Cloud Platform Lead Engineer (GCP Platform Experience)

Job Type: Full Time
Job Location: Qatar
Company Name: Groupon

Company Overview

Groupon is an experiences marketplace that brings people more ways to get the most out of their city or wherever they may be. By enabling real-time mobile commerce across local businesses, live events and travel destinations, Groupon helps people find and discover experiences––big and small, new and familiar––that make for a full, fun and rewarding life. Groupon helps local businesses grow and strengthen customer relationships––resulting in strong, vibrant communities. E-commerce never stands still, our transformation strategy, combined with our strong brand, customer base, and marketplace expertise, ensures we are constantly adapting to the evolving market landscape while delivering value for our customers and merchant partners. Groupon is on a radical journey to transform our business. To meet our aggressive goals we are in the process of building a culture that prioritises fast decisions, open communication, and relentless pursuit of results. In the spirit of transparency, things aren’t perfect, there are still processes to change and bureaucracy to break so we need people who want to be on this journey with us. Check out our current opportunities with #TeamGroupon and join us on our exciting mission to become The Ultimate Destination For Local Experiences and Services.

About the job

Groupon is a marketplace where customers discover new experiences and services everyday and local businesses thrive. To date we have worked with over a million merchant partners worldwide, connecting over 16 million customers with deals across various categories. In a world often dominated by e-commerce giants, we stand out as one of the few platforms uniquely committed to helping local businesses succeed on a performance basis.

Groupon is on a radical journey to transform our business with relentless pursuit of results. Even with thousands of employees spread across multiple continents, we still maintain a culture that inspires innovation, rewards risk-taking and celebrates success. The impact here can be immediate due to our scale and the speed of our transformation. We’re a “best of both worlds” kind of company. We’re big enough to have the resources and scale, but small enough that a single person has a surprising amount of autonomy and can make a meaningful impact.

💚 Join Our Cloud Transformation Journey

Are you a cloud engineering expert with a passion for leading cutting-edge projects on Google Cloud Platform (GCP)? At Groupon, we’ve done a majority oi exciting migration journey from AWS to GCP, and we need a dynamic Cloud Platform Lead Engineer to lead the post-transformation. If you’re ready to play a pivotal role in reshaping our cloud infrastructure and guiding our talented team through this change, we want you on our team.

📖 About Us

We are part of Groupon, a Nasdaq-listed company renowned for revolutionizing local commerce worldwide. With millions of users relying on our platform each month, our teams across the globe collaborate to create solutions that are indispensable in everyday life. Join us in making a significant, positive impact on a global scale.

🚀Your Role

As the Cloud Platform Lead Engineer, you will be instrumental in post-migrating our e-commerce platform from AWS to GCP. Beyond this critical project, you will drive strategic initiatives to optimize our cloud infrastructure, ensuring it remains resilient, cost-effective, and scalable. This role requires deep GCP expertise, hands-on leadership, and the ability to mentor a team with strong AWS backgrounds.

Responsibilities

  • Migration Leadership: Play a leading role in the post-migration of our e-commerce platform from AWS to GCP, ensuring a seamless and efficient transition.
  • Platform Strategy: Define and implement cloud platform strategies that align with business goals, driving innovation and efficiency.
  • Architecture Advisory: Provide expert guidance on platform architecture and setup, ensuring optimal performance, security, and scalability on GCP.
  • Mentorship: Mentor and support engineers new to GCP, helping them transition their AWS skills to the new platform.
  • Best Practices: Identify and implement industry best practices for cloud infrastructure, including application/microservice deployment on GCP.
  • Technical Leadership: Conduct hands-on work as needed, resolving complex technical issues and supporting the engineering team.
  • Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams to design scalable, secure, and high-performance cloud solutions.
  • Cost Optimization: Monitor and optimize the performance and cost-effectiveness of our GCP infrastructure.
  • Innovation Advocacy: Stay up-to-date with the latest GCP services and features, advocating for their adoption where beneficial.

💪🏼We’re Excited About You Because You Have

  • Experience: Extensive experience with GCP, including hands-on work with Compute Engine, Kubernetes Engine, Cloud Storage, BigQuery, and other key services.
  • Certifications: GCP certifications such as Professional Cloud Architect, Professional Data Engineer, or Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer.
  • Migration Expertise: Proven experience leading cloud migration projects, especially from AWS to GCP.
  • Technical Skills: Proficiency in programming and scripting languages (e.g., Python, Go, Java, Bash), and experience with infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform).
  • Problem-Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues.
  • Communication: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, capable of mentoring and guiding engineers effectively.
  • Agile Practices: Familiarity with Agile software development methodologies and DevOps practices.

🎉Nice to Have

  • E-commerce Experience: Background in the e-commerce sector or similar high-traffic, high-availability environments.
  • AWS Knowledge: Understanding of AWS services and architecture.
  • Hybrid Cloud Expertise: Knowledge of hybrid cloud environments and strategies.

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