Uber’s Careem Looks to Hire Over 200 Staff to Debut Super App

Careem, Uber’s Middle East business, is angling to hire over 200 people, a Reuters reports says, to debut its super app, which will offer services outside the core ride-hailing business.

Careem has said it wants to fill jobs from “engineers to data analysts, operations managers to platform designers and everything in between.”

In a statement, Ruth Fletcher, a senior vice president at Careem, said there was a market opportunity for a “super app,” offering things like food delivery, digital payments and courier services, that could be worth trillions. And she said Careem has continued to grow across the various sectors of revenue.

“As we expand these services to more markets we’re looking for smart and ambitious people,” the statement said, per Reuters.

Careem was bought by Uber in 2019 for $3.1 billion — a decision giving the U.S. company market dominance in the Middle East.

Uber also put forward an IPO in 2019 after the acquisition in which it raised $8.1 billion from investors, valuing it at $82.4 billion.

In December, Reuters wrote that Uber was talking with Careem leaders to bring in outside investors.

PYMNTS wrote in December that Careem was rolling out rapid grocery delivery services in Dubai, UAE, through the expanding dark store sector.

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The dark store refers to a type of warehouse with a supermarket concept but not open to the public – rather, it is used for ordering and delivery services.

Careem grocery head Chase Lario said the company’s “true competitor” was the offline supermarket – where most people were spending their time.

He said grocery was one industry not terribly changed from a customer perspective “in the last hundred years” – and added that Careem is trying to make it simpler for people to shop.

The company planned to provide Careem Quik, the rapid grocery delivery service, for the whole city of Dubai in 2022.