Groupon’s Audience Engineering team is looking for a Software Engineer to help us with our mission of connecting and engaging customers with merchants worldwide as part of a rapidly evolving local commerce platform. As a technical contributor, you will help define and build the next generation targeting engine that leverages big data, analytics, algorithms and highly available, real-time distributed system principals.  

As we continue to evolve, our vision is to become the operating system for local commerce by providing an integrated suite of tools and services for local businesses to help them understand their customers better, compete effectively, and increase profits. To help us on this mission, we are looking for exceptional software engineers who share our passion for crafting a new evolution in local commerce.

As a Software Engineer you will help design and implement our next generation targeting and related technology infrastructure across web and mobile devices. The systems you will build will manage the efficient spend of tens of millions of marketing dollars worldwide. As part of the Audience Engineering team, you’ll use a variety of cutting-edge technologies such as Hadoop, Spark, Postgresql, Cassandra, Dropwizard etc. to build pioneering local commerce services that directly impact millions of people across multiple platforms.

Key Qualifications:

• 3+ years of industry experience in one or more modern programming languages such as Java, C++, Scala, Ruby, Python, etc.

• Practical experience with Object Oriented Programming

• Experience with Distributed Key/Value stores

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Strong Computer Science fundamentals in algorithm design, and complexity analysis.

• Ability to drive projects from scoping requirements to actual launch and delivery.

• Experience in designing, developing, testing, and deploying high-performance web services.

• B.S. or higher in Computer Science, Math or equivalent

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with SQL and/or NoSQL databases (Redis, Cassandra etc) and big data technologies (Hadoop, Spark, Storm etc)

• Extensive experience with open source technology stacks

• Understanding of the message delivery media such as SMS, email, and push notifications.

• MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience

• Familiarity with Agile development process, TDD/BDD, and *NIX development environments

Groupon provides a global marketplace where people can buy just about anything, anywhere, anytime. We’re enabling real-time commerce across an expanding range of categories including local businesses, travel destinations, consumer products, and live or lively events. At the same time, we are providing advertising options and tools that merchants can use to grow and manage their businesses. Culturally, we believe that great people make great companies and that starting with the customer and working backward moves us forward. Community matters to us on an internal, local and global scale—it’s fundamental to our company’s growth and to the well-being of the world at large. We also value self-awareness, candor, lunch and WiFi. If we match with you, please apply to join us.