Data Base Engineer

Groupon connects 42 million customers with local experiences - restaurants, events, wellness and travel - and the million-plus merchants who deliver them. Our mission is to get people offline and into the real world at prices that make it possible. We're an AI-native company in the middle of a platform transformation, moving from a deals marketplace to an experience discovery platform that works for customers and merchants at the same time.

Groupon's data infrastructure underpins every merchant deal, every customer transaction, and every operational decision the
  business makes. As we scale and modernize the platform, the quality of our database design is not a backend concern — it's a
  competitive constraint. This role owns it.

  What you'll be doing

  - Design and maintain database management systems end-to-end: conceptual model, logical schema, capacity planning, data
  loading, data maintenance, and security policy
  - Translate business requirements from product, engineering, and systems teams into precise data models — table structures,
  element attributes, and relational logic that are defensible and production-ready
  - Write complex programs and derive logical processes on technical platforms; build the screens, reports, and components that
  sit on top of them
  - Contribute to UI design and business application prototypes, bridging the gap between data layer and user-facing experience
  - Evaluate, install, and configure database management systems — and document your design decisions so the next engineer
  doesn't have to reverse-engineer them
  - Participate in QA and develop test application code in client-server environments
  - Determine how data should be stored, how tables relate to one another, and how fields interact — and defend those decisions
  when challenged
  - At senior levels: assess clients' existing data structures and storage mechanisms, and determine what belongs in the schema
  versus what doesn't

  What success looks like

  Day 30: You've mapped the existing schema, identified the top three structural risks, and documented the gaps nobody had
  written down yet.

  Day 60: At least one database deliverable — schema, data loading plan, or interface specification — has been designed,
  reviewed, and signed off. You're embedded with the engineering and product teams who depend on your work.

  Day 90: You own the database standards for your domain. Other engineers are using your guidelines. QA is running against test
  code you wrote. The schema is cleaner than when you arrived.

  What this role demands

  - Hands-on experience designing relational data models from business requirements — not just maintaining schemas someone else
  built
  - Fluency in database design documentation: conceptual design, logical database, capacity planning, external data interface
  specification, data loading plans, security policy
  - Ability to write and review complex SQL and application code; comfortable in client-server and web-enabled environments
  - Experience evaluating and installing database management systems
  - Strong enough commercial instinct to negotiate what goes in the schema and what doesn't — and to explain the tradeoff to
  non-technical stakeholders

  How we operate

  Extreme Ownership: If a downstream application breaks because of a schema decision, you own the diagnosis. You don't stop at
  the database boundary.

  Impact Obsessed: Clean design that nobody uses doesn't count. Your deliverables exist to make applications faster, data more
  reliable, and teams more independent.

  Speed Over Comfort: Imperfect data models that are documented and iterable beat perfect ones that never ship.

What We Offer

  - Base Salary: $170,000 + Participation in company annual bonus plan and equity scheme.
  - Hybrid work model: Chicago office
  - Benefits: Starting the 1st of the month after your start date: Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, FSAs, EAP, 401(k) match, ESPP, and more.

Groupon is an AI-First Company
We’re committed to building smarter, faster, and more innovative ways of working and AI plays a key role in how we get there. We encourage candidates to leverage AI tools during the hiring process where it adds value, and we’re always keen to hear how technology improves the way you work. If you’re passionate about AI or curious to explore how it can elevate your role you’ll be right at home here.

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.

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