Senior AI Engineer – Deal Intelligence (Merchant Advisor Team)

Job Description

Groupon is seeking a Senior AI Engineer to join their AI Team (Merchant Advisor). In this role, the engineer will focus on transforming how merchant deals are created, personalized, and optimized using machine learning, NLP, and intelligent automation. This position involves working on high-impact systems that influence revenue, marketplace health, and merchant satisfaction.

• Designing models that classify and score deals based on structured data, pitch text, and marketplace signals.
• Engineering features from merchant behavior, geography, and rep performance to personalize deal suggestions.
• Building adaptive systems to balance exploration vs. exploitation in deal structures.
• Discovering latent failure patterns using unsupervised or weakly supervised learning across millions of deals.
• Collaborating with product managers, analysts, and market managers to align ML decisions with business goals.
• Creating modular, explainable systems that evolve with feedback from humans-in-the-loop.

Groupon is looking for someone who has:

• 4+ years experience in ML/AI roles, preferably in a product-driven environment.
• Strong grounding in Python, SQL, and libraries like scikit-learn, XGBoost, PyTorch, or TensorFlow.
• Experience with modern NLP techniques: transformers, embeddings, summarization, or clustering.
• Practical understanding of reinforcement learning, contextual bandits, or online experimentation frameworks.
• Experience with data exploration, rapid prototyping, and delivering models into production.
• A bias toward clarity, iteration, and outcome-focused thinking.

Groupon offers:

• High-ownership role building end-to-end ML features directly impacting top-line metrics.
• Fast iteration culture with strong product + tech alignment.
• Transparent org structure and supportive, international team.