Senior Software Engineer

At Careem we are led by a powerful purpose to simplify and improve lives in the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan. We're pioneering the development of innovative services to aid the mobility of people, the mobility of things and the mobility of money.

We're in the driving seat as we help to define how technology will shape progress in some of the fastest-growing countries in the world. Our teams are building tech to meet the needs of the future in areas including data and AI, e-commerce, technology-enabled logistics, maps, identity, and fintech.

We’re well placed to solve complex and meaningful challenges at scale, with deep tech expertise, strong regulatory relationships, a local presence, and increasingly specialised global teams which are structured to operate as autonomous start-ups. Our team of over 400 engineers and developers are empowered to develop cutting-edge technology every day.

Careem was established in July 2012, became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Uber Technologies, Inc. in January 2020, and today operates in over 100 cities across 12 countries.

**ABOUT THE ROLE**
We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our team of talented engineers that share
a common interest in distributed backend systems, their scalability and continued development.
Whether it’s getting from one point to another, getting food delivered to you, or seamlessly
sending packages across the city, our tech is there, creating amazing experiences for our
customers and helping empower our Captains to simplify and improve the lives of people.
You will design and build the backend systems that power the Careem engine, scale highly
distributed systems, and continuously improve our engineering practices. These large scale,
distributed systems handle everything from user requests to payment processing.
Our tech stack is Golang, Java 8 and Spring Boot, Micro-Service Architecture, SQL and no-SQL

**Key responsibilities include**:

- Software architecture and design of our distributed backend system to meet the
challenging functional, scalability and reliability requirements for our fast growing
business.
- Integrate components into a fully functional & validated system
- Facilitate collaboration with other engineers, business owners, and technical program
managers to solve interesting and challenging problems across our platform.
- Develop and implement software verification and quality assurance procedures
- Document designs and review code
- Continuously strive for higher quality and productivity
being bold, focused, agile and collaborative.

**Qualifications**
- 6+ years of experience in software development
- Experience in multi-tiered distributed systems, web services, APIs, and relational &
NoSQL databases
- A deep familiarity with the AWS services (Elastic Beanstalk, RDS, Elastic Search,
Dynamo)
- Extensive backend programming experience in one or more of the following: Golang,
Java, C/C++, Python
- Ability to: effectively articulate technical challenges and solutions; deal with loosely
defined problems and fast changing requirements & think abstractly.
- A solid foundation in computer science, with strong competencies in data structures,
algorithms and software design.
- Proven knowledge of system architecture.
- Great communication skills.
- Ability to juggle multiple projects at the same time.
- Able to take individual ownership of a project from start to finish.

**What we'll provide you**:
In addition to a competitive long-term total compensation with salary and equity, we have a reward philosophy that expands beyond this. As a Careem colleague you will be able to:

- Be part of a Remote-First organisation
- Work from any country in the world for 60 days a year
- Use Unlimited Vacation days throughout the year
- Access fitness reimbursements for health activities including: gym, health club and training classes.
- Work and learn from great minds
- Create impact in a region with untapped potential
- Explore new opportunities to learn and grow every day