Senior Software Engineer I - Data Platform

Careem is building the Everything App for the greater Middle East to simplify everyday life by making transportation, food and grocery ordering, payments, and more seamless. Since its inception in 2012, Careem has empowered over 2.5 million Captains to earn income, served more than 70 million customers, and created a thriving platform for regional talent and entrepreneurs. Operating across more than 70 cities in 10 countries, from Morocco to Pakistan, Careem is now entering a new phase driven by artificial intelligence. The company seeks curious problem-solvers who can leverage AI to develop tools, automate workflows, and create meaningful impact by streamlining operations, enhancing customer experiences, and reimagining internal systems.

Key Responsibilities:
- Develop innovative and creative solutions to data engineering challenges by building a modern data platform with efficient, reusable components.
- Design, architect, prototype, implement, and test rapid solutions that showcase the value of data, and communicate findings effectively to diverse stakeholders.
- Optimize code performance, resource utilization across clusters, and accelerate compute workloads to ensure efficiency.
- Continuously improve engineering processes, testing frameworks, and systems to scale the codebase and boost team productivity.
- Collaborate with global teams in a fast-paced environment to deliver high-impact solutions.
- Build reusable and scalable data pipelines that meet evolving business requirements.

Required Qualifications:
- At least 5 years of hands-on software development experience.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline.
- Strong programming skills in Scala, Java, Python, or similar languages.
- Proven experience working on distributed systems or large-scale projects.
- Deep understanding of cloud-native Big Data technologies.
- Solid foundation in software engineering principles and design best practices.
- Passion for writing high-quality, maintainable, and performant software within a collaborative, high-performing global team.
- Experience with cloud control planes such as AWS or GCP, or knowledge of database internals including query optimization.

Preferred Qualifications and Benefits:
- Contributions to open-source projects are highly valued.
- Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies like Docker and Kubernetes is a plus.

Careem is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and inclusion. The company does not discriminate based on any protected status under applicable laws. Demographic data is collected solely for internal monitoring and diversity initiatives. This position is available in multiple locations, including Alexandria and Cairo in Egypt, as well as Islamabad, Karachi, and Lahore in Pakistan.

Skills

Java AWS Kubernetes Scala Cloud-native Big Data Technologies Kubernetes (preferred) Python GCP AI Apache Kafka Database internals Large-scale Projects DOCKER Software Engineering Principles Database internals and query optimization Design best practices Query Optimization GCP) Cloud control planes (AWS Docker (preferred) Apache Trino Apache Spark Distributed Systems

Job Details

Total Positions:

1 Post

Job Shift:

First Shift (Day)

Job Type:

First Shift (Day)

Job Location:

Lahore, Pakistan

Gender:

No Preference

Age:

18 - 65 Years

Minimum Education:

Bachelors

Degree Title:

What you'll doBringing an innovative and creative mindset to data engineering challenges to develop a modern data platform with efficient reusable componentsDesign, architect, solutioning, implement and test rapid prototypes that demonstrate value of the data and present them to diverse audiencesYour focus will be on making code more efficient to run, optimizing resources across the cluster, and speeding up the compute workloads we faceContinuously improve our engineering processes, tests, and systems that allow us to scale the code base and productivity of the teamCollaborate with teams globally and operate in a fast paced environmentResponsible for creating reusable and scalable data pipelinesWhat you’ll need5+ years of hands-on experience in software developmentBachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical fieldStrong expertise in Scala, Java, Python or similar programming languagesProven track record of building distributed systems or working on comparable large-scale projectsDeep understanding of cloud-native Big Data technologiesSolid foundation in software engineering principles and design best practicesPassion for developing high-quality, maintainable, and performant software within a collaborative, high-performing global teamExperience with cloud control planes (AWS, GCP, etc

Career Level:

Manager

Experience:

3 Years - 5 Years

Apply Before:

Dec 11, 2025

Posting Date:

Nov 10, 2025