Software Development Engineer IV - Java Backend

Grow as a developer by building things that help local businesses around the world thrive

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.

Are you a passionate and energetic technology enthusiast eager to work at a rapid pace with the flexibility to work across our suite of technologies? Are you a problem solver; someone who enjoys debugging code, resolving issues, and creating solutions for common problems? Do you get obsessed with the details?

We're looking for great technology developers to work on the Groupon platform to improve performance and make our customers and small businesses’ lives easier and happier. We work in small, self-managing, collaborative, and agile teams to implement stuff quickly.

Our development ecosystem:

• Languages: Java and a bit of javascript

• Frameworks: Dropwizard/Spring

• Node/Express JS

• MySQL/PostgreSQL

• Redis / Memcache / Varnish 

• Splunk / Elasticsearch

• RESTful API design

• Asynchronous messaging / pub-sub 

• Capistrano, Ansible, docker, Kubernetes

• GitHub, JIRA

You’ll spend time on the following:

• You will Design/Develop/Migrate/Maintain a myriad of Getaways applications and services for the GCP Cloud & Kubernetes environment

• You will be involved in designing new features, as well as improving the existing platform

• You will lead the design and implementation of systems within the enterprise

• You will focus on solutions that come from better architecture, not just better code

• You will drive initiatives across engineering teams with a focus on increasing site performance and stability

• You will work closely with other engineers within your group and across the product and engineering organization to identify problems and build effective technical solutions

• Mentor junior team members and encourage your peers to do the best possible work

We’re excited about you if you have:

• At least 9+ years experience in software development, experience building developer-facing tools will be a plus

• Excellent coding skills in one or more languages: Java, Python or Ruby

• Excellent knowledge of frameworks like Spring, Dropwizard etc

• Experience with container technologies like Kubernetes or Docker desired

• Development experience with service-oriented architectures/microservices

• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills

• Ability to work collaboratively through an agile development process that promotes constant team communication

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.