Full Job Description
Groupon is an experiences marketplace that brings people more ways to get the most out of their city or wherever they may be. By enabling real-time mobile commerce across local businesses, live events and travel destinations, Groupon helps people find and discover experiences––big and small, new and familiar––that make for a full, fun and rewarding life. Groupon helps local businesses grow and strengthen customer relationships––resulting in strong, vibrant communities. Even with thousands of employees spread across multiple continents, we still maintain a culture that inspires innovation, rewards risk-taking and celebrates success.
The Data & Discovery Engineering team at Groupon is at the heart of all things “data”, designing and building the next-generation data platforms & pipelines processing both batch and real-time data for data-science & machine learning community users. Our mission is to empower data analysts & data-scientists across all business units to make better business decisions. We are looking for a Software Development Engineer II to join our team at Bangalore, India. This role offers a unique combination of skills in computer science (distributed systems, big data), cloud, scalable and high-performance production systems.
We’re a “best of both worlds” kind of company. We’re big enough to have resources and scale, but small enough that a single person has a surprising amount of autonomy and can make a meaningful impact. We’re curious, fun, a little intense, and kind of obsessed with helping local businesses thrive. Does that sound like a great way to grow your career? Let’s get into the details:
You’ll spend time on the following:
You will take ownership of the technical aspects of implementing our business requirements, ensuring that the platform is being used to its fullest potential through designing and building applications around our customer’s needs.
Designing back-end services, modern batch and real-time data pipelines accessing large datasets using cutting edge big data technologies in both on-premise and AWS cloud infrastructure. You will review and monitor current engineering work, as well as previously constructed applications, to ensure the software is running as smoothly as possible.
Migrate on-premise data applications & pipelines to AWS cloud leveraging technologies such as Terraform, AWS S3, Spark, EMR, Airflow, Snowflake etc.
Work directly with our internal product teams to ensure that our technology infrastructure is seamlessly and effectively integrated with our third-party software, conceive, and build the necessary applications to make this happen.
Provide on-call support for platform-related issues where applicable.
Work with international teams for global standards, accomplish engineering and organization mission by accomplishing OKRs as needed.
We’re excited about you if you have:
4+ years track record of relevant work experience and computer science or a related technical discipline is required.
Strong experience in programming languages (Scala/Java/Python) and competent in designing and building enterprise-scale applications, common frameworks, etc.
Hands-on coder with a good understanding of enterprise-level code.
Proficient in Unix, SQL DB, NoSQL DB, REST APIs, etc.
Highly knowledgeable in building data pipelines using Hadoop Ecosystem such as HDFS, YARN, MapReduce, Spark, Hive, HBase, Cassandra, Redis, Kafka, etc.
Prior AWS cloud development experience and certification is a plus.
Knowledge of software best practices, like Test-driven Development (TDD), and Continuous Integration/Delivery (CI-CD), Terraform based Infrastructure As Code (IAC), Wavefront, ELK, Splunk, Experience working with e-commerce and agile methodologies is a plus.
We value engineers who are:
Customer-focused: We believe that doing what’s right for the customer is ultimately what will drive our business forward.
Obsessed with Quality: Your Production code just works & scales linearly
Team players. You believe that more can be achieved together. You listen to feedback and also provide supportive feedback to help others grow/improve.
Fast learners: We are willing to disrupt our existing business to trial new products and solutions. You love learning how to use new technologies and then rapidly apply them to new problems.
Pragmatic: We do things quickly to learn what our customers desire. You know when it’s appropriate to take shortcuts that don’t sacrifice quality or maintainability.
Owners: Engineers at Groupon know how to positively impact the business.
Groupon’s purpose is to build strong communities through thriving small businesses. To learn more about the world’s largest local ecommerce marketplace, click here for the latest Groupon news. Plus, be sure to check out the values that shape our culture, guide our strategy and make our company a great place to work. And just don’t take our word for it. Hear from real Groupon team members and learn more about our inclusive employee groups. If all of this sounds like something that’s a great fit for you, then click apply and let’s see where this takes us.
Groupon is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Qualifications for employment, promotion, and other terms and conditions of employment are based upon the ability to perform the job. Equal-employment opportunities are provided to all applicants and employees without regard to race, creed, religion, color, age, national origin, sex, disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, ancestry, marital status, military discharge status (excluding dishonorable discharge), veteran status, citizenship status, or other legally protected status. We are all responsible for maintaining this policy. Groupon is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may email us at hraccommodations at groupon.com. If you have concerns related to Groupon’s equal employment opportunities, you may contact Groupon’s Ethics Reporting Service Ethicspoint.