Architect - Merchant Centre

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.

Company Overview

At Groupon, we are dedicated to recognizing and rewarding those who drive impactful change. We believe in making swift, impactful decisions without getting bogged down in endless meetings. Here, your advancement is based on your performance and contributions, not politics. We thrive on innovation, embracing cutting-edge technology to stay ahead of the curve.

If you're seeking a role where growth opportunities are limitless and your ability to deliver is truly valued, this is the place for you. Our culture is built on agility, transparency, and resilience. We prioritise quick decision-making, open and honest leadership, and merit-based advancement. We empower our teams to overcome obstacles and take full ownership of their work, driving real results.

Join us on our transformation journey! If you're ready to be part of a forward-thinking team that celebrates hard work and rewards success, we want to hear from you.

🚀Job Overview:

As an Architect for Groupon's Merchant Center, you will be responsible for designing and implementing the technical architecture that powers the platform used by merchants to manage their Groupon campaigns. Your primary focus will be on creating scalable, secure, and user-friendly systems that allow merchants to easily access tools for managing campaign, analytics, and customer engagement. You will collaborate closely with product managers, engineers, and other stakeholders to ensure that the architecture supports business goals while providing a seamless experience for merchants.

💪🏼Key Responsibilities:

• You will lead the design and implementation of systems within the Merchant Center organization

• With a deep understanding of our Merchant Center product, you will focus on solutions that come from better architecture, not just better code

• You will drive initiatives across engineering teams with a focus on increasing platform performance and stability

• You will work closely with other engineers within your group and across the product and engineering organization to identify problems and build effective technical solutions

• Mentor junior team members and encourage your peers to do the best possible work

• Advocate for and improve upon our tech culture principles

📖We’re excited about you if you have:

• At least 12+ years experience in software development, experience building great Merchant facing products

• Excellent coding skills in one or more languages: Node/Express JS,  React. js, Java

• Experience with cloud platforms AWS and GCP desired

• Development experience with service-oriented architectures/microservices

• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills

• Ability to work collaboratively through an agile development process that promotes constant team communication

🌍Our development ecosystem:

• Java, Ruby on Rails, Spring

• Node/Express JS,  React. js, React Native

• MySQL/PostgreSQL

• Redis / Memcache

• Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana,

• Wavefront, OpsGenie

• RESTful API design

• Asynchronous messaging / pub-sub 

• Deployment to cloud

• Jenkins CICD, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS Cloud, GCP

• GitHub, JIRA, Confluence, Asana

🏆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 players. You believe that more can be achieved together. You 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 solutions. You 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 desire. You 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.

• Able to travel periodically internationally.

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.

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 (and a sneak peek into life at Groupon), always check our official career website at grouponcareers.com.