With millions of diners, 60,000+ 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
The OpenTable for Restaurants platform connects restaurants to a global network of over 25 million diners. As an iOS Engineer on this team, you will build and scale the sophisticated mobile application that enables restaurant hosts, servers, managers, and owners to plan shifts, manage tables, and grow their businesses. You will collaborate with a cross-functional group of engineers, designers, and product managers to deliver beautiful, high-performance, and high-value features. This role offers the opportunity to own end-to-end user experiences, from complex inventory management and data synchronization to crafting intuitive user interfaces that directly impact daily restaurant operations worldwide.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with cross-functional partners to rapidly iterate on product requirements and designs, ensuring alignment on technical direction and project scope.
- Drive engineering excellence and software quality by leading architecture and code reviews, advancing automated testing practices, and improving our CI/CD capability.
- Monitor application health, assess user impact, and deliver timely resolutions for production incidents and support escalations.
- Adopt AI technologies to enhance your workflow, while also taking ownership of the results produced by these technologies and carefully checking them for accuracy.
- Mentor and guide team members to foster technical growth and maintain readable, maintainable, and reusable code standards.
Minimum Qualifications
- Experience shipping production-quality native iOS applications and features (typically 5+ years).
- Proficiency with Swift and technical familiarity with iOS core frameworks.
- Comfortable using (and have deep experience in two or more of): SwiftUI, Async/Await, Combine, CoreData, Networking, Instruments, SOLID, MVVM, FRP.
- Proven track record of driving software development projects from technical planning through production deployment.
- Experience actively mentoring team members and leading robust peer code reviews.
- Experience writing readable, maintainable, and reusable code with a strong emphasis on automated testing.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to articulate technical trade-offs to cross-functional stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with advanced asynchronous programming, reactive frameworks, and software architecture design patterns.
- Experience optimizing mobile performance and data synchronization workflows using profiling tools.
- Experience building complex features such as high-performance real-time inventory management systems.
Benefits:
- Generous paid vacation + time off for your birthday
- 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
- 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
- Private health and dental insurance
- Life and Disability insurance
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.
Skills Required
- Experience shipping production-quality native iOS applications and features
- Knowledge and proficiency with Swift
- Deep experience in two or more of: SwiftUI, Async/Await, Combine, CoreData, Networking, Instruments, SOLID, MVVM, FRP
- Strong communication skills
- Ability to drive projects from technical planning to production
- Writable, readable, and maintainable code skills
- Experience creating automated tests
- Ability to give and receive feedback during code reviews
OpenTable Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about OpenTable and has not been reviewed or approved by OpenTable.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is positioned as generous, including ample PTO, company-wide recharge time, and additional one-off days such as a birthday/celebration day. Paid volunteer time is also included, reinforcing a broad time-off offering beyond standard vacation and holidays.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing support is positioned as a meaningful part of the package, including company-paid therapy sessions and a paid mindfulness subscription. Flexibility policies such as meeting-free Fridays and “work from (almost) anywhere” are also framed as lifestyle-supporting benefits.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Variable pay and upside are highlighted for some roles, especially sales positions where on-target earnings and accelerators can meaningfully raise take-home pay when goals are met. Some postings also indicate eligibility for annual bonuses in certain roles.
OpenTable Insights
What We Do
With millions of diners, tens of thousands of restaurants, and 20+ years of experience, OpenTable, part of Booking Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: BKNG), is an industry leader with a unique insight into the world of hospitality. We champion restaurants, bars, wineries, and other venues around the world, helping them attract guests, manage capacity, improve operations, and maximize revenue. 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 network that includes OpenTable and KAYAK's portfolio of travel brands including Swoodoo, checkfelix, momondo, Cheapflights, Mundi and HotelsCombined.
Why Work With Us
Hospitality is all about taking care of others, and it defines our culture. You’ll work in a welcoming and inclusive environment, and get the benefits, flexibility, and support you need to succeed.
