Senior Software Engineer

With millions of diners, 60,000+ restaurant partners and 25+ years of experience, OpenTable, part of Booking Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: BKNG), is an industry leader with a passion for helping restaurants thrive. Our world-class technology empowers restaurants to focus on what matters most – their team, their guests, and their bottom line – while enabling diners to discover and book the perfect restaurant for every occasion. 

Every employee at OpenTable has a tangible impact on what we do and how we do it. You’ll also be part of a global team and its portfolio of metasearch brands. Hospitality is all about taking care of others, and it defines our culture.

At OpenTable, we're passionate about creating exceptional software. We believe that speed and quality go hand-in-hand, and we're committed to clean code and solid engineering principles. Millions of diners and thousands of restaurants around the globe use our products. If you are excited by constantly meaningful engineering processes and can deliver exceptional quality in a fast-paced, agile environment, we'd like to meet you. Bonus points if you love restaurants too.

What You’ll Work On

You will be a Senior Software Engineer working on the Foundations Team. The Foundations team is the engine responsible for building and maintaining the platform that powers our Restaurant frontend ecosystem. 

This is a high-impact role where you'll work on developer tools, libraries, design systems and platform architecture that improve developer experience and velocity on the Restaurant teams and can be adopted across the organisation. The scope is FullStack across the Frontend and Backend-For-Frontend systems.

You will work closely with developers across multiple teams to drive the evolution of our Restaurant platform. If you have a strong appetite for building high-quality systems, and working with the community to drive technology standards, we want to hear from you.

Requirements

• You have 5 or more years of full-time professional experience working in a team environment 
• You are an expert in JavaScript, Typescript, Node.js, React, Frontend build tools (webpack, Vite, etc.) and Testing using tools like Jest and Cypress
• You are deeply familiar with optimising CI/CD pipelines, application performance, monitoring, logging and making things faster
• You have previously worked in Micro Frontends Architectures and Monorepos
• You have experience working with Fastify or Express in a Dockerised environment
• You have strong collaboration skills, are kind to others and work well in an inclusive working environment
• You care about building platforms and reusable tooling and libraries to solve similar problems across multiple systems, and are experienced in building developer-facing tools
• You take ownership and solve problems. You do not point to a problem and stop. This role requires spotting common problem areas and solving them in a standardised way.
• You adopt emerging AI technologies like Claude and Cursor to enhance your workflow and automate recurring and repetitive tasks, while also taking ownership of the results produced by these technologies and carefully checking them for accuracy. 

Bonus

• You have previously built design systems or component libraries at scale 
• You have an understanding of accessibility standards and implementation

Benefits and Perks

• Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year
• Focus on mental health and well-being:
• Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth
• Company-paid subscription to Headspace
• Annual company-wide week off a year - the whole team fully recharges (and returns without a pile-up of work!)
• Paid parental leave
• Generous paid vacation + time off for your birthday
• Paid volunteer time
• Focus on your career growth:
• Development Dollars
• Leadership development
• Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings
• Travel Discounts
• Employee Resource Groups
• 20 days of paid time off
• Private health and dental insurance
• Life and Disability insurance

There are a variety of factors that go into determining a salary range, including but not limited to external market benchmark data, geographic location, and years of experience sought/required. The range for this Toronto, Canada based role is $135,000-$175,000 CAD.

We offer a competitive base salary and benefits including: health benefits; flexible spending account; retirement benefits; life insurance; paid time off (including PTO, paid sick leave, medical leave, bereavement leave, floating holidays and paid holidays); and parental leave benefits. This role is eligible to be considered for an annual bonus and equity grant.

Work Environment & Flexibility

At OpenTable, we pride ourselves on fostering a global and dynamic work environment. As a team member with us, you will benefit from a schedule tailored to accommodate a global workforce operating across multiple time zones. While the majority of your responsibilities may align with conventional business hours, there will be instances where you are expected to manage communications - via calls, Slack messages, or emails - outside of regular working hours to effectively collaborate with international colleagues, respond to restaurant partners, and/or address urgent matters. OpenTable will always abide by and consider local laws and regulations.

Inclusion

We’re committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels they belong and can thrive. We know the best ideas come when we bring different voices to the table, so we're building a team as dynamic as the diners and restaurants we serve—and fostering a culture where everyone feels welcome to be themselves.

If you need accommodations during the application or interview process, or on the job, we’re here to support you. Please reach out to your recruiter to request any accommodations.

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