Senior Fullstack Software Engineer, TheFork
Growth & Go-to-Market
+ Bonus
1-2 days a week in office
Online restaurant reservation platform
Be an early applicant
Online restaurant reservation platform
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
+ Bonus
1-2 days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To connect the world's favourite restaurants and the broadest community of loyal diners.
Role
Who you are
- You have 8+ years of experience in software engineering
- You bring hands-on experience and deep understanding of Node.js, TypeScript, React, and API development
- You’re comfortable navigating complex systems: microservices, CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins), Docker/Kubernetes, and cloud environments
- You have experience working in cross-functional teams and collaborating closely with product, design, and business
- You promote engineering best practices: quality, testing (TDD, BDD), documentation, observability (Grafana, Kibana), and system health
- You’re a clear and empathetic communicator, fluent in English (French is a plus)
- You are highly organized and able to work independently, including in distributed/remote setups
- You think product-first: you empathize with customers and understand the business impact behind technical decisions
Desirable
- Previous experience leading a fullstack or B2B SaaS product team
- Familiarity with RabbitMQ, PostgreSQL, and authentication protocols (JWT, OAuth2, etc.)
- Experience working on high-availability systems and monitoring production environments at scale
- A track record of driving technical strategy and aligning engineering roadmaps with product goals
- You already worked on features leveraging the power of AI
What the job involves
- Your primary responsibility will involve close collaboration with the team leadership, which includes the Engineering Manager, Product Manager, and Product Designer, within the B2B Experience pillar
- Our team is dedicated to enhancing TheFork Manager to become the leading solution in Europe for restaurants looking to digitalize their operations
- Our main KPi is the usage made of TheFork Manager by Restaurants
- As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be expected to drive the team’s software development efforts, thanks to your seniority, consistently delivering high-quality features with minimum guidance
- You will guide the team to adopt engineering best practices and you will ensure the high performance of services in production under the team’s ownership
- You'll be integral in shaping architectural proposals, writing code, and implementing tests across all layers of our infrastructure, prioritizing monitoring and security
- Additionally, you'll play a key role in producing comprehensive technical documentation, managing the team's workload for efficient delivery, and conducting risk management in close coordination with the team leadership
Our take
TheFork's platform plays a significant role in the digitisation of the hospitality industry by offering users a seamless way to select restaurants based on their preferences, read user reviews, check real-time availability, and make instant online reservations.
In addition to serving customers, TheFork also partners with restaurants by providing them with TheFork Manager, a software solution designed to optimise reservation management and streamline operations, This software helps restaurants improve their service and boost revenues by making their operations more efficient and responsive to customer demands.
A TripAdvisor company, TheFork has made significant contributions ot the global dining industry, partnering with 60,000 restaurants, achieving 30M app downloads, and attracting over 400M users. Celebrating its 15th anniversary in 2022, the company has cemented itself as a top player in the space, with future projects including a product for small and family-run restaurants, to support them as the industry becomes more competitive and complex.
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Insights
10% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- A permanent contract (that can be useful in life)
- Flexible working environment (2 days home office per week + up to 4 total weeks additional flexibility during the summer period and in December to wrok fully remotely)
- Lunch vouchers available 3 working days per week
- Lifestyle benefits that can be used to reimburse expenses related to physical and leisure activities, family support, travel etc
- Continuous learning and development programs
- Free access to the Calm app to help you build resilience wherever you are in your mental health journey
- Dedicated parental leave and caregiver leave policies (12 weeks fully paid)
- Health insurance
- Life & Disability Insurance at no cost to the employee
- Attractive pension plans
- Amazing offices with dining, a coffee point on each floor, and leisure area
- Team building events
Company HQ
Saint-Merri, Paris, France
Leadership
Almir Ambeskovic
(CEO, not founder)Prior to being appointed as CEO, they were Vice President of Sales and Marketing for TheFork. They have also directly led several countries as General Manager at TheFork since 2015.
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