Careem is the No1 tech company in the Middle East and have opened our newest engineering centre in Berlin (WeWork Sony Centre).
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 Our
Android developers have a passion for pushing mobile technologies to
the limits. As an Android Developer, you work with our team of talented
engineers to design and build the next generation mobile applications in
a scalable manner.
Responsibilities: - Design and build advanced, scalable applications for the Android platform.
- Collaborate
with the product and design teams to understand end-user requirements
and use cases and translate them pragmatic and effective technical
solutions.
- Integrate with our backend services (JSON, REST,
etc.) to make sure we are delivering a great mobile user experience that
is super-fast for end users.
- You own end-to-end product modules/features from requirement to going live.
- Design and review code, troubleshoot and act as a consultant to team members on technical matters.
- Gather requirements by interacting directly with the end users and advocate delightful user experiences.
- Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency.
- Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability.
- Use core animation to create engaging motion effects and intuitive interfaces.
Qualifications - 5+ years of software programming experience.
- 5+
years of Android application development, with extensive knowledge
about Java, collections, algorithms and well-known application
frameworks.
- Strong understanding of interactive application
development paradigm under Android, memory management, file I/O, network
programming, concurrency and multithreading.
- Experience in Android-specific application development and publishing Android apps in the play store.
- Strong understanding of design patterns, such as builder, facade and Observer.
- Excellent knowledge about the latest framework and technics, including RxAndroid, Lambda expressions and dependency injection.
- Strong
understanding of the full mobile development life cycle. Working
knowledge of the general mobile landscape, architectures, trends, and
emerging technologies.
- Experience in working with third-party libraries and APIs.
- Good experience on testing frameworks, including Robolectric and Espresso.
- Strong
and innovative approach to problem-solving and finding solutions.
Flexible and proactive/self-motivated working style with strong personal
ownership of problem resolution.
Salary Package:
- Competitive salary and equity shares
- 25 working days annual leave
- Entrepreneurial working environment
- Flexible working arrangements
- Mentorship and career growth
