Software Development Engineer II - Data Engineering

Become a better developer by building things that help local businesses around the world thrive.

Are you a passionate, energetic technology enthusiast eager to work at a rapid pace with the flexibility to work across a broad tech stack?

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 Engineering team at Groupon is at the heart of all things “data”, working on designing and building the next-generation data pipelines 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. This role offers a unique combination of skills in computer science (distributed systems, big data), cloud, scalable and high-performance production systems. 

 You’ll spend time on the following:

• Design, and implement the data pipelines providing access to large datasets and transforming power for data across the org

• Write complex but efficient code to transform curated data into business questions oriented datasets and data visualizations.

• Work with big data services and systems using technologies such as BigQuery, GCP, and Python.

• Actively contribute to the adoption of strong software architecture, development best practices, and new technologies. We are always improving the process of building software; we need you to help contribute.

• Interface with other technology teams to extract, transform, and load data from a wide variety of data sources using tools such as Keboolaa , Spark, and GCP big data technologies

• Explore and learn the latest GCP technologies to provide new capabilities and increase efficiency

• Collaborate with Business Users, Infra Engineers , Data Scientists to recognize and help adopt best practices in data gathering and transforming big data

• Work with the team to discuss the technical design and development needs.

We’re excited about you if you have:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, mathematics, or a related technical field

• 3+ years of relevant employment experience in data engineering or related field

• Strong in analytics skills. Must transform business requirements to technical specifications using SQL.

• Strong in scripting  languages such as Python.

• Good to have SPARK or related distributed development experience

• At least 2 year experience with Airflow, NiFi or Keboola

• Clear understanding of testing methodologies and GCP cloud  Best Practices

• Excellence in technical communication and experience working directly with stakeholders

• Demonstrated ability to coordinate projects across functional teams, including engineering and product management

• Knowledge of software engineering best practices across the development lifecycle, including agile methodologies, coding standards, code reviews, source management, build processes, testing, and operations

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.

Beware of Fraudulent Offers

We would like to bring to your notice that Groupon follows a merit-based employee recruitment practice with extensive screening steps. Groupon does not charge/accept any amount or security deposit from job seekers during the recruitment process. It was observed that there has been an increase in recruitment fraud involving scammers who post fraudulent job openings, or who contact job-seekers with fake job offers. These individuals sometimes even conduct fraudulent interviews with an attempt to obtain personal information or money from the applicants. We have also noticed that certain individuals claiming to be from the Groupon Talent Acquisition function are contacting prospective candidates pretending to represent Groupon with job offers. In case you or any candidate receives any unsolicited or fraudulent communication regarding a job offer or an interview call against payment of money, please stay alert and recognize it as a scam. We are not liable for any loss or damage incurred as a result of dealing with such entities. To prevent falling victim to the same, please visit grouponcareers.com to verify the job opening. All our genuine job openings are posted on the official Groupon careers website.