Software Engineer, OpenTable

• You have 3 or more years of full-time professional experience working in a team environment
• You have strong communication skills, especially the ability to represent the technical trade-offs between different potential solutions
• You reliably deliver on commitments you’ve made
• You write code that is readable and maintainable, and is covered by automated tests
• You are proficient in C# (being proficient in Java as well is a bonus)
• You know the principles of object-oriented-programming and common design patterns
• You have experience with databases (either SQL or NoSQL) and understand core concepts such as primary keys and indexes
• You’ve worked on codebases that were multiple years old before you started working on it
• 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

Desirable

• Our team develops and maintains core backend systems for the OpenTable For Restaurants product. Our systems are responsible for determining which tables at a restaurant are available at various times and party configurations based on a system of constraints specified by each restaurant
• Our systems are also responsible for booking reservations and syncing their data in real-time to the iPads that power the OpenTable front-of-house experience for our restaurants. We operate in an environment where reliability and uptime are critical while operating at a large scale
• We work on a variety of projects which include both product development and technical infrastructure upgrades. Examples of recent projects include: allowing diners to instantly book a restaurant’s private room; automatic cancellation of reservations for diners who haven’t paid a required deposit; and improving the ability of our microservices to run in multiple data centers
• Our team is highly collaborative: we spend time debating what database architecture to implement for a new feature, or what the right technical solution is to a newly-reported bug. We practice continuous delivery, trunk-based development, code review, and pair programming. Automated testing is also critical for our team