Principal Engineer, Openr
2+ days a week in office (Farringdon, London)
Data orchestration platform for hospitality
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Data orchestration platform for hospitality
1-20 employees
Be an early applicant
2+ days a week in office (Farringdon, London)
1-20 employees
Company mission
To build the open platform for data and AI driven innovation in hospitality.
Role
Who you are
- We are looking for someone who is backend focused but with a good understanding of frontend tech stack
- Strong hands-on coding abilities in TypeScript, React, SQL and databases
- Experience with Serverless architectures and AWS
- Proven track record of delivering complex technical projects
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong system design and architectural skills
Desirable
- Experience in SaaS or integration-heavy platforms
- Knowledge of event-driven architectures
- Background in scaling SaaS products
- Understanding of security best practices
What the job involves
- We're seeking an experienced and technically strong Engineer to join our high performing Engineering Team
- This is an individual contributor role, actively contributing hands-on code, whilst being a technical point of contact and mentor to more junior members of the team
- You will work with the team to ensure projects are delivered on time and meet quality standards
- Technical Environment
- Frontend: TypeScript, React, React Query
- Backend: AWS Lambda, TypeScript, Node.js, PostgreSQL, SQL
- AWS cloud infrastructure
- Delivering high quality solutions
- Balance technical debt with feature delivery
- Identify and resolve bottlenecks in development workflows
- Ensure system reliability and performance
- Contribute to product strategy and roadmap planning
- Manage technical dependencies and risks
- Communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
- Mentor a team of engineers
- Participate in recruitment, screening candidates, reviewing code challenges, and onboarding new team members
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Businesses in the hospitality sector looking to grow revenue must stay on top of a multitude of operations, including deliveries, kitchen management, orders and payments. This can be difficult and time-consuming for the fast-paced industry, which is why Openr has built an all-in-one data orchestration platform for hospitality businesses.
Openr’s platform offers an agile system that manages various hospitality operations, such as generating menu boards, allergy guides, and loyalty and membership management tools. The platform grows with its customer’s business, utilising dynamic pricing and allowing space for new software innovations and tools that the customer might adopt. Openr, then, is as flexible as its customers and understands and accommodates the ebbs and flows of the sector.
Claiming to be the first of its kind for hospitality, Openr has a potentially large market, exemplified by its early $3 million investment from Azzurri and Octopus Ventures in 2025. Though young, Openr’s focused target market gives it plenty of room to grow.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (1 round)
Mar 2025
$4.1m
Seed
Total funding: $4.1m
Company benefits
- Pension - 3% employer contribution
- Life Assurance - 4x salary
- Income protection - 75% salary after 26 weeks of sickness
- 25 days holiday per year plus Bank Holidays
- Access to WeCare Employee Assistance Program
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Annual eyecare voucher w/Specsavers
- Wrkit Savings & Benefits platform
Company values
- Own It – We care about what we do and take responsibility when stuff needs sorting
- Play Nice – We’ve got each other’s backs and keep things kind, always
- Embrace Curiosity – We ask questions, stay curious, and love learning new things
- No Silos – We share what we know and work best when we’re in it together
- Real Talk – We’re honest, speak up with care, and stay humble as we go
Company HQ
Farringdon, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Joel Robinson
(Founder)Previously the Digital & Technology Director for Azzurri and Head of Strategy at Sainsbury's.
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