Job Description

Our Development Ecosystem

• Languages & Frameworks: Java, Ruby, Ruby on Rails & Dropwizard
• MySQL/PostgreSQL
• Splunk/ELK
• REST/JSON
• Kubernetes & AWS
• GitHub
• JIRA

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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 migration to the cloud.
• Ensure platform and application readiness in terms of capacity, performance, monitoring, and stability.
• Guide fellow team members when needed.

Requirements

• 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.

Nice to Have:

• Previous experience with cloud migrations and associated validation steps (performance testing, monitoring, capacity planning etc.).
• Experience creating Docker images and running Docker containers.
• Good knowledge, practical experience or strong interest in Kubernetes or a related technology like Docker Swarm.
• Kubernetes based certifications like CKA/CKAD.
• Good understanding or strong interest in concepts such as Design-for-performance, Design-for-failure, Cloud Native, Cloud Ready, CI-CD, Observability and their associated tools.

If this is interesting for you then please share your resume while applying and mention JOB ID: (R23608). Also, please feel free to reach out in case of any queries.

About the Company

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 great way to grow your career? Let's get into the details:

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 will be moving many of our applications to the public cloud, and we are looking for a talented and passionate engineer to join our cloud migration factory 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 transition to public cloud infrastructure. You will work with application owners to understand their needs and define requirements for their migration to the 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.