers as we worked a lot in that domain. I had an idea for a startup in the US for performance tracking for software engineers and eventually ended up with Remotebase. I pushed myself at an early age and did a lot of freelancing given my interest in the field. Moreover, I have been part of Pakistan's startup ecosystem for the past 5-6 years.
