<div><p><span>Careem is building the Everything App for the greater Middle East — making it easy to move around, order food and groceries, manage payments, and more. Our purpose is simple: to simplify and improve people’s lives and build an awesome organisation that inspires.</span><br /><span>Since 2012, Careem has enabled earnings for over 2.5 million Captains, simplified the lives of more than 70 million customers, and built a platform where the region’s best talent and entrepreneurs thrive. We operate in 70+ cities across 10 countries, from Morocco to Pakistan.</span></p> <p><span><strong><em>We’re now entering our next chapter — one powered by AI. We’re looking for AI talent: curious problem-solvers who know how to apply AI to build tools, automate workflows, and create real impact. Whether it’s streamlining operations, enhancing customer experience, or reimagining internal systems — we want people who can make Careem work smarter and move faster.</em></strong></span></p></div><p> </p> <div> <div> <p><strong>About the role</strong></p> <p>We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer I to join our Engagement team, focused on the Benefits Platform squad. This squad builds the systems behind promotions and discounts that drive a big part of Careem’s business. You’ll work on high-impact projects, designing and scaling backend services, and help shape the experience for millions of customers across our region.</p> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div><strong>What youll do</strong></div> <div> <ul> <li>Work closely with other engineers on the team to build highly scalable and robust backend applications and services.</li> <li>Write high quality, performant and reliable code while working on defined tasks/bugs independently.</li> <li>Work independently to understand functional specifications and deliver complete features.</li> <li>Participate in the on-call rotation and be willing to jump in and help resolve any incidents within the defined SLA.</li> <li>Participate in team agile and engineering practices and contribute to their continuous evolution.</li> </ul> </div> <div><br /><strong>What youll need</strong></div> <div> <ul> <li>4+ years of professional software development experience.</li> <li>Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or other related technical field.</li> <li>Working experience with at least one modern object-oriented programming language such as Java, Golang, Kotlin.</li> <li>Working knowledge of Computer Science fundamentals including: object-oriented design, data structures and algorithms.</li> <li>Experience operating online systems reliably including deploying changes to production in live systems.</li> </ul> </div> <div><br /><strong>Preferred skills &amp; qualifications</strong></div> <div> <ul> <li>Masters Degree in Computer Science or other related technical field.</li> <li>Experience with Golang, microservices and high performing systems based on AWS or other Cloud providers.</li> <li>Experience working with container technology including Docker and Kubernetes.</li> <li>Experience working with relational and non-relational database systems.</li> <li>Experience applying professional software engineering best practices, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <p><strong>What we’ll provide you</strong></p> <p>We offer colleagues the opportunity to drive impact in the region while they learn and grow. As a full time Careem colleague, you will be able to:</p> <ul> <li>Work and learn from great minds by joining a community of inspiring colleagues.</li> <li>Put your passion to work in a purposeful organization dedicated to creating impact in a region with a lot of untapped potential.</li> <li>Explore new opportunities to learn and grow every day.</li> <li>Work 4 days a week in office &amp; 1 day from home, and remotely from any country in the world for 30 days a year with unlimited vacation days per year. (If you are in an individual contributor role in tech, you will have 2 office days a week and 3 to work from home.)</li> <li>Access to healthcare benefits and fitness reimbursements for health activities including gym, health club, and training classes.</li> </ul> <p> </p>

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