DescriptionGroupon Getaways Merchant and Operation Experiences team represents an unique opportunity to work on a public facing Web site as well as highly scalable backend services for managing Groupon deals and hotel room inventory. We use some of the latest and greatest technologies and are fast pace environment focused on delivering customer value with iterative and continuous cadence. Our team fosters collaboration, passion for learning and ownership. Our front-end stack is based on Node.js, CoffeeScript, Backbone.js, Bootstrap. Backend services are based on Java, Dropwizard, Jetty, Jersey. We are storing hundreds of GBs of data, co-located all around the world. ResponsibilitiesAs a full stack Software Development Engineer (SDE), you will be responsible for developing an external facing Web portal as well as a slew of highly scalable and big data services that support Groupon’s global travel sites and mobile application. Using services oriented architecture (SOA) you will architect and build for scale, performance and reliability. You will understand how the end-to-end E-commerce stack for travel works and how your service needs to fit and integrate in supporting customer-driven scenarios.To qualify for this role we are looking for a person with:• B.S. or higher in Computer Science or equivalent experience• 5+ years experience with OOP and functional programming (Java, Scala, C#, C++)• Strong problem solving skills and data structures• Front end development experience * Backbone.js, Angular.JS, React.js, JavaScript/CoffeeScript• Experience building highly scalable service APIs (REST, SOAP)• Knowledge of RDBMS (MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (memcached, Redis, MongoDB)• Experience with the travel industry is a definite plus• Startup experience is a plus.

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