Working as part of a small team of 5, you’ll help deliver the next iteration of our rules-based models and Machine Learning platform. You will work on an architecture that transforms data using Storm, analyzes it using Spark, and serves the resulting judgments via Java services to other internal web applications within Groupon.  On a daily basis you might be writing a Scala query to find a pattern for a certain group of users in the last 6 months.  Or you might be updating our build scripts to rollback based off of version rather than SHA.  Or you might be writing new models in Spark that detect a cluster of activity by analyzing real-time site traffic.  All the team members take turns supporting our real-time software deployment and monitoring, so everyone learns how everything works.

Being a small high-powered team, we are looking for someone with commitment and passion for writing beautiful code, and a love of data science problems.  We are largely a self-driven team when it comes to architecture and design, so we need someone who is comfortable being an active contributor to discussions on the entirety of the system, not just what they are working on that day.  Our software consumes data from many other teams in the organization, so it is important that you have the ability and desire to interact with other teams in an informative and respectful manner.  We can bring you up to speed on Spark and Scala if you do not have prior experience, especially if this is exciting to you and you can grasp new languages and frameworks with ease.  It would be nice, but not required, to see you bring to the team your experience designing high performance code, or some experience tweaking Spark jobs.

Desired Qualifications

• Passion for continuous improvement and exploring new technologies

• High aptitude

• Strong Computer Science and Data Science fundamentals

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills  

• Knowledge of large-scale applications, and asynchronous architectures

• Proven track record of delivering results, especially in the area of writing high-performance, reliable and maintainable code

• Creative problem-solving skills

• Software deployment and support

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.