Software Development Engineer III - ROR Backend

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

Are you a passionate, energetic, and technology enthusiast eager to work at a rapid pace with the flexibility to work across our suite of technologies?

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.

We are looking for a software engineer to join the Voucher Inventory and Booking Tool team to support and evolve the design, implementation, and operational support of systems that span the business side and engineering departments.

Our development ecosystem:

• Languages: Java/Ruby and willing to learn new technologies 

• Relational database systems such as Mysql and Postgres.

• REST/JSON

• GitHub

• JIRA

• Splunk/elk

• AWS/GCP Cloud/on-prem

You’ll spend time on the following:

• You will develop compliance applications for the Groupon microservice ecosystem

• You will get to work on high-scalability systems with e-commerce functions that involve inventory management and fulfillment.

• You will collaborate with teams in other organizations 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 on 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 in one or more programming languages like Ruby, Java, C, C++, Python, etc

• Strong computer science fundamentals (Design Patterns, DS & Algos, Operating Systems)

• Solid knowledge of relational databases like MySQL, Postgres, etc

• Understanding of NoSQL databases is an added advantage

• You should have experience developing and supporting web applications and with supporting and troubleshooting internal and external requests/bug reports in a transactional environment

• Experience with building tools such as Maven, Ant, Ivy, Griddle

• Strong debugging skills

• Good communication and collaboration skills

We value engineers who are:

• Customer-focused: We believe that doing what’s right for the customer will ultimately 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.

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.

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.