Software Development Engineer III - Java Backend, Ads Engineering
Groupon is a marketplace where customers discover new experiences and services everyday and local businesses thrive. To date we have worked with over a million merchant partners worldwide, connecting over 16 million customers with deals across various categories. In a world often dominated by e-commerce giants, we stand out as one of the few platforms uniquely committed to helping local businesses succeed on a performance basis.
Groupon is on a radical journey to transform our business with relentless pursuit of results. Even with thousands of employees spread across multiple continents, we still maintain a culture that inspires innovation, rewards risk-taking and celebrates success. The impact here can be immediate due to our scale and the speed of our transformation. We're a "best of both worlds" kind of company. We're big enough to have the resources and scale, but small enough that a single person has a surprising amount of autonomy and can make a meaningful impact.
Our development ecosystem:
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Languages: Java, J2EE
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MySQL/PostgreSQL
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Redis / Memcache
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ELK stack / ElasticSearch, Grafana
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RESTful API design
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Asynchronous messaging / pub-sub / Kafka
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Docker, K8S, AWS, GCP, Apache Spark
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Jenkins CICD, GitHub, JIRA, Confluence
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Frontend: Node/React JS (nice to have)
You’ll spend time on the following:
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You will take full ownership of the technical aspects of our global technology infrastructure, ensuring that the platform is being used to its fullest potential through designing and building applications around our customer’s needs
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You will Design/Develop/Migrate/Maintain a myriad of Getaways applications and services for AWS Cloud & Kubernetes environment
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You will collaborate within the team and outside teams in the organizations to ensure that required business features, high performance, and cost-effective solutions are implemented effectively
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Build service artifacts, estimate and plan for deployment, coordinate timeline and tasks with project management and teams
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Improve service stability and performance by identifying critical service-specific metrics, setting meaningful alerting thresholds, and automating alerting responses
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Drive the discussion and decisions on technical topics related to the team’s scope
We’re excited about you if you have:
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BE/BTech or ME/MTech degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering from a recognized institute
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6+ years of industry experience in developing and supporting web applications, microservices and troubleshooting internal and external requests/bug reports in a distributed environment
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Strong coding skills in one or more object-oriented programming languages like Java or C++
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Strong problem-solving, debugging skills, data structure, and algorithm fundamentals
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Must have experience with REST API-based development of microservices, relational databases (MySQL or Postgres), ORMs
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Exposure to asynchronous messaging platforms like ActiveMQ, and Kafka is a plus
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Good communication and collaboration skills and ability to deal with ambiguity
We value engineers who are:
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Customer-focused: We believe that doing what’s right for the customer is ultimately what will drive our business forward.
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Obsessed with Quality: Your Production code Just Works & scales linearly
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Team players. You believe that more can be achieved together. You listen to feedback and also provide supportive feedback to help others grow/improve.
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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.
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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.
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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 e-commerce marketplace, click here. You can also find out more about us in the latest Groupon news as well as learning about our DEI approach. If all of this sounds like something that’s a great fit for you, then click apply and join us on a mission to become the ultimate destination for local experiences and services.
Beware of Recruitment Fraud: Groupon follows a merit-based recruitment process without charging job seekers any fees. We've noticed an increase in recruitment fraud, including fake job postings and fraudulent interviews and job offers aimed at stealing personal information or money. Be cautious of individuals falsely representing Groupon's Talent Acquisition team with fake job offers. If you encounter any suspicious job offers or interview calls demanding money, recognize these as scams. Groupon is not responsible for losses from such dealings. For legitimate job openings (and a sneak peek into life at Groupon), always check our official career website at grouponcareers.com.
What We Do
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.
With employees spread across multiple countries, we still maintain a culture that inspires innovation, rewards risk-taking and celebrates success. We encourage employees to embrace change, adapt to new circumstances, and find creative solutions to the challenges we face.
Does that sound like a great way to grow your career? If you possess the ambitious drive and hands-on talent that resonate with our vision, we encourage you to check out our current opportunities with #TeamGroupon.
Why Work With Us
We believe in the power of communities and supporting the growth of local businesses, helping them reach more and more customers along the way. To accomplish this, we look for dreamers, thinkers, doers, go-getters, and the people who know that solving problems the right way, together, makes us stronger than if we acted alone.
