Sr. Software Engineer

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.

Groupon, Inc. is looking for a Sr. Software Engineer to join our team in Chicago, IL.

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. Does that sound like a compelling place to work?

How you'll spend your day:

• Develop, construct and implement the next generation of company products and features for Groupon's web and mobile applications; design high-performance RESTful service-oriented architectures and software that is fast and efficient for millions of users
• Design and implement scalable distributed applications and Big Data pipelines that solve a wide range of business critical use cases
• Design and optimize data modeling for a given business requirement; develop and deploy quality code by abiding to coding principles
• Develop and follow standards and best practices through the lifecycle of the project
• Maintain knowledge of the latest technologies and trends regarding various Cloud technology and infrastructure
• Collaborate with the Data team, Infrastructure Engineers, and Data Scientists to recognize and adopt best practices in data gathering and transforming Big Data;
• Interface directly with business stakeholders to gather requirements and own automated end-to-end data engineering solutions
• Up to 100% remote work allowed from anywhere in the U.S.; can live anywhere in the U.S. Co headquarters in Chicago, IL

We're excited about you if you have the following requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field plus 8 years related experience

• Any level of experience with Lead design and development of the Big Data Analytics Platform by gathering requirements from the various stakeholders and converting it to technical design and implementation using various Big Data technologies like Apache Spark, Mapreduce, Mongodb etc and programming languages like Java, Scala, Python and build and maintain search related product using technologies including Lucene and Elasticsearch
• Any level of experience with Lead the definition of user requirements and convert business definition to technical design by considering various design ideas using Google Sheets, Lucid Charts and Confluence
• Any level of experience with Lead prioritization and resource planning process by implementing agile squads and following through agile ceremonies including Standups, Grooming, Planning, Retros and Demos using industry certified tool JIRA and ensure features work perfectly by adding Automated Test Cases with the help of Test Suites and CICD strategies using Jenkins
• Any level of experience with Utilize technical skills including Spark, Python, Java, Scala, SQL, RESTful APIs and Cloud Services including EMR, Keyspaces, Elasticache, Terraform, Data Lake formation, Redshift and data streaming technologies including Apache Kafka, Kinesis to develop and manage multiple assignments, including large and critical data pipeline projects to assure timely and cost-effective deliveries
• Any level of experience with Define and drive design and development of the cloud data platform using open-source technologies like Apache Sqoop, Apache Ranger and Apache Atlas and various cloud services like Dataproc, GCS, Composer etc and use GitHub to secure versioned codebase

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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 for the latest Groupon news. Plus, be sure to check out the values that shape our culture, guide our strategy and make our company a great place to work. And just don't take our word for it. Hear from real Groupon team members and learn more about our inclusive employee groups. If all of this sounds like something that's a great fit for you, then click apply and let's see where this takes us.