Senior Site Reliability Engineer I

Careem is building the Everything App to revolutionize daily life across the greater Middle East by streamlining transportation, food and grocery ordering, payment management, and more. Since 2012, the company has empowered over 2.5 million Captains to earn income and served more than 70 million customers. Operating in over 70 cities across 10 countries, from Morocco to Pakistan, Careem fosters innovation and supports regional talent and entrepreneurs. The Senior Site Reliability Engineer will play a critical role in advancing persistent storage technologies and cloud-native solutions, ensuring the platform scales efficiently while maintaining high service reliability for millions of users.

Key Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain Kafka clusters and their ecosystems to guarantee resilience, reliability, and scalability of Careem’s services.
- Lead the development and operation of storage clusters and related infrastructure on AWS, influencing the product lifecycle from design through deployment.
- Develop support tools and technical processes that streamline engineering workflows across multiple services.
- Identify opportunities to automate and scale systems while upholding security and reliability standards.
- Participate in on-call rotations and contribute to enhancing incident response and management processes.

Required Qualifications
- At least 5 years of experience in developing, operating, and troubleshooting storage clusters or other highly available systems at scale.
- Proven expertise in running Kafka within Kubernetes environments.
- Proficiency in one or more programming languages such as Go, Python, Java, Groovy, Scala, or Ruby.
- Experience working with cloud infrastructure, preferably AWS.
- Strong background in infrastructure automation using Infrastructure as Code principles.
- Solid Unix/Linux skills, including knowledge of the network stack and scripting capabilities.
- Experience with incident response or incident management is advantageous.

Preferred Qualifications and Benefits
- Familiarity with automation in monitoring, continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD), and security practices is a plus.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively in a fast-paced, innovative environment focused on scaling complex systems.
- Opportunity to contribute to a transformative platform impacting millions across the Middle East.
- Join a purpose-driven and inspiring organization committed to diversity, equal employment opportunity, and fostering a supportive work environment.

Careem values diversity and inclusion and does not discriminate based on any protected status under applicable laws. The company collects demographic information solely for internal monitoring and diversity initiatives, reflecting its commitment to building an equitable workplace. This role offers a unique chance to grow your career while making a meaningful impact on millions of users in the region.

Job Skills

Python Incident Management Running Kafka on Kubernetes LINUX Programming languages: Go GOO perating Developing Scala Automation Infrastructure as Code Unix and security (preferred)Automation in monitoring Unix/Linux skills including network stack and Incident response and/or incident management Ruby Kafka Cloud Infrastructure (AWS preferred)AWSرعاية المرضىCI/CD kubernetes Incident Response Scripting Network Stack Java Groovy

Job Details

Industry:

Business Development

Total Positions:

1 Post

Job Shift:

First Shift (Day)

Job Type:

First Shift (Day)

Job Location:

Karachi, Pakistan

Gender

No Preference

Age

18 - 65 Years

Experience

3 Years - 5 Years

Apply Before:

Aug 30, 2025