Careem is a leading ride sharing platform in MENA with operations in over 100+ cities and 14+ countries
We are one of the fastest growing companies in our region and we are rapidly scaling our Berlin engineering hub
ABOUT THE ROLE
You will utilize strong management and technical competencies to lead, mentor and grow our engineering teams
This is a senior role with a blend of technical skills, management and strategy
You lead from the front and help other developers around you to grow
You will have an opportunity to make a tremendous impact on the region and the trajectory of the company
Key responsibilities include:
- Inspire, mentor and lead agile engineering teams to deliver high quality products
- Grow engineering team as needed, providing guidance on compensation (budget and allocation) and promotions
- Assist your teams in developing roadmaps for system and product growth, then identify, plan, and execute projects to support that growth
- Represent your team to senior leadership and other groups to build a challenging vision and ensure you have the resources to deliver it
- Clearly communicate business goals to our engineers and keep them at the focus of how we build products
Ensure engineering is always adding business value and communicate this value to business leaders - Strong ability to coach developers, helping them improve their skills and grow their careers
- Experience solving large-scale engineering challenges
- Encourages and supports others to take on responsibility, authority, and accountability
Qualifications:
- 10+ years of software development experience, 2+ or more spent in leadership role
- At least 2 years of experience at a rapidly growing startup, or with leading cutting edge teams at a larger tech company, and ideally you have hands-on experience building systems and technologies
- Solid knowledge of platform architecture, design patterns, and conceptual modeling
- Extensive backend programming experience in one or more of the following: Java, C/C++, Python
- Backend software development of large-scale, distributed systems, using micro-services