Software Development Engineer II

Groupon is seeking a Software Development Engineer II to develop and implement next-generation products and features for web and mobile applications. This role involves designing high-performance RESTful service-oriented architectures, collaborating with cross-functional teams, translating business requirements into technical designs, and improving service stability. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree and 2 years of experience, with expertise in various programming languages, cloud technologies, performance monitoring, and agile methodologies. This is a hybrid role with up to 60% remote work allowed, requiring residence within commuting distance of Chicago, IL.

Must Have

• Develop, construct, and implement next-generation products and features for web and mobile applications.
• Design high-performance RESTful service-oriented architectures.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure business features and compliance rules are implemented effectively.
• Translate business, marketing, and functional requirements into detailed technical requirements and designs.
• Drive technical discussions and decisions, build service artifacts, and coordinate deployments.
• Improve service stability by identifying critical metrics, setting altering thresholds, and automating responses.
• Create and maintain documentation of projects.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Software Engineering or related field plus 2 years related experience.
• Experience with Java, JavaScript, Python, SQL, NoSQL, Hadoop, Kafka, AWS, GCS, Kubernetes, and Docker.
• Experience with Wavefront, Grafana, Elastic, AWS S3, GCP Cloud Storage, MySQL, and PostgreSQL.
• Experience with cross-functional collaboration, agile execution, Jira, code reviews, and test-driven development.
• Experience leveraging data-driven insights and automation for decision-making and feature rollouts.

Perks & Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 401(k) Match
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Life and Disability Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)

Groupon is a marketplace where customers discover new experiences and services everyday and local businesses thrive. To date we have worked with over a million merchant partners worldwide, connecting over 16 million customers with deals across various categories. In a world often dominated by e-commerce giants, we stand out as one of the few platforms uniquely committed to helping local businesses succeed on a performance basis.

Groupon is on a radical journey to transform our business with relentless pursuit of results. Even with thousands of employees spread across multiple continents, we still maintain a culture that inspires innovation, rewards risk-taking and celebrates success. The impact here can be immediate due to our scale and the speed of our transformation. We're a "best of both worlds" kind of company. We're big enough to have the resources and scale, but small enough that a single person has a surprising amount of autonomy and can make a meaningful impact.

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'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:

• You will 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;
• collaborate with teams in other organizations to ensure that required business features and compliance rules are implemented effectively;
• translate business, marketing and functional into detailed technical requirements and architecture and technical design and work plans;
• drive the discussion and decisions of technical topics related to the team; 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 altering thresholds, and automating altering responses;
• create and maintain documentation of projects.
• Up to 60% remote work allowed. Must live within normal commuting distance of the worksite.

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

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Software Engineering or related field plus 2 years related experience.
• Any level of experience with architect and optimize scalable, high-performance systems by designing and developing services using Java, JavaScript, Python, SQL, NoSQL, Hadoop, and Kafka while leveraging cloud technologies like AWS, GCS, Kubernetes, Kafka, and Docker;
• Any level of experience with enhance system reliability and efficiency by implementing performance monitoring with Wavefront and Grafana, diagnosing issues using Elastic, and optimizing storage dependencies across AWS S3, GCP Cloud Storage, MySQL, and PostgreSQL;
• Any level of experience with lead cross-functional collaboration and agile execution by facilitating stakeholder communication, driving project management through Jira, conducting code reviews, and enforcing best practices like test-driven development;
• Any level of experience with leverage data-driven insights and automation to improve decision-making, generate reports on large datasets, guide ab-experimentation driven feature rollouts, and strategically implement new services based on system analysis.

Groupon is an AI-First Company

We’re committed to building smarter, faster, and more innovative ways of working—and AI plays a key role in how we get there. We encourage candidates to leverage AI tools during the hiring process where it adds value, and we’re always keen to hear how technology improves the way you work. If you’re passionate about AI or curious to explore how it can elevate your role—you’ll be right at home here.

Groupon’s purpose is to build strong communities through thriving small businesses. To learn more about the world’s largest local e-commerce 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.