Senior Software Engineer I

Summary

Join Careem's Data Platform team and contribute to building a modern, efficient data platform using cutting-edge technologies like Apache Spark, Kafka, and Trino. As a Data Engineer, you will design, implement, and test data pipelines, optimize code for performance, and collaborate with global teams. This role requires 4+ years of software development experience, a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, and strong expertise in Scala or Java. You'll be working with a high-performing team, leveraging cloud-native big data technologies and contributing to open-source projects. Careem offers a unique work environment with flexible work arrangements, including remote work options, and comprehensive benefits.

Requirements

• 4+ years of hands-on experience in software development
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field
• Strong expertise in Scala, Java, or similar programming languages
• Proven track record of building distributed systems or working on comparable large-scale projects
• Deep understanding of cloud-native Big Data technologies
• Solid foundation in software engineering principles and design best practices
• Passion for developing high-quality, maintainable, and performant software within a collaborative, high-performing global team
• Experience with cloud control planes (AWS, GCP, etc.) or database internals, including query optimization

Responsibilities

• Bring an innovative and creative mindset to data engineering challenges to develop a modern data platform with efficient reusable components
• Design, architect, solutioning, implement and test rapid prototypes that demonstrate value of the data and present them to diverse audiences
• Your focus will be on making code more efficient to run, optimizing resources across the cluster, and speeding up the compute workloads we face
• Continuously improve our engineering processes, tests, and systems that allow us to scale the code base and productivity of the team
• Collaborate with teams globally and operate in a fast paced environment
• Responsible for creating reusable and scalable data pipelines

Preferred Qualifications

• Contributions to open-source projects
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes

Benefits

• 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 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