Senior Site Reliability Engineer I

Careem is building the Everything App to simplify everyday activities across the Middle East, including transportation, food and grocery delivery, and payment management. Since 2012, the company has empowered over 2.5 million Captains and served more than 70 million customers in over 70 cities across 10 countries, from Morocco to Pakistan. As Careem advances into its next phase driven by AI, it is seeking innovative AI professionals to develop tools, automate workflows, and create impactful solutions that improve operations, customer experience, and internal systems. The Infra FinOps Team is essential in maintaining and enhancing internal cloud cost monitoring and management tools, helping teams stay within AWS budgets through improved visibility, governance, and actionable insights.

Key Responsibilities:
- Own, design, and maintain internal FinOps tools focused on AWS cost monitoring, forecasting, and reporting.
- Collaborate closely with engineering teams to provide cost visibility and governance, ensuring alignment with AWS budget targets.
- Develop and maintain anomaly detection systems to identify unusual cost patterns early, preventing unnecessary expenses.
- Automate data collection pipelines and cost analytics workflows using AWS services such as Athena, Glue, QuickSight, and S3.
- Continuously improve cost monitoring dashboards to enhance data reliability and coverage.
- Work with internal stakeholders to enforce governance and budgeting policies through automation and alerting mechanisms.
- Participate in on-call rotations to ensure the reliability and availability of FinOps tools and systems.

Required Qualifications:
- At least 5 years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), DevOps, or Infrastructure Engineering, preferably with exposure to FinOps or cloud cost management.
- Strong expertise in AWS services, pricing models, and cost optimization techniques.
- Solid understanding of data pipelines, ETL processes, and dashboarding tools such as Athena and QuickSight.
- Hands-on experience with AWS Athena, Glue, QuickSight, and S3 for cost data analysis and visualization.
- Good knowledge of Kubernetes fundamentals, including cluster management, workload handling, and scaling impacts on cost and resource utilization.
- Proficiency in one or more programming or scripting languages, preferably Python, Go, or Bash.
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform or CloudFormation, along with monitoring and alerting systems.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to connect technical metrics to financial outcomes.
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills to effectively work with engineering and finance teams.

Preferred Qualifications and Benefits:
- Familiarity with FinOps principles, tagging strategies, and budgeting best practices is advantageous.
- Opportunity to work in a fast-paced, AI-driven environment contributing to a platform that serves millions and supports regional talent and entrepreneurs.
- Be part of a team focused on driving cost efficiency and governance across a large-scale cloud infrastructure.
- Engage in meaningful work that directly impacts the financial health and operational efficiency of a leading technology company in the Middle East.

Careem is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. The company does not discriminate based on any protected status and collects demographic data solely for internal monitoring and diversity initiatives.