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:  Java OR Golang
• 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 Java Spring, Golang and Cloud platforms such as Azure, Google Cloud Platform and AWS.
• 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 organisation 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 the 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.

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:  Java OR Golang
• 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 Java Spring, Golang and Cloud platforms such as Azure, Google Cloud Platform and AWS.
• 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 organisation 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 the 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.

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:  Java OR Golang
• 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 Java Spring, Golang and Cloud platforms such as Azure, Google Cloud Platform and AWS.
• 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 organisation 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 the 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.

By applying here you will be considered for multiple similar positions within Careem across several teams and if you are successful we will match you to the best fit role based on your career and personal preferences.

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, C#, C++, 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 Java Spring, Golang and Cloud platforms such as Azure, Google Cloud Platform and AWS.
• 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. 

About the team

At Careem, the mission for the NextGen Programme is to help grow our engineers by learning how to write Clean Code, use SOLID principle techniques, and design reliable systems. The ultimate goal is to train new engineers to build excellent foundations with high standards. Our Programme covers vast areas in engineering:  Backend, Frontend, Web, Mobile, Data Analysis, MLOps, Infrastructure, Cyber Security and QA.

We are looking for software engineers to join our team of talented engineers that share a common interest in distributed backend systems, their scalability, and continued development. You will work alongside a top talent for an accelerated learning path. You will have access to some of the most exciting projects and advanced tech for accelerated learning and exposure.

You will be responsible for maintaining some of our services that power the Careem. Engine, scaling highly distributed systems, and continuously documenting and improving our engineering practices. These large-scale, distributed systems handle everything from user requests to payment processing.

What you'll do:

Our tech stack is Java 8 and Spring Boot, Micro-Service Architecture, SQL and no-SQL DBs and AWS infrastructure. Key responsibilities include:

• Development of our distributed backend system to meet the challenging functional, scalability, and reliability requirements for our fast-growing business.
• Maintain features and systems, with an emphasis on code quality, maintainability, readability, and testing.
• Facilitate collaboration with other engineers, product owners, and designers to solve interesting and challenging problems across our platform.
• Be a valued member of an autonomous, cross-functional agile team.
• You care about quality and you know what it means to ship high-quality code.

What you'll need:

• 2-4 Years of Experience required.
• The ideal candidate will have a passionate commitment to improving the lives of people, an insane focus on excellence and customer service, and a strong alignment with our core values: being bold, focused, agile and collaborative.

Must have:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or other related technical fields.
• Understanding of Object-oriented design, data structures, and algorithms.
• Ability to solve complex problems.
• Must be able to write clean and maintainable code (must love coding!).
• Ability to effectively articulate technical challenges and solutions; deal with loosely defined problems and fast-changing requirements & think abstractly.
• Passionate about learning new technologies and working on a product of massive scale and impact.
• Able to communicate effectively.
• Attention to detail.

Nice to have:

• Knowledge of AWS
• Knowledge of clean code principles
• Deep understanding of design patterns
• Demonstrated ability of test-driven development