Engineering Stories Archives

A Week of Learning Agile Development

January 3, 2021

Away from the hustle of production work, we organized a series of team activities to grow our agile development capabilities. Each full-day of activity was themed: Day 1 — Refactoring Day 2 — Code Smells Day 3 — Testing Legacy...

An oral history of Careem’s launch

August 29, 2018

One of the things Careem aims to do is to inspire other tech start-ups in the region. So, we thought it might be nice to show that while Careem is now a large tech company, its origins were humble and in...

Why the Careem app is more than just a tool for ride hailing

August 2, 2018

You know the Careem app. And in the last six years at Careem we have built a large ride-hailing business, but what we’ve really built is a large Internet business. Careem is a tech company first and foremost, and in...

How Careem’s growth is driving affordability and choice… and we are only one percent there

July 29, 2018

Careem’s growth and the idea of what we provide can differ depending on who you are and where you live. For some people in a place like Dubai, Careem might be the Lexus you book to take you to the...

Careem is now six years old… and we’ve come a long way

July 23, 2018

This month marks the sixth anniversary of the founding of Careem, from a service created in Dubai largely for corporate clients to a multi-vehicle platform operating in over 100 cities in 14 countries the growth has been significant. We launched...

Careem Engineer and Data Scientist Stories

July 12, 2018

Careem Engineer and Data Scientists tell us about what they do, and why working at Careem is an opportunity to shape the future of millions of people. Olga Syrova, Member of Technical Staff, Berlin I am a back end...

How to become a Careem Captain in Pakistan

September 6, 2017

Careem Captain is one of the fastest growing job titles in Pakistan. Careem now has one million Captains registered to drive with them and we’re not finished yet – far from it. We are now creating between 60,000 and 70,000...