Senior iOS Engineer

London (Hybrid, in office 2 days per week)

Permanent

With millions of diners, tens of thousands of restaurants, and 23+ years of experience, OpenTable, part of Booking Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: BKNG), is an industry leader with a unique insight into the world of hospitality. We champion restaurants, bars, wineries, and other venues around the world, helping them attract guests, manage capacity, improve operations and maximise revenue.

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 network that includes OpenTable and KAYAK’s portfolio of travel brands including Swoodoo, checkfelix, momondo, Cheapflights, Mundi and HotelsCombined.

Hospitality is all about taking care of others, and it defines our culture. You’ll work in a welcoming and inclusive environment, and get the benefits, flexibility, and support you need to succeed.

The role:

Our UK engineering team is growing, and we’re looking for a Senior iOS Engineer who’ll help us build amazing experiences for millions of our diners across the world.

We’re searching for a product-aware engineer passionate about phenomenal UI and UX to join our team. You understand the need for engineering excellence with tested, resilient code balanced against the need to move fast and iterate.

You’ll be part of the team that helps restaurants of all sizes thrive by creating experiences that make diners come back time after time to find and book the flawless table for every occasion. We’d love you to join our team and help shape the roadmap for our products!

This role is all about collaborating across teams to make a difference for customers.

As an iOS engineer at OpenTable, you’ll work in a small product squad alongside Web Engineers, Product Designers, Product Managers, QA Testers, and Data Scientists.

You’ll report to an engineering manager, and their mission is to help you develop and grow as an engineer.

You’ll help us:

• Build new features for diners to discover restaurants on our award-winning iOS App, written entirely in Swift, backed by services we own.
• Craft sophisticated and practical user interfaces for discovering restaurants on our global app
• Develop experiences for millions of diners and make it easy for them to discover the perfect dining occasions.
• Improve yourself and the team by learning new skills and sharing your knowledge with others.
• Create a better product by voicing your opinions on how and why we do what we do.
• Use data insights and leverage A/B tests heavily to validate our products, allowing us to test and iterate quickly

You’ll fit right in if:

• You have an empathetic mindset and enjoy collaborating with developers, designers and product managers of all career levels
• You are keen to mentor and grow junior engineers
• You are comfortable working with both iOS and server-side code (we own the services that power our app, written in Java)
• You have experience with building and maintaining a scalable, modern and performant iOS app
• You value testing as a way to ensure a great user experience
• You possess an appetite for continually refining and improving the end-user experience as well as the developer experience

Benefits:

• You will accrue 25 vacation days per year in addition to statutory UK Bank Holidays
• One Celebration Day per calendar year
• Private Health & Dental and Life Insurances
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Pension Fund
• Gym Discount
• Bike2Work
• Season Loan Ticket
• Reimbursable eye tests and 100 GBP contribution towards VDU glasses only
• Perkbox & Booking.com business discounts

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

OpenTable aspires to be a workplace that reflects the diverse communities we serve and a culture that is inclusive and welcoming. Hiring people with different backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, and ideas is critical to innovation and to how we deliver great experiences for our users and our partners. Representation matters.

We ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform job responsibilities, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.