Senior Software Engineer II

Careem

Design and build reusable services, APIs, and workflows that make it simple for product teams to prototype, test, and launch GenAI-driven features

• Co-create flagship GenAI applications for example, RAG-powered help-centre answers, driver-partner copilots, or marketplace-level demand forecasting assistants
• Influence architecture: keep the platform reliable, secure, and cost-effective while adding new capabilities like prompt versioning, model evaluation dashboards, or real-time feedback loops
• Champion MLOps & Responsible AI, establish guardrails, monitoring, and safe-launch practices so experiments can reach production with confidence
• Mentor teammates and share learnings through design reviews, mini-workshops, and internal demos
• Collaborate widely with designers, product managers, and data scientists to convert fuzzy product ideas into well-scoped engineering work

What You ll Need

• 7+ years of hands-on experience in software development with solid foundation in principles and design practices
• Strong expertise in Python, Java, Go, or similar programming languages
• Hands-on experience with GenAI and ML platforms fine-tuning transformers, managing embeddings, or rolling out RAG pipelines
• Working knowledge of vector databases (Pinecone, Milvus, Weaviate) and model-aware search
• Strong foundations in software design, networking, security, observability, and CI/CD
• Experience with cloud control planes (AWS, GCP, etc.) or database internals, including query optimization
• Proven ability to drive projects from inception to production and mentor other engineers
• Experience with ML platform and MLOps is a must