Toronto, Canada

This hybrid role requires working in the office two days per week.

With millions of diners, 70,000+ 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.

The Opportunity:

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 quick-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 is an experienced technical leader who is passionate about building great products and elevating the engineering craft. The ideal candidate is a hands-on technical expert who can dive deep into complex challenges and provide strategic direction and help drive our shared platform into the future. This posting is for an existing vacancy.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Mentor and guide team members,



fostering a collaborative and innovative environment

Work across the company by developing relationships with other teams to ensure the right architectural and technical direction moving forward

Design, develop, and maintain scalable and high-performance web applications using Node.js, React, Redux, Fastify, GraphQL, and TypeScript

Design, develop, and maintain tools and utilities that improve the developer experience, such as build automation, code generation, linting, formatting, and testing frameworks

Collaborate with developers across teams to understand their needs and pain points, and develop solutions to streamline their workflows and increase productivity

Contribute to the improvement of development processes, best practices, and coding standards to ensure a consistent and efficient development environment

Contribute to the development and maintenance of our infrastructure components, including Docker, Grafana, ELK Stack

Write clean, testable, and well-documented code following best practices and coding standards

Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to other team members

Troubleshoot and resolve issues in a timely and efficient manner

Stay up-to-date with the latest technologies and industry trends

Required Qualifications and Skills:





Minimum of 8+ years of experience in web development, preferably with Node.js, React, Redux, and TypeScript

Strong technical leadership skills

Excellent communication and collaboration abilities

Experience with back-end development using Node.js, Fastify, and GraphQL

Familiarity with containerization technologies like Docker

Knowledge of monitoring and logging tools such as StatsD, Grafana, ELK Stack

Proficient in version control systems like Git

Strong understanding of software development workflows, processes, and best practices

Nice-to-have Qualifications and Skills:

Experience with localisation and translation systems

Experience with Esbuild, SWC, Webpack, or other build tools

Experience with developer tooling ecosystems such as ESBuild, ESLint, Prettier, Jest, or Cypress

Knowledge of PostgreSQL or MongoDB databases

Familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure

Contribution to open-source projects

Passion for languages

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

Focus on your career growth:

Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings

Travel Discounts

Employee Resource Groups

20 days of paid time off

Private health and dental insurance

Life and Disability insurance

📌 Staff Engineer (Winnipeg)
🏢 OpenTable
📍 Winnipeg