Backend Engineer II

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 and its portfolio of metasearch brands. Hospitality is all about taking care of others, and it defines our culture.

By joining the Search Backend team, you will help diners find the perfect restaurant for their special occasion. On this team, you will collaborate closely with our product managers, data scientists, designers and delivery managers, while flexing your Java skills to partner with other engineering and infrastructure teams.

In this role, you will:

  • Work with large amounts of data, and retrieve relevant restaurants for a given search in a timely and performant manner
  • Improve our existing applications using your technical experience and creativity
  • Capture requirements for new projects by working closely with product managers, designers and engineers
  • Partner closely with Data Scientists and Machine Learning engineers to implement new features
  • Work together with frontend teams to drive product initiatives forward
  • Monitor the health of our infrastructure and products

Requirements:

  • You have an empathetic approach and enjoy working with cross-functional partners of all career levels
  • You believe communication is the cornerstone for building sustainable applications
  • 3+ years of programming experience with at least one modern object-oriented language, Java a plus
  • Experience building performant and scalable services and APIs
  • Follow good coding practices
  • Experience with document databases
  • You can drive projects from technical planning all the way to production
  • You value testing as a way to ensure reliable operation
  • 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.

Nice to haves:

  • Experience with Java Spring
  • Experience with ElasticSearch
  • Experience with multithreading and concurrent programming
  • Experience with reactive frameworks
  • Experience with DataBricks
  • Experience with Python
  • Experience with AWS
  • Experience with Docker and Kubernetes

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 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 Canada based role is $110,000-$130,000 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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