Software Engineer (Se Ii) - Frontend

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.

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. Tens of millions of diners and thousands of restaurants around the globe use our products. If you are excited by solving challenging engineering problems and can deliver exceptional quality in a fast-paced, agile environment, we'd like to meet you. Bonus points if you love restaurants too!

You will be working on the Booking and User Experience (BUX) team responsible for the core of our business supporting various booking flows and attracting new and existing diners to return to our global network of restaurants.

You are responsible for building new booking experiences, improving conversion metrics through UX and responsive design improvements, and increasing new diner acquisitions and existing diner retention through rewards. We want our diners' experience to sparkle and have them return to us again and again.

What You’ll Do

As a Software Engineer II on the team;

• Work on all levels of the web stack (JavaScript/React/Redux/GraphQL)
• Build, optimize, and maintain an easy-to-use, powerful web application using React and Redux
• Work closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers to tackle exciting and challenging problems.
• Help other engineers on the team via mentorship, code pairing, and code review
• Be a valued member of a collaborative agile team to continuously experiment, iterate and deliver on new product objectives.
• You set a high bar for the technical design and code quality of your team.
• Craft elegant solutions to fix bugs and solve problems.

Who You Are

• Passionate about UX/UI experience and design best practices across multiple web platforms.
• Strong knowledge in Node.js and a server framework like Express
• Understands and cares about sound engineering practices like Continuous Delivery, Defensive Programming, and Automated Testing.
• Good understanding of JS design patterns (Async/Await, Promises, callbacks etc)
• Passionate about delivering end-to-end experiences and care about their software architecture across the backend, frontend, and the APIs that glue them together.
• An experienced developer with at least 3+ years of experience in modern Javascript, React, and Redux.
• Experience working within a distributed microservice architecture
• Push the limits of product innovation using the latest advancements in web technology and design patterns

Bonus Points

• Containerization using Docker
• Application monitoring and familiarity with ELK/StatsD
• Container-based deployment using Mesos/Kubernetes

Benefits

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

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.