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What they do

Careem builds what it calls the everything app for the greater Middle East. People use it for rides, food, groceries, and payments. It started in Dubai in 2012. It works in more than 70 cities in 10 countries, from Morocco to Pakistan. Careem says it served more than 70 million customers and gave earnings to 2.5 million Captains, its drivers.

What they value

• Act as owners, not employees.
• Aim high: to the moon and beyond.
• Every experience matters.
• Help each other grow.
• Take responsibility for the communities they serve.
• Build an organization that lasts.

Where they hire

Of 11 Postings, four are in Dubai and four in Karachi. Two are in Amman and two in Lahore. No Posting is remote. Staff work 4 days a week in the office and 1 from home. Tech individual contributors work 2 days in the office. Staff can work abroad for 30 days a year. No Posting mentions visa sponsorship.

Teams and roles

Food is the largest team, with five Postings.

• Food and Dineout: four account managers for restaurant partners, in Dubai, Amman, and Karachi, and a sales executive in Dubai who signs new merchants.
• Careem Ads: an associate director in Dubai builds ad sales through advertising agencies in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt.
• IT: a senior Oracle ERP expert and a senior IT infrastructure engineer, both in Karachi. ERP is software that runs finance and supply chain.
• Engineering: two backend software engineer roles in the NextGen program, in Karachi and Lahore. The program trains new engineers to write clean code and design reliable systems.
• Strategy: a senior manager in Dubai leads customer care policy and performance reviews.

What they look for

Every Posting says that Careem looks for people who use AI to build tools and automate work. Seven of the 11 Postings ask for a bachelor's degree. Nine ask for good communication. The four account manager roles ask for 2 or more years in account management or sales, and Excel skills. The sales executive needs 3+ years in sales and a UAE driving license. The ads lead needs 12 to 15+ years in media sales, and English and Arabic. The ERP expert needs at least 15 years with ERP systems such as Oracle. The NextGen program welcomes fresh graduates at its first level and asks for 2 to 4 years at the second. Its engineers use Java, Spring Boot, and AWS, Amazon's cloud.