Distributed Backend Engineer: Build High-Scale Systems

Careem; Lahore; On-site; PKR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Careem, the Everything App for the greater Middle East, is expanding its AI-focused engineering team in Lahore, Pakistan. We seek software engineers to build and maintain highly distributed back-end services powering Careem Engine, with a strong emphasis on scalability, reliability, and quality code.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, implement, and improve systems that handle user requests and payments, contributing to fast learning and impactful product delivery across

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field.
• Strong understanding of object-oriented design, data structures, and algorithms.
• Ability to write clean, maintainable code (love coding!).
• Proven ability to solve complex problems and communicate technical challenges clearly.

Responsibilities

• Develop our distributed backend system to meet scalability, reliability, and performance requirements.
• Maintain features with emphasis on code quality, maintainability, readability, and testing.
• Collaborate with engineers, product owners, and designers to solve problems across the platform.
• Be a valued member of an autonomous, cross-functional agile team.
• Ship high-quality code and improve engineering practices.

Skills

OOP design

Data structures

Algorithms

Clean code

Problem solving

Effective communication

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

SOLID principles

Design patterns

AWS

Test-driven development

Clean code practices

Job description

Careem, the Everything App for the greater Middle East, is expanding its AI-focused engineering team in Lahore, Pakistan. We seek software engineers to build and maintain highly distributed back-end services powering Careem Engine, with a strong emphasis on scalability, reliability, and quality code.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, implement, and improve systems that handle user requests and payments, contributing to fast learning and impactful product delivery across