Software Development Engineer III, Data Engineering - Groupon

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. With employees spread across multiple continents, we still maintain a culture that inspires innovation, rewards risk-taking, and celebrates success. Our culture encourages 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? Let’s get into the details: The Data Ingestion and Curation team at Groupon is at the heart of all things “data”, working on defining and building the next-generation cloud-based solutions to ingest and curate petabytes of data into our data lake. 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) and scalable, high-performance production systems.

You’ll spend time on the following:

• Design/develop/migrate/maintain a myriad of cloud-native applications and services for AWS Cloud & Kubernetes environment.

• Participate in defining the requirements, system, and data architectural discussions 

• Technically lead and mentor junior engineers for best practices in the software development lifecycle.

• Collaborate with cross-functional agile teams of software engineers, data engineers, ML experts, and others in building new product features

We’re excited about you if you have:

• BS/MS in Computer Science, with 5+ years of experience in distributed systems, data engineering, software engineering, or similar fields. 

• Strong coding skills in a language such as Java, Scala, or Python.

• Solid understanding of RESTful API design and implementation

• Experience working with SQL and NoSQL databases (MySql, Postgres, Teradata, Cassandra, Elasticsearch, HBase, etc.)

• Strong knowledge of cloud-native principles, microservices architecture, Docker, Terraform and Kubernetes

• Hands-on experience in cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform

• A clear understanding of testing methodologies, CI/CD, and other industry best practices

• Good communication and collaboration skills

  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 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.

Nice to have:

• Experience in batch / streaming data pipelines for cloud data platforms

• Experience in big data technologies like Hadoop, Hive, Kafka, Apache Spark, etc.