Engineering Manager for Groupon's Internal Next-Gen App at Groupon

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. Encore team scaling through shared code. We're consolidating multiple internal tools into a unified application serving the entire company—today that's siloed, fragile, and slowing us down. The right EM will ship faster, drive 30% higher code quality across the shared monorepo, and give the platform the technical leadership it needs. With this hire, we eliminate friction between teams, establish clear ownership, and turn a bottleneck into a lever. Who you'll work with You'll report to Ales Drabek, CTO, who owns the NextGen Architecture initiative. You'll lead a core team of 7 engineers building the Encore platform (shared libraries, infrastructure, and tooling) while coordinating closely with cross-tribe engineers who depend on it—Encore, Platform, Product Design, QA teams, and multiple product squads. This is a technical leadership role where you'll operate hands-on; we need someone who codes in production, not just manages. Direct feedback moves at the speed of shipping—we don't wait for perfect information, we iterate on what we learn. What you'll be doing • Owning end-to-end stability and feature velocity of a mission-critical shared monorepo serving multiple internal teams and applications • Driving technical direction for shared libraries, microservice architecture, and release workflows so teams can ship independently without dependency hell • Leading by example in code reviews, architecture decisions, and debugging—setting and holding the standard for code quality and maintainability • Bridging technical execution with business outcomes—translating product needs into clean, pragmatic technical solutions that move metrics • Growing and mentoring a small, high-performing team through hands-on 1:1s, clear ownership models, and removing blockers that slow them down • Stabilizing incident response and SLA adherence across teams using the shared codebase What success looks like Day 30: You've mapped the technical landscape (dependencies, pain points, team constraints), met all key stakeholders (product, design, QA, squads), and identified the top 3 unblocking opportunities. First decision in flight: a concrete change to testing or deployment that reduces cycle time. Day 60: You've shipped your first independent initiative—stabilized a critical SLA, simplified a deployment workflow, or shipped a shared library feature. You've made at least one architectural call that's driving the team toward cleaner code. Day 90: Operating without hand-holding. You're holding the quality bar, making trade-off decisions autonomously, and the team is moving faster. You own a named outcome (e.g., "monorepo build times," "incident resolution time") and it's improving. What this role demands You can demonstrably: • Write production TypeScript/JavaScript across frontend and backend—shipping code in a monorepo, not just reviewing it • Lead technical decisions by weighing speed, quality, and business impact—you know when to ship fast and when to slow down for the right architecture • Stabilize and scale systems under constraint—you've managed shared code ecosystems, monorepos, or platform infrastructure where decisions cascade to other teams • Debug and own production issues end-to-end, even when they're not technically in your domain—you see a problem and fix it • Coach engineers on technical depth and growth—you leave people and systems better than you found them • AI Fluency - Claude How we operate Extreme Ownership: You take singular accountability for problems without being pushed. You see a broken build? You revert it or fix it. You see friction between teams? You unblock it. No hiding behind "that's someone else's responsibility." Speed over Comfort: We ship fast and iterate. Perfection is the enemy of velocity. You'll make decisions with incomplete information, course-correct, and move on. If that stresses you out, this isn't the right fit. Simplify to Scale: You obsess over reducing complexity. Every added layer, tool, or process needs to unblock the team. Bureaucracy is the enemy. We want the monorepo to feel like a leverage point for the whole company, not a chokepoint. The hiring process • Phone screen with your recruiter (30 min) — Career trajectory, role fit, comp alignment • Foundry Challenge — A role-specific scenario sent after your screen • Hiring manager interview (60 min) — Your Foundry Challenge review, in-depth technical disucussion, dive into Operating Principles fit • Panel interview (60 min) — Remaining Operating Principles and hands-on technical depth assessment • Debrief and decision Groupon is an AI-First CompanyWe’re committed to building smarter, faster, and more innovative ways of working—and AI plays a key role in how we get there. We encourage candidates to leverage AI tools during the hiring process where it adds value, and we’re always keen to hear how technology improves the way you work. If you’re passionate about AI or curious to explore how it can elevate your role—you’ll be right at home here. Groupon’s purpose is to build strong communities through thriving small businesses. To learn more about the world’s largest local e-commerce marketplace, click here. You can also find out more about us in the latest Groupon news as well as learning about our DEI approach. If all of this sounds like something that’s a great fit for you, then click apply and join us on a mission to become the ultimate destination for local experiences and services. Beware of Recruitment Fraud: Groupon follows a merit-based recruitment process without charging job seekers any fees. We've noticed an increase in recruitment fraud, including fake job postings and fraudulent interviews and job offers aimed at stealing personal information or money. Be cautious of individuals falsely representing Groupon's Talent Acquisition team with fake job offers. If you encounter any suspicious job offers or interview calls demanding money, recognize these as scams. Groupon is not responsible for losses from such dealings. 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