Job Description
Grow as a developer by building things that help local businesses around the world thrive
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.
We work as part of Groupon’s Engineering Excellence team to provide microservice owners the infrastructure and tools needed to rapidly deploy and manage their applications.We operate Kubernetes container management platform for public cloud infrastructure, and support microservices written in multiple languages (e.g. Java, Ruby, Node). Groupon runs our applications in the public cloud, and we are looking for a talented and passionate engineer to join our cloud platform team.
In this role, you will build expertise in operating containerized microservices on Kubernetes. You will be part of a team of engineers focused on ensuring platform readiness (performance, capacity, stability), building developer tools and ensuring a smooth operation in public cloud infrastructure. You will work with application owners to understand their needs and define requirements for their applications to run in our cloud platform. This role involves working with cutting-edge technology and solving challenging technical problems. The platform capabilities we are building will be used by every engineering team at Groupon, and this is your chance to influence how microservices are developed and deployed on a company-wide scale.
Our development ecosystem
Languages & Frameworks: Java, Python, Go, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, & Dropwizard
MySQL/PostgreSQL
Splunk/ELK
REST/JSON
Kubernetes
AWS & GCP
GitHub
JIRA
You’ll spend time on the following:
Design and develop high-quality code using object-oriented coding principles, covered by unit and integration tests.
Draw and implement abstract drawing board ideas into practical working components.
Understand the big picture, conflicting views, and participate constructively to find solutions.
Work with service owners across the company to make their services cloud-ready. Support services on different technology stacks with application containerization, deployment, and operation on Kubernetes/AWS/GCP.
Identify gaps in our tooling and innovate proper solutions to bridge them as part of improving user experience.
Collaborate with owners of common building blocks (logging, metrics, database, etc) for operating in the cloud.
Ensure platform and application readiness in terms of capacity, performance, monitoring, and stability.
Guide fellow team members when needed.
We’re excited about you if you have:
B.Tech, BS, MS, or Ph.D in Computer Science or equivalent education with 3 years of development experience on the backend or full-stack services.
Proficient coding skills in one or more languages: Java, Ruby, C#, Python, Go or similar. Strong understanding of web technologies and service-oriented architecture and microservices and relevant patterns.
Good knowledge of tools such as Jenkins, Maven.
Excellent written, oral and interpersonal skills.
Self-motivated, good team player who has the ability to work in a fast-paced, ever-changing agile environment.
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, 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, learn more about our inclusive employee groups, and check out our benefits. 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.
Groupon is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Qualifications for employment, promotion, and other terms and conditions of employment are based upon the ability to perform the job. Equal-employment opportunities are provided to all applicants and employees without regard to race, creed, religion, color, age, national origin, sex, disability, medical condition, ****** orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, ancestry, marital status, military discharge status (excluding dishonorable discharge), veteran status, citizenship status, or other legally protected status. We are all responsible for maintaining this policy. Groupon is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may email us at hraccommodations at groupon.com. If you have concerns related to Groupon’s equal employment opportunities, you may contact Groupon’s Ethics Reporting Service Ethicspoint.
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.
We work as part of Groupon’s Engineering Excellence team to provide microservice owners the infrastructure and tools needed to rapidly deploy and manage their applications.We operate Kubernetes container management platform for public cloud infrastructure, and support microservices written in multiple languages (e.g. Java, Ruby, Node). Groupon runs our applications in the public cloud, and we are looking for a talented and passionate engineer to join our cloud platform team.
In this role, you will build expertise in operating containerized microservices on Kubernetes. You will be part of a team of engineers focused on ensuring platform readiness (performance, capacity, stability), building developer tools and ensuring a smooth operation in public cloud infrastructure. You will work with application owners to understand their needs and define requirements for their applications to run in our cloud platform. This role involves working with cutting-edge technology and solving challenging technical problems. The platform capabilities we are building will be used by every engineering team at Groupon, and this is your chance to influence how microservices are developed and deployed on a company-wide scale.
Our development ecosystem
Languages & Frameworks: Java, Python, Go, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, & Dropwizard
MySQL/PostgreSQL
Splunk/ELK
REST/JSON
Kubernetes
AWS & GCP
GitHub
JIRA
You’ll spend time on the following:
Design and develop high-quality code using object-oriented coding principles, covered by unit and integration tests.
Draw and implement abstract drawing board ideas into practical working components.
Understand the big picture, conflicting views, and participate constructively to find solutions.
Work with service owners across the company to make their services cloud-ready. Support services on different technology stacks with application containerization, deployment, and operation on Kubernetes/AWS/GCP.
Identify gaps in our tooling and innovate proper solutions to bridge them as part of improving user experience.
Collaborate with owners of common building blocks (logging, metrics, database, etc) for operating in the cloud.
Ensure platform and application readiness in terms of capacity, performance, monitoring, and stability.
Guide fellow team members when needed.
We’re excited about you if you have:
B.Tech, BS, MS, or Ph.D in Computer Science or equivalent education with 3 years of development experience on the backend or full-stack services.
Proficient coding skills in one or more languages: Java, Ruby, C#, Python, Go or similar. Strong understanding of web technologies and service-oriented architecture and microservices and relevant patterns.
Good knowledge of tools such as Jenkins, Maven.
Excellent written, oral and interpersonal skills.
Self-motivated, good team player who has the ability to work in a fast-paced, ever-changing agile environment.
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, 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, learn more about our inclusive employee groups, and check out our benefits. 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.
Groupon is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Qualifications for employment, promotion, and other terms and conditions of employment are based upon the ability to perform the job. Equal-employment opportunities are provided to all applicants and employees without regard to race, creed, religion, color, age, national origin, sex, disability, medical condition, ****** orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, ancestry, marital status, military discharge status (excluding dishonorable discharge), veteran status, citizenship status, or other legally protected status. We are all responsible for maintaining this policy. Groupon is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may email us at hraccommodations at groupon.com. If you have concerns related to Groupon’s equal employment opportunities, you may contact Groupon’s Ethics Reporting Service Ethicspoint.
💡 Quick Summary
Seeking a career-building opportunity? The Software Development Engineer III | Cloud Engineer position is now open for candidates interested in the Software Developer Jobs sector. This role in Bengaluru offers a professional environment and growth potential.
Requirement Snapshot: Candidates should possess basic communication skills, a proactive attitude, and the ability to work in a team. Experience in Software Developer Jobs is a plus.
