Senior Software Engineer II

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.

About this role

We are hiring for the team building the core wallet system at Careem. As a Senior Software Engineer in the Wallet team, you will be at the heart of Careem's fintech revolution. You will be responsible for building and evolving the wallet system, a mission-critical platform that powers the financial engine of the Careem Super App. This is a high-impact role where your code will handle millions of requests daily, ensuring that payments are fast, secure, and reliable for millions of customers and Captains across the region. Because the wallet is central to the Super App experience, you will be working with almost all the verticals in Careem, from Ride-hailing and Food Delivery to Quik groceries to integrate seamless financial capabilities.

What you'll do

• Work closely with engineers across many teams to architect and build highly scalable and robust backend applications and services.
• Write and review high-quality, performant, and reliable code.
• Continuously improve the quality and reliability of services and help define and enhance the patterns and principles that the team follows.
• Become the subject matter expert in your area and collaborate closely with Product Managers to understand and refine functional specifications. 
• Mentor and guide junior members of the team 
• 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 lead their continuous evolution.

What you`ll need

• 7+ years of professional software development experience.
• 3+ years of experience contributing to the design and architecture of new and existing services.
• 2+ years of experience mentoring software engineers. 
• Strong understanding of highly scalable, cloud-native architectures and microservices.
• Experience in building and running CI/CD pipelines (preferably with GitHub Actions).
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or other related technical field.
• Extensive experience working with at least one modern language, such as Java, Golang, or Kotlin.
• Experience in fintech, payments, or banking systems.
• Experience designing and building large-scale, distributed applications, including making tradeoffs in architecture and functionality in a cloud environment.
• Experience operating production systems, including defining metrics and processes for deploying changes to production reliably in live systems.
• Solid understanding of software engineering best practices, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.

Preferred qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or other related technical field.
• Experience with Kotlin, Java Spring, Golang, and AWS.
• Experience with Kafka.
• Experience working with container technology, including Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience working in a high-paced start-up environment.

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.