Senior Software Engineer I - Backend

Karachi, Pakistan

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.
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.

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.

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. 

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1. Smart Code Reviewer
Create an AI assistant that reviews code for readability, structure, and maintainability before human review.

2. The AI Pair Engineer
Design an AI that codes alongside developers — detecting design flaws, proposing tests, and refactoring.

3. Code Review Assistant
Write a prompt that reviews short code snippets and recommends three improvements plus one positive note.

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- Use any public or dummy data (e.g. Kaggle, data.gov, or self-created), if required. Avoid using any confidential information.
- You can use free tools like ChatGPT, Google Colab, Google Sheets + App Script, Streamlit, or Hugging Face. Expect to spend around 30–60 minutes on it.

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- A public dataset link (if relevant)
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