Job Description

Become a better developer by building things that help local businesses around the world thrive.
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.
Come join Groupon Core Applications Platform where we pride ourselves in being a Top Engineering Developmental Destination to grow and develop yourself. You'll enjoy scope, ownership, and impact only limited by your own capability.
Our development ecosystem:• Languages: Java, J2EE
• Frontend: React JS/Express JS/Angular JS
• Dropwizard
• MySQL/PostgreSQL
• Redis / Memcached
• ELK Stack / ElasticSearch
• RESTful API design
• Asynchronous messaging / pub-sub
• Jenkins CICD, Docker, K8S, AWS cloud, Wavefront (metrics)
• GitHub, JIRA, Confluence


You'll spend time on the following:• You will design and develop compliance applications for the Groupon microservice ecosystem
• You will collaborate with teams in other organization to ensure that required business features and compliance rules are implemented effectively
• Build service artifacts, plan deployment, coordinate timeline and tasks with project management and teams
• Improve service stability by identifying critical service-specific metrics, setting meaningful alerting thresholds, and automating alerting responses
• Create and maintain documentation for your projects
• Mentor junior staff
• Drive the discussion and decisions of technical topics related to the team


We're excited about you if you have:• BE/BTech or ME/MTech degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
• 6+ years of industry experience
• Excellent coding skills preferably using JavaScript
• Deep knowledge of web technologies such as HTML5, CSS (SCSS, LESS), JSON, Object-oriented JavaScript
• At least one full lifecycle web application built with React + Redux & Node JS
• Expertise in building scalable server applications and reusable modules in the Node eco-system
• Experience with build tools such as Ant, Ivy, Maven, Griddle
• Strong debugging skillsGood 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 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.

•Beware of Fraudulent Offers We would like to bring to your notice that Groupon follows a merit-based employee recruitment practice with extensive screening steps. Groupon does not charge/accept any amount or security deposit from job seekers during the recruitment process. It was observed that there has been an increase in recruitment fraud involving scammers who post fraudulent job openings, or who contact job-seekers with fake job offers. These individuals sometimes even conduct fraudulent interviews with an attempt to obtain personal information or money from the applicants. We have also noticed that certain individuals claiming to be from the Groupon Talent Acquisition function are contacting prospective candidates pretending to represent Groupon with job offers. In case you or any candidate receives any unsolicited or fraudulent communication regarding a job offer or an interview call against payment of money, please stay alert and recognize it as a scam. We are not liable for any loss or damage incurred as a result of dealing with such entities. To prevent falling victim to the same, please visit grouponcareers.com to verify the job opening. All our genuine job openings are posted on the official Groupon careers website.•
Groupon's purpose is to build strong communities through thriving small businesses. To learn more about the world's largest local ecommerce marketplace. 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, 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, always check our official careers website at grouponcareers.com.