Senior Software Engineer II

Careem is building the Everything App for the greater Middle East, making it easier than ever to move around, order food and groceries, manage payments, and more. Careem is led by a powerful purpose to simplify and improve the lives of people and build an awesome organisation that inspires. Since 2012, Careem has created earnings for over 2.5 million Captains, simplified the lives of over 50 million customers, and built a platform for the region's best talent to thrive and for entrepreneurs to scale their businesses. Careem operates in over 70 cities across 10 countries, from Morocco to Pakistan.

This position entails overseeing a company's databases to ensure they are available, secure, and stable. The primary responsibility includes ongoing testing of incoming database data to prevent corruption. Most databases require regular updates to keep pace with evolving computer technologies.

Responsibilities:

• Compose and assess high-quality, efficient, and dependable code.
• Continually enhance the quality and reliability of services, contributing to defining and improving the team's patterns and principles.
• Proficiency in SQL and persistence storage technologies.
• Installation and maintenance of database servers.
• Establishment and maintenance of database standards.
• Development of procedures to optimize database security.
• Performance tuning of database systems.
• Installation, upgrading, and management of database applications.
• Diagnosis and resolution of database errors.
• Creation of automation for recurring database tasks.
• Familiarity with containerization concepts (Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, or Mesos).
• Advanced understanding of database security, patching, backup and recovery, and performance monitoring standards.
• Development capabilities.
• Availability for on-call support as required.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree, preferred Master's degree.
• Over 5 years of experience in database systems on a large scale.
• Expertise in SQL and NoSQL.
• Over 3 years of experience in development and problem-solving.
• Proficient in at least one high-level OOP language such as Java, Python, Golang, C#, etc.
• Experience as a people manager.
• Demonstrated track record of leading calibration forums.
• Leadership experience in compliance policy execution.

What we'll provide you:

• 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.