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 the team
At Careem, the mission for the NextGen Programme is to help grow our engineers by learning how to write Clean Code, use SOLID principle techniques, and design reliable systems. The ultimate goal is to train new engineers to build excellent foundations with high standards. Our Programme covers vast areas in engineering: Backend, Frontend, Web, Mobile, Data Analysis, MLOps, Infrastructure, Cyber Security and QA.
What You'll Do
- Learn and work on our tech stacks: Java 8, Spring Boot, Micro-Service Architecture, SQL/No-SQL DBs, iOS/Android apps, web front-end, and AWS infrastructure.
- Develop and enhance distributed backend systems to meet scalability and reliability needs.
- Maintain features with a focus on quality, readability, and testing.
- Collaborate with engineers, product owners, and designers to solve complex challenges.
- Contribute as part of a cross-functional agile team.
- Ensure high-quality and impactful code delivery
What You'll Need
We welcome fresh graduates and candidates with up to 2 years of experience who have:
- A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related fields.
- Strong knowledge of Object-Oriented Design, data structures, and algorithms.
- Skills to solve complex problems and write clean, maintainable code.
- Passion for learning new technologies and building impactful products.
- Ability to tackle loosely defined problems and adapt to fast-changing requirements.
- Excellent communication, attention to detail, and a collaborative mindset.
- Alignment with Careem’s core values: bold, focused, agile, and collaborative.
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 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.
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