Groupon is seeking a Lead Data Scraping & Enrichment Engineer to own the end-to-end LeadGen and Lead Allocation pipelines. The candidate will work across languages like Java, Python, and TypeScript, prototyping solutions for business needs. This role is positioned as a "mini-CTO" for lead acquisition and enrichment, ensuring high-quality leads flow from external sources, such as Apify and web scraping solutions, to internal systems like Salesforce.
The Lead Data Scraping & Enrichment Engineer is in charge of building and integrating data pipelines, orchestrating workflows, performing data transformations, and quickly adapting between technologies.
Role Involves:
- Architect, develop, and maintain microservices or stand-alone scripts for lead acquisition and data enrichment.
- Set up and maintain workflow orchestration using tools like Temporal, Airflow, or similar.
- Integrate with various external APIs and internal data warehouses.
- Rapidly develop proof-of-concept solutions to validate business ideas.
- Containerize applications or scripts using Docker; collaborate on orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, etc.).
- Partner with product managers, marketing, and sales stakeholders to refine requirements and roadmap.
Requirements:
- Comfort with multiple programming languages (e.g., Python, React, Java).
- Experience building RESTful APIs, data pipelines, and containerized microservices.
- Familiarity with data manipulation at scale: scraping, enrichment, ETL pipelines, schema design, and deduplication strategies.
- Knowledge of workflow orchestration platforms (Temporal, Airflow, or similar).
- Ability to understand growth objectives and translate them into actionable tech solutions.
- Comfortable making architecture decisions and justifying trade-offs to both technical and business teams.
Role Offers:
- Opportunity to work with a variety of technologies and APIs.
- Chance to own the entire lifecycle of projects, from prototype to production.
- Collaboration with product managers, marketing, and sales stakeholders.
- Contribution to a culture that inspires innovation and rewards risk-taking at Groupon.