Staff Engineer (Hybrid)

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 maximize 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 Opportunity:

This will be a remote role to start, with plans to transition to hybrid 2x/week in office, likely in downtown Toronto, Canada.

At OpenTable, we take pleasure in Software Development. We believe that velocity comes from a commitment to clean code, solid engineering principles, and delivering innovative products through rapid, continuous development. If you are excited about solving challenging engineering problems and delivering exceptional quality in a fast-paced, agile environment, we'd like to meet you! Bonus points if you love restaurants too!

This is an opportunity for an experienced Staff engineer responsible for maintaining our web platform for diners. This individual will lead a small team of engineers with a passion for developer experience, web technologies and driving our shared platform into the future, as well as be an integral part of the development process.

In this role, you will:

• Mentor and guide team members, fostering a collaborative and innovative environment
• Develop relationships cross-company to ensure the right architectural and technical direction
• Design, develop, and maintain scalable and high-performance web applications using Node.js, React, Redux, Fastify, GraphQL, and TypeScript
• Build automation, code generation, linting, formatting, and testing frameworks
• Collaborate with developers to understand their needs and pain points, and develop solutions to streamline workflows and increase productivity
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of our infrastructure components, including Docker, Grafana, ELK Stack
• Write clean, testable, and well-documented code, participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues in a timely and efficient manner
• Stay up-to-date with the latest technologies and industry trends

Please apply if you have:

• 5+ years in web development, preferably with Node.js, React, Redux, and TypeScript
• Strong technical leadership skills, preferably experience leading a team
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities
• Understanding of front-end (HTML, CSS, and JavaScript) and back-end (Node.js, Fastify, and GraphQL) technologies
• Familiarity with containerization technologies like Docker
• Knowledge of monitoring and logging tools such as StatsD, Grafana, ELK Stack
• Proficiency with version control systems like Git
• Strong understanding of software development workflows and processes

Benefits:

• Paid Time Off - 20 days a year
• Birthday/celebration PTO - 1 day
• Annual company weeks off
• Flexible sick time off
• Paid volunteer time
• Parental Leave Benefits
• Dental & Vision Insurance
• Life & Disability Insurance
• Group RRSP and DPSP
• Major Medical Insurance (dependent care options)

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 remote Canada based role is 160,000-180,000 CAD.

In addition to a competitive base salary, roles are eligible for additional compensation and benefits including: annual cash bonus, equity grant; 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 and benefits.

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.