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.
About the job
Our Blog Team owns and evolves the technology behind OpenTable’s B2B and B2C blogs. We’re a small, distributed team based in Toronto and Lithuania.
We’re evolving our platform to help the business launch content and landing pages faster, make useful content for restaurateurs to learn about OpenTable, and ensure every experience follows our brand guidelines. We partner closely with design, content, marketing, and engineering while creating a stronger foundation for AI-assisted content workflows.
As an engineer on the Diner Growth – Blog Team, you’ll take ownership of our CMS and web platform, from WordPress, PHP, and Apache to modern frontend technologies and delivery systems such as DNS, caching, and CDN. You’ll work closely with design and B2B partners to turn those goals into reusable content and landing-page capabilities, while improving performance, reliability, maintainability, and the experience for developers and content authors. Your remit will be to help evolve our stack to better suit the changing needs of our marketing team and leverage AI to move faster. You’ll also help evaluate where alternative CMS platforms, headless approaches, or no-code solutions could support the business at enterprise scale.
Responsibilities
- We’re looking for self-driven engineers who take ownership, are excited to evolve our systems with AI, and can build scalable, high-impact products.
- Working with non-technical key stakeholders and Marketing is a strong plus.
- You don’t need to know everything from day one. We value curiosity, ownership, and continuous improvement, and provide dedicated time each sprint to experiment, learn, and explore new approaches.
Minimum Qualifications
- 5+ years or software engineering experience, or equivalent relevant experience
- Experience with WordPress or equivalent CMS
- Strong full-stack engineering experience building and operating production web platforms
- Strong experience with modern frontend technologies
- Experience working across frontend and backend systems, APIs, and integrations
- A solid understanding of the web and network stack, including DNS, HTTP, caching, CDN behavior, performance, and reliability
- Experience designing reusable components and maintainable systems for content-rich digital experiences
- A track record of working closely with design, product, content, or marketing partners to turn requirements and brand guidelines into scalable solutions
- The ability to evaluate technical trade-offs, improve existing systems pragmatically, and take ownership from discovery through delivery
- Proficiency in English and strong communication skills
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience operating WordPress, PHP, and Apache in a production environment
- Experience with Akamai or another enterprise CDN and edge platform
- Experience with multiple CMS platforms, including headless or hybrid architectures
- Experience evaluating or delivering CMS migrations and platform-modernization initiatives
- Experience using no-code or low-code solutions at enterprise scale, including their governance and operational trade-offs
- Familiarity with AI-assisted content workflows and structured content
- Experience building B2B marketing sites, campaign pages, or reusable landing-page systems
- Understanding of SEO, generative engine optimization, accessibility, and web performance
This posting is for an existing vacancy.
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
- Paid volunteer time
- Focus on your career growth:
- Development Dollars
- Leadership development
- 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
The best connections happen face-to-face, whether you’re sitting down to dinner or having coffee with a coworker. That’s why OpenTable has adopted a hybrid workplace model. This role aligns with that approach, with an expectation of coming into the office two days a week—giving employees the best of both worlds: in-person collaboration and flexibility.
There are a variety of factors that go into determining a compensation range, including but not limited to external market benchmark data, geographic location, and years of experience sought/required.
We offer a competitive base salary and benefits including: health benefits; flexible spending account; retirement benefits; life insurance; paid time off (including PTO, paid sick leave, medical leave, bereavement leave, floating holidays and paid holidays); and parental leave benefits. This role is eligible to be considered for an annual bonus and equity grant.
Work Environment & Flexibility
At OpenTable, we pride ourselves on fostering a global and dynamic work environment. As a team member with us, you will benefit from a schedule tailored to accommodate a global workforce operating across multiple time zones. While the majority of your responsibilities may align with conventional business hours, there will be instances where you are expected to manage communications - via calls, Slack messages, or emails - outside of regular working hours to effectively collaborate with international colleagues, respond to restaurant partners, and/or address urgent matters. OpenTable will always abide by and consider local laws and regulations.
Inclusion
We’re committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels they belong and can thrive. We know the best ideas come when we bring different voices to the table, so we're building a team as dynamic as the diners and restaurants we serve—and fostering a culture where everyone feels welcome to be themselves.
If you need accommodations during the application or interview process, or on the job, we’re here to support you. Please reach out to your recruiter to request any accommodations.
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