Senior Software Engineer (C# & .Net)

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.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will develop and maintain the core backend systems powering the OpenTable for Restaurants platform, directly impacting real-time reservation availability and data synchronization across global surfaces. You will lead high-scale product development and technical infrastructure upgrades, from enabling advanced dining configurations to optimizing multi-data-center microservices. Working within a highly collaborative team environment, you will drive modern development practices such as continuous delivery, trunk-based development, and pair programming. In this role, your technical contributions will ensure the absolute reliability, scale, and uptime of mission-critical systems that power thousands of frontline restaurant experiences.

• →Design, implement, and maintain high-scale backend systems to compute real-time table availability and reservation workflows.
• →Drive product features and technical infrastructure upgrades from early planning phases all the way to production deployment.
• →Build and optimize microservices architectures to support multi-data-center scalability and real-time data synchronization.
• →Collaborate closely with team members through architectural design debates, thorough code reviews, and pair programming.
• →Uphold system reliability and uptime standards by embedding rigorous automated testing into the development lifecycle.
• →Adopt and leverage emerging AI technologies to enhance workflows while taking full responsibility for verifying output accuracy.

• 5 or more years of full-time professional software development experience working within a team environment.
• Proficiency in C# along with expertise in object-oriented programming and common design patterns.
• Extensive professional experience working with microservices, multithreading, and databases (SQL or NoSQL).
• Demonstrated ability to write readable, maintainable code covered by robust automated tests.
• Strong communication skills.

• Experience with event-driven architecture, especially Apache Kafka.
• Familiarity with domain-driven design 
• Familiarity with modern caching strategies using tools like Redis or Memcached.
• Experience with MongoDB.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Background in reservation, booking, marketplace, or other transaction-heavy platforms.

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.

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.

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