Software Development Engineer III, Backend - Bookability & Gifting Integrations

Groupon

23 days ago

Bengaluru, India

Mid Level / Senior

H1B Sponsor

Responsibilities

Design and develop services within Groupon’s microservices ecosystem.
Work on highly scalable e-commerce systems involving inventory, fulfillment, and gifting.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver business features and ensure compliance requirements are met.
Build service artifacts, plan deployments, and coordinate timelines with project and partner teams.
Improve system reliability by defining service-level metrics, setting alerting thresholds, and automating responses.
Create and maintain clear technical documentation.
Mentor junior engineers and support their technical growth.
Drive technical discussions and influence architectural decisions within the team.

BE/BTech or ME/MTech in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
6+ years of industry experience building and operating production systems.
Strong coding skills in Java, with openness to learning TypeScript.
Solid computer science fundamentals (Design Patterns, Data Structures & Algorithms, Operating Systems, DBMS).
Experience with relational databases such as MySQL or PostgreSQL.
Exposure to NoSQL databases is a plus.
Exposure to AI tools like Cursor, Claude.
Experience developing and supporting web applications in transactional environments.
Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills.
Good communication and collaboration skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Interest or experience in cloud platforms (AWS today, GCP tomorrow) is highly valued.

AWSDockerGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaJenkinsKubernetesMySQLPostgreSQLTypeScript