Groupon offers a creative, fast paced, entrepreneurial work environment where you’ll be at the center of Groupon innovation.

We're looking for an experienced Software Development Engineer in Test to join our platform test engineering group. This is your opportunity to work at the cutting edge of technology, working closely on the Groupon platform and integration with the backend services. This is a position which makes a real difference in ensuring high reliability, availability and performance of the platform.

So who are we looking for? You’re passionate about finding and fixing problems and getting great results. You love building automation and tools that allow us to increase our test coverage, automate processes and speed up our release cycles. We like to catch issues as early as possible in the development process. You have an incredible eye for detail and love working with a group of highly talented engineers.

Responsibilities:

• Architect and implement automation frameworks that allow us to validate RESTful services.

• Work on test tools that are leveraged across the company for test data creation, monitoring, compliance testing, etc.

• Research emerging test tools, trends and methodologies and enhance existing systems and processes

• Act as test lead in various work streams working closely with PMs, devs and collaborate across teams

• Help define and improve our testing and release processes

• Mentor other SDETs on test methodologies, test automation, coding standards and best practices through code reviews and designing test plans

• Provide support for platform related issues. Triage and troubleshoot issues reported by other teams to help with early resolution.

Required Skills:

• 4+ years of industry experience

• B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience

• Experience with one or more object-oriented programming language like Java, C# or C++

• Recent coding experience in one of scripting languages like Ruby, Groovy etc

• Hands-on experience with test frameworks like TestNG, JUnit, RSpec etc

• Proficiency in writing REST api automation tests

• Experience in CI with exposure to build tools such as Maven, Gradle, Jenkins/Travis etc

• Sound knowledge of applying computer science concepts (efficient design patterns, algorithms and data structures)

• Clear understanding of testing methodologies and best practices

• Excellent written and oral communication skills

Groupon provides a global marketplace where people can buy just about anything, anywhere, anytime. We’re enabling real-time commerce across an expanding range of categories including local businesses, travel destinations, consumer products, and live or lively events. At the same time, we are providing advertising options and tools that merchants can use to grow and manage their businesses. Culturally, we believe that great people make great companies and that starting with the customer and working backward moves us forward. Community matters to us on an internal, local and global scale—it’s fundamental to our company’s growth and to the well-being of the world at large. We also value self-awareness, candor, lunch and WiFi. If we match with you, please apply to join us.