Do you want to help build a world-class institution from
the region, experience the thrill of being part of a high-growth
technology company, and improve people lives?
Careem
is the MENA regions leading ride-hailing service and newest Tech
Unicorn. With 30% monthly growth, we now operate in 90+ cities across
13+ countries and host over 15 million users. With our recent Series D
funding success, we are positioned on the cusp of significant scale and
well on target to deliver our goal of creating one million jobs in the
region by 2018. Read more about us here and here.
ABOUT THE ROLE:
You
will lead a team of amazing engineers to improve the developer
experience for engineers at Careem. You will partner with engineering
leaders across Careem to ensure alignment about engineering challenges
and opportunities.
Key responsibilities include:
- Lead
a team of software engineers in implementing high quality services
including design, development, and deployment of new business
functionality.
- Be an individual contributor on our engineering
team. Our engineering managers spend ~50% of their time actively
contributing to the code base.
- Allocate available resources to
meet operating objectives. Interacts with direct reports, customers and
peers to share information and improve cross-departmental processes.
- Strong ability to coach developers, helping them improve their skills and grow their careers
- Encourages and supports others to take on responsibility, authority, and accountability.
Qualifications:
- You have strong software engineering skills with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, software design and OOP
- Working knowledge of at least one of these Java, C++, Python.
- Deep understanding of how to build scalable distributed systems
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field, or equivalent training, fellowship, or work experience.
- You’ll have several years of serving in either an engineering management role or a senior engineering team lead role.
- Demonstrate ability to run and improve technical development processes
Salary Package:- Competitive salary and equity shares
- 25 working days annual leave
- Entrepreneurial working environment
- Flexible working arrangements
- Mentorship and career growth