Job description
This will be a remote role to start, with plans to transition to hybrid in-office 2x/week located in downtown Toronto.
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 that includes our sister brand, KAYAK and its portfolio of global metasearch brands. Hospitality is all about taking care of others, and it defines our culture.
The Team
At OpenTable, we take pleasure in Software Development. We believe that velocity comes from a commitment to clean code and solid engineering principles. We deliver innovative products through rapid, continuous development. 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.
Our team develops and maintains core backend systems for the OpenTable For Restaurants product. Our systems are responsible for determining which tables at a restaurant are available at various times and party configurations based on a system of constraints specified by each restaurant. Our systems are also responsible for booking reservations and syncing their data in real-time to the iPads that power the OpenTable front-of-house experience for our restaurants. We operate in an environment where reliability and uptime are critical while operating at a large scale.
We work on a variety of projects which include both product development and technical infrastructure upgrades. Examples of recent projects include: allowing diners to instantly book a restaurant’s private room; automatic cancellation of reservations for diners who haven’t paid a required deposit; and improving the ability of our microservices to run in multiple data centers.
Our team is highly collaborative: we spend time debating what database architecture to implement for a new feature, or what the right technical solution is to a newly-reported bug. We practice continuous delivery, trunk-based development, code review, and pair programming. Automated testing is also critical for our team.
Requirements
You have 3 or more years of full-time professional experience working in a team environment
You have strong communication skills, especially the ability to represent the technical trade-offs between different potential solutions
You reliably deliver on commitments you’ve made
You write code that is readable and maintainable, and is covered by automated tests
You are proficient in C# or Java (bonus points if both)
You know the principles of object-oriented-programming and common design patterns
You have experience with databases (either SQL or NoSQL) and understand core concepts such as primary keys and indexes
You’ve worked on codebases that were multiple years old before you started working on it
You adopt emerging AI technologies like Copilot and ChatGPT to enhance your workflow, while also taking ownership of the results produced by these technologies and carefully checking them for accuracy.
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
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 upon start
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 $125,000-$140,000 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.
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.
