Engineering Manager for Merchant Centre
Company OverviewGrow as an Engineering manager by building things that help local businesses around the world thrive.
Are you a passionate and energetic technology enthusiast eager to work at a rapid pace with the flexibility to work across our suite of technologies? Are you a problem solver; someone who enjoys debugging code, resolving issues, and creating solutions for common problems? Do you get a little obsessed with the details?
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 looking for great technology developers to work on the Groupon platform to improve performance and make our customers' and small business' lives easier and happier. We work in small, self-managing, collaborative and agile teams to implement stuff quickly.
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:
Job Overview:As an Engineering Manager for Groupon's Merchant Center, you will lead a dynamic team responsible for developing and enhancing the platform that merchants use to manage campaign, analytics, and customer engagement. You will focus on delivering high-impact, scalable solutions that align with business goals, driving merchant engagement and success. Your role involves mentoring engineers, ensuring high-quality code, and fostering a collaborative, innovative environment that prioritizes ownership and continuous improvement.
You'll spend time on the following:Leading a team of software engineers to help us develop microservices at a scale that is required for GrouponHiring, mentoring and coaching your direct reports to be the best they can beWorking cross-functionally with other teams to understand and prioritize user asks, features and tooling.Work with Commercial and Product stakeholders to ensure execution of Travel roadmap to meet business objectivesRunning ongoing delivery and daily operations of servicesContinuously improving the management and engineering processes for the team and services.We value Managers who have:B.E or higher degree in Computer Science with 8+ years of experience2+ years of experience in leading a team of engineers.Experience building and growing a team of engineers.Experience designing and implementing large, scalable, distributed systemsGood interpersonal skills.Ability to work with multiple languages Java, Node/Express JS, React. js etc.Backend experience with RESTful API and RDBMS (MySQL, PostgreSQL etc.)Been a role model for engineers on the team, providing timely coaching and mentoring to all.We're excited about you if you have:Experience with managing platform services, delivering projects in dynamic environmentYou have been responsible for building and leading a high performance engineering teamYou are highly technical with a strong background in computer science. You have a track record of handling technical design and completing projects with high quality.Good communication and collaboration skills and ability to deal with ambiguityYou have experience motivating teams towards delivering business results in a dynamic agile environment.You are comfortable operating at leadership level as well as getting your hands dirty.You have experience in related domains within e-commerce.You have made decisions that impact technical design, development and planning for one or more projects/programs that impact multiple teams or functions.You frequently interact with multiple cross-functional teams and lead a cooperative effort to drive key technical projects.Our development ecosystem:Java, Ruby on Rails, SpringNode/Express JS, React. js, React NativeMySQL/PostgreSQLRedis / MemcacheElasticsearch, Logstash, KibanaWavefront, OpsGenieRESTful API designAsynchronous messaging / pub-subDeployment to cloudJenkins CICD, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS Cloud, GCPGitHub, JIRA, Confluence, AsanaGroupon'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.
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