Frontend Engineer - SDE III
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.
Become a better developer by building things that help local businesses around the world thrive
Are you a passionate, energetic technology enthusiast eager to work at a rapid pace with the flexibility to work across a broad tech stack?
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. With employees spread across multiple continents, we still maintain a culture that inspires innovation, rewards risk-taking, and celebrates success. Our culture encourages employees to embrace change, adapt to new circumstances, and find creative solutions to the challenges we face. Does that sound like a great way to grow your career? Let’s get into the details:
We are looking for a skilled and experienced front-end developer who is motivated to combine the art of design with the art of programming. The selected candidate will be liable to build and extend our suite of client-facing web applications. The developer must be capable of understanding and transforming customer needs into a functional and engaging digital environment to ensure a great user experience. If you share our passion to define, create and delight, we are happy to hear from you!
You’ll spend time on the following:
You will collaborate with teams in other organization to ensure that required business features and compliance rules are implemented effectively
Managing the full software development lifecycle from technical design to development, testing and deployment
Improving your and the team's skills through knowledge-sharing and hackathon
Create and maintain documentation for your projects
Mentor junior staff
Drive the discussion and decisions of technical topics related to the team
We’re excited about you if you have:
BE/BTech or ME/MTech degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
6+ years of industry experience
Excellent coding skills preferably using JavaScript / Typescript
Strong experience using Vuejs/React or similar web development frameworks or libraries.
Deep knowledge of web technologies such as HTML5, CSS (SCSS, LESS), JSON, Object-oriented JavaScript
At least one full lifecycle web application built with modern web frameworks / libraries,
featuring API communication to the Rest API or GraphQL backendExperience with build tools such as Webpack and Vite
Rigour in high code quality, automated testing, and other engineering best practices.
Strong debugging skills
Excellent communication and collaboration skills
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.
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.
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