Senior Software Engineer I Backend

Job description / Role

About the role

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.

What you'll do

• Work closely with other engineers on the team to build highly scalable and robust backend applications and services.
• Write high quality, performant and reliable code while working on defined tasks/bugs independently.
• Work independently to understand functional specifications and deliver complete features.
• Participate in the on-call rotation and be willing to jump in and help resolve any incidents within the defined SLA.
• Participate in team agile and engineering practices and contribute to their continuous evolution.

What you'll need

• 4+ years of professional software development experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or other related technical field.
• Working experience with at least one modern object-oriented programming language such as Java, Golang, Kotlin.
• Working knowledge of computer science fundamentals including: object-oriented design, data structures and algorithms.
• Experience operating online systems reliably including deploying changes to production in live systems.

Preferred skills & qualifications

• Master's degree in Computer Science or other related technical field.
• Experience with Golang, microservices and high performing systems based on AWS or other cloud providers.
• Experience working with container technology including Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience working with relational and non-relational database systems.
• Experience applying professional software engineering best practices, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.

What we’ll provide you

• 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:
• Work and learn from great minds by joining a community of inspiring colleagues.
• Put your passion to work in a purposeful organization dedicated to creating impact in a region with a lot of untapped potential.
• Explore new opportunities to learn and grow every day.
• Work 4 days a week in office & 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.)
• Access to healthcare benefits and fitness reimbursements for health activities including gym, health club, and training classes.

About the Company

We are a brand that aims to simplify people's lives by revolutionizing the transportation industry. A brand that strives to inspire everyone it interacts with, and supports every single person who dares to believe. #BeCareem

Careem is the MENA region's leading ride-hailing service and newest Tech Unicorn. With 30% monthly growth, we now operate in 50+ cities across 11 countries and host over 6 million users. With our recent Series D funding success, we are positioned on the cusp of significant scale and well on target to deliver our goal of creating one million jobs in the region by 2018.