Software Engineer, Cloud Platform

Grow as an engineer by building tools that grow local businesses

You became an engineer because you believed in technology’s ability to make a difference in the world. So why would you spend your days building things that don’t matter?

Groupon is in the midst of a unique transformation phase, offering a challenging yet rewarding environment with ample opportunities for personal and professional growth. Our mission is to restore the company's growth and enhance the value we bring to local vendors through attractive experiences and services for their customers.

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.

As a Cloud Engineer on our Cloud Platform team, you will grow your career by working for an international, multicultural company with thousands of employees that runs on a Service-oriented architecture (SOA) with 300 microservices and millions of concurrent clients. You should be fascinated about performance, capacity, and stability, and be passionate about the quality of code and test coverage, as those things are critical to the success of our system.

🔨In this role, you will build expertise in operating containerized microservices on Kubernetes. You will be part of a team of engineers focused on ensuring platform readiness and support microservices written in multiple languages (e.g. Java, Ruby, Node). You will work with application owners to understand their needs and define requirements for their operation in the cloud platform. This role involves working with cutting-edge technology and solving challenging technical problems. The platform capabilities we are building will be used by every engineering team at Groupon, and this is your chance to influence how microservices are developed and deployed on a company-wide scale.

⭐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.

Key Responsibilities:

• Kubernetes Management:

  • Design, deploy, and manage Kubernetes clusters to ensure optimal performance and scalability.

  • Implement and manage Helm charts for application deployment and configuration.

• Containerization:

  • Develop and maintain Docker images and containers for various applications.

  • Ensure seamless integration of containers in the CI/CD pipeline.

• Networking:

  • Configure and manage cloud networking components to ensure secure and efficient communication between services.

  • Implement network policies and monitor network performance.

• Service Mesh & Istio:

  • Deploy and manage Istio for service mesh, ensuring robust service-to-service communication, security, and observability.

• Site Reliability Engineering (SRE):

  • Implement SRE best practices to enhance system reliability and performance.

  • Develop and maintain incident response plans and conduct post-incident reviews.

• Monitoring, Metrics, and Logging:

  • Implement comprehensive monitoring and logging solutions using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, etc.

  • Set up alerting mechanisms to proactively address issues.

• Auto Scaling:

  • Configure auto-scaling policies to manage load and ensure high availability.

  • Monitor scaling events and optimize resource utilization.

• Cost Optimization:

  • Analyze and optimize cloud infrastructure costs without compromising performance and reliability.

  • Implement cost-saving measures and resource management strategies.

• Security:

  • Ensure cloud infrastructure security by implementing best practices and compliance measures.

  • Conduct regular security assessments and vulnerability scans.

• Scalability & High Availability:

  • Design and implement highly scalable and available cloud architectures.

  • Ensure disaster recovery and backup strategies are in place and tested regularly.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field, or equivalent experience.

• Minimum of 5 years of experience working with microservices architecture in a cloud environment.

• Strong expertise in Kubernetes, Docker, Helm charts, and Istio.

• Proven experience with cloud networking and security best practices.

• Hands-on experience with monitoring, logging, and metrics tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack).

• Solid understanding of site reliability engineering principles and practices.

• Experience with auto-scaling and cost optimization strategies in the cloud.

• Strong scripting and automation skills (e.g., Python, Bash)

💚 What We Offer:

• Competitive salary and benefits package.

• Opportunity to work with a talented and passionate team.

• Continuous learning and professional development opportunities.

• Flexible work environment with remote work options.

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. 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.

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