Join our Movement and Champion Restaurant Culture! 💚
At TheFork we believe that the best things in life happen around the table.
As the leading restaurant booking platform in Europe, we connect the broadest community of loyal diners with the world’s favorite restaurants. Powered by innovation and a deep passion for the restaurant industry, we create unique dining experiences across 11 countries.
We’re part of the Tripadvisor Group and proud to be building a diverse, people-first culture where “respect”, “ownership”, “growth” and “better together” values thrive.
If you’re passionate about food, technology, and making a real impact, your seat at the table is ready.
👉 Discover life at TheFork
What you will do :
You will be an essential part of developing features and building the eco-system of integrations for our restaurants to help them get the most out of our software. You will be directly in touch with stakeholders to receive feedback and see first hand how your work is impacting the business and impacting users. In your daily duties you will:
- Design, develop and ship features and integrations for our Restaurant software TheForkManager.
- Participate in the team’s cycle planning alongside the engineering manager, designers and product manager.
- Carry out in depth technical analysis for future developments and / or technical investigations.
- Participate in tech RUNs including bug fixing, maintenance and tech debt management to keep the code in great shape.
- Share knowledge and mentor more junior engineers when possible.
- Participate in the team’s technical design decision making and propose new technologies.
- Give feedback and reflect with the team in retrospectives on what is going well and what needs to improve.
- Participate in Restaurant interviews and occasional visits to experience how the product is being used in real-time.
- Participate in internal engineering communities and guilds depending on your interests and passions.
Who you are :
We love to work with passionate engineers that are curious about the product and business impact as much as the technical aspects of the job.
You Must Meet These Critical Qualifications :
- You are passionate about software development, from initial discovery to gathering user feedback.
- You have 4-6 years of experience as a software engineer, preferably full stack.
- You are an excellent analytical thinker and a problem solver at heart.
- Excellent hands-on experience with NodeJs and React Native.
- Good experience in TypeScript, Datadog, RabbitMQ, postgreSQL, REST APIs and Auth0.
- Good understanding of the concepts of micro-services, queues and async workers.
- You are up to date and already have good experience working with AI coding agents and are open to working with the new technologies / devtools.
- You are a team player that supports their teammates and is comfortable building with transparency.
- You have a good understanding of product development, product discovery principles and are curious about the business side of engineering.
- You are fluent in English and can clearly communicate your ideas and design choices.
- You are comfortable working in a diverse international environment.
You Can Impress With These Additions :
- Good experience with AWS as a cloud platform.
- You worked on integration projects or scalable AI wrappers.
- You have experience working on BtoB products and / or partner APIs.
- You have some customer facing experience.
- You have good experience in PHP.
😄 An awesome team
🏠 A permanent contract
⚖️Flexible working environment (2 days home office per week + up to 4 total weeks additional flexibility during the summer period and in December to work fully remotely)
💸 Competitive fixed salary and bonus
🍕 Lunch vouchers available for each working day (because yes, we like to try our best restaurants)
🌎 International teams and a multicultural environment spanning 11 offices across Europe
🤝 Highly inclusive working environment
🤸♀️ 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
💗 Welfare allowance school costs, elderly care, babysitting costs, transportation, travel leisure
🍴 Amazing offices with dining, coffee points and leisure area
🎤 Team building events
All hiring happens through our careers site and official email. We do not text or ask for payment during the hiring process. Please report any suspicious messages immediately.
We believe that we are better together, and we welcome you for who you are. We endeavor to ensure that everyone regardless of ability, age, socio-economic & cultural background, ethnicity, faith, gender, gender expression, gender identity, ideology, national origin, race, sexual orientation, marital status, or any characteristic protected under applicable law has the opportunity to reach their full potential.
At TheFork, we want you to bring us your unique perspectives and experiences, so we can collectively continue disrupting the restaurant industry and go from good to great.
TheFork is committed to a fair recruitment process. If you have special needs and require reasonable support during your application, interview, or participation in the selection process due to health conditions or disability, please direct your inquiries to [email protected]. Our HR team will review the request and respond accordingly.
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Skills Required
- 4-6 years of experience as a software engineer (preferably full stack)
- Hands-on experience with NodeJs
- Hands-on experience with React Native
- Experience with TypeScript
- Experience with Datadog
- Experience with RabbitMQ
- Experience with PostgreSQL
- Experience building and consuming REST APIs
- Experience with Auth0 (authentication)
- Good understanding of micro-services, queues and async workers
- Experience with AI coding agents and new devtools
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Team player comfortable with mentoring and collaborating
- Good understanding of product development and discovery principles
- Fluent in English and effective communicator
- Comfortable working in a diverse international environment
- Passion for software development and user feedback-driven work
- Willingness to participate in occasional on-site restaurant visits and interviews
- Experience with customer-facing situations (preferred in job text but listed under critical qualifications)
What We Do
Welcome to TheFork! We're on mission to bring people together, feed the human spirit and champion restaurant culture because we strongly believe the best things in life happen around the table, and we want you to experience those unforgettable moments. Founded in 2007 and present in 12 countries, we are the leading restaurant booking platform across Europe, and offer the broadest community of diners access to thousands of incredible restaurants. How do we make this happen? Through our exceptional lineup of products: TheFork App: our free restaurant discovery & booking app that helps you find your next table with ease TheFork Manager: our innovative software tool that digitises restaurant operations and helps restaurateurs manage their bookings and increase their revenue TheFork PAY and TheFork Gift Card: quick and easy ways to pay directly from TheFork app, making the payment process a piece of cake. We have offices all over Europe, boasting a fully international team from all over the world. We are all foodies at heart, and work together in a flexible, multicultural and positive environment which provides everyone with space to grow, both professionally and personally. Want to join the team? Check out our job postings below https://careers.thefork.com/global/en We are part of the Tripadvisor Group. Be sure to follow our page to see what we're cooking up next








