Software Engineer II - Backend | NextGen Engineering
Develops and maintains Java and Spring Boot backend features on AWS within Careem's NextGen engineering program, with focus on testing and code quality. Suits an engineer with 2 to 4 years of backend experience and solid grounding in data structures and object-oriented design.
Lahore
On-site2 to 4 years
Pay not stated
Full-time
Posted 2 Nov 2023What they ask for
How Careem hires
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Recruiter screen
Recruiter screen · Candidate reported
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Online assessment
Online test · Candidate reported
Reported on Codility, with SQL-based problems for data and analytics roles.
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Technical rounds
Technical interview · Candidate reported
Several, and for some roles run as a single day: candidates report six or seven interviews in one sitting.
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Behavioural and leadership round
Senior leadership · Candidate reported
Product knowledge and business metrics come up for senior and product-adjacent roles.
What comes up
Roadmaps and cheat sheets for this role
Matched to the skills and level this job asks for.
- RoadmapBackend developmentAPIs, databases, auth, deploys
- RoadmapDSA and problem solvingData structures and patterns
- RoadmapDevOps and cloudLinux, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS
- Cheat sheetBackend developmentAPIs, databases, auth, deploys.
- Cheat sheetDSA and problem solvingData structures and patterns.
- Cheat sheetDevOps and cloudLinux, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS.
Worth reading before you apply
From the Sefism resource library, matched to this role and Careem's rounds.
A foundations course that builds eleven core data structures from the ground up (arrays, matrices, stacks, queues, linked lists, trees and BSTs, hash tables, hash sets, heaps, graphs and tries), then covers sorting, searching, greedy and divide and conquer. Every chapter has practice problems, flashcards and an assessment. It suits students and career switchers whose foundations came from tutorials and who find pattern courses move too fast.
- Job search
- DSA
- CS fundamentals
A browsable practice library of coding problems that can be filtered by pattern, data structure, difficulty and company, so you can drill exactly the weakness you found this week. Patterns include two pointers, sliding window, hash maps, stacks, backtracking and greedy algorithms, with company filters for Google, Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, Oracle and LinkedIn. Free to browse, with an in-browser editor and solutions.
- Job search
- DSA
A quick-revision companion to the DSA roadmap in nine chapters: complexity, arrays and hashing, linked lists, stacks and queues, recursion, sorting and searching, trees and heaps, graphs, coding patterns, dynamic programming and timed practice habits. Costs are stated for every structure and algorithm, in Python, Java, C++ or JavaScript editions. Use it after each roadmap stage and before a contest or coding round.
- Programming
- DSA
- Web
An eight-stage path from Big-O through arrays, hashing, recursion, trees, graphs, coding patterns and dynamic programming to timed, mixed practice, in Python, Java, C++ or JavaScript. It suits students and developers who can write code but freeze on problems with no obvious library call. By the end you can pick the right data structure, recognise common problem shapes and solve a medium problem in about 35 minutes with edge cases tested.
- Programming
- DSA
- Web
A text-based course on how databases work underneath: storage and page layout, indexing, transactions and ACID, concurrency control, partitioning and sharding, replication and consistency, consensus and leader election, recovery, and the main NoSQL families. It ends with case studies designing the databases behind Quora, TikTok, Airbnb and Snapchat. It suits engineers who want their database choices in system design answers to be defensible rather than hand-waved.
- System design
- Databases
- Backend
- Job search
A practical course on negotiating compensation in tech, from preparing and building a strategy to specific tactics, the full package beyond base salary, handling multiple offers and asking for a raise. It has tailored sections for fresh graduates and experienced engineers. It suits anyone with an offer coming, and anyone who has ever accepted the first number out of discomfort.
- Career
- Job search
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Last checked 8 days ago (6 Oct 2026)
About the company
The everything app for the Middle East and Pakistan, owned by Uber, with engineering and operations teams in Karachi and Lahore working on ride hailing, delivery and payments.
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