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Groupon is an experiences marketplace that brings people more ways to get the most out of their city or wherever they may beBy 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 lifeGroupon helps local businesses grow and strengthen customer relationships––resulting in strong, vibrant communitiesEven with thousands of employees spread across multiple continents, we still maintain a culture that inspires innovation, rewards risk-taking and celebrates success.
Are you excited about big data? our data platform engineering team provides operations, database engineering/administration, data curation, and data platforms to a wide range of internal groupon engineers and analystsOur team is the heart of all data operations at groupon and is responsible for the data being accessible for all customers at any timeWe are ready to adopt and explore any new technology that lands into groupon to ensure usability for all customers.
In this role, you would be supporting groupon move to the cloud for long term successYou would also be able to advance in your career and work on a modern day data lake cloud strategy with a global team! we are looking for a candidate who is passionate about databases and someone who will ensure these databases are always available for our customers.
We`re a `best of both worlds` kind of companyWe`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 impactWe`re curious, fun, a little intense, and kind of obsessed with helping local businesses thriveDoes that sound like a great way to grow your career? let`s get into the details:
You`ll spend your time on the following:
Work on moving our current system to a cloud based modern data lake
Mentor and develop less experienced engineers
Engineer new methods for data, data pipelines, and cloud storage
Help define the next generation of data for our company in an exciting fast paced environment
Work in technologies such as airflow, emr, aws, s3 and many modern tools
Improve, develop and maintain our work flows, systems and processes
Help document new tooling and processes
Hands on development of a new cloud storage system
Understand, and implement access and security policies
Work closely with the development & operations teams to provide technical guidance and recommend solutions
We`re excited about you if you have:
Bs in computer science or related field and/or a combination of equivalent experience with 3+ years of experience in a professional technical capacity
Knowledge and background in data lakes and modern cloud-based systems
Working with vendors on database/data lake incidents.
Knowledge and experience of aws and s3
Knowledge of teradata and hadoop architecture and systems
Proficiency in analyzing the performance and optimizing at different levels.
Ability to create advanced system-level capacity reports as well as root cause analysis
Experience in writing complex sql queries including ansi, and tsql
Proficiency in unix scripting
Experience in pyspark is highly desirable
Sound understanding of data warehousing concepts
Excellent problem solving and troubleshooting capabilities
Experience in mentoring and growing engineers
Ability to adhere to security policies, procedures and audits
Ability to work in self directed manner with minimal supervision
Limited travel up to 10% of the role may be required
On call/night/weekends may be necessary as part of this role
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 playersYou believe that more can be achieved togetherYou 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 solutionsYou 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 desireYou 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.
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Groupon`s purpose is to build strong communities through thriving small businessesTo learn more about the world`s largest local ecommerce marketplace, click here for the latest groupon newsPlus, be sure to check out the values that shape our culture, guide our strategy and make our company a great place to workAnd just don`t take our word for itHear from real groupon team members and learn more about our inclusive employee groupsIf 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 jobEqual-employment opportunities are provided to all applicants and employees without regard to race, creed, religion, color, age, national origin, sex, disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, ancestry, marital status, military discharge status (excluding dishonorable discharge), veteran status, citizenship status, or other legally protected statusWe are all responsible for maintaining this policyGroupon is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application proceduresIf you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may email us at hraccommodations at groupon.comIf you have concerns related to groupon’s equal employment opportunities, you may contact groupon`s ethics reporting service ethicspoint.
