Fullstack Software Engineer - Post booking team

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.

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The Post Booking team is a core component of TheFork's Diner eXPerience (DxP) tribe, focused on cultivating diner trust, loyalty, and re-engagement within our B2C audience.

The team’s scope covers critical areas including transactional emails, user management, user settings and preferences, booking modifications and sharing, and user reviews.

This team is responsible for enhancing the post-booking and review experiences by optimizing user flows and ensuring the technical modernization and excellence of our underlying systems.

The team is led by a trio (Engineering Manager, Product Manager, Product Designer) and includes three native application engineers (iOS and Android). You will collaborate closely with two full-stack engineers and two backend engineers. The team operates in a distributed setup across various locations (France, with contractors in Poland and Ukraine).

As a Fullstack Engineer, your responsibilities center on contributing to the team’s roadmap and ensuring successful delivery:

• →Feature Discovery: Collaborate with the Product Manager, Engineer Manager on the functional and technical discovery of new features (defining requirements, scoping technical tasks, and identifying risks).
• →Development & Delivery: Work alongside senior engineers to develop and deliver high-quality features.
• →Quality Assurance: Support the QA team throughout the testing and validation phases.
• →Knowledge Transfer: Create and maintain relevant process documentation for components within the team's scope.

• Full-Stack & Autonomy: You are proficient in frontend (Web development, Accessibility) and backend (server-side logic, APIs, DBs) technologies and operate independently.
• Architectural Ownership: You are starting to own architectural decisions, can suggest alternatives to current designs, and write technical analysis with guidance from our technical leaders.
• Quality & Testing: You autonomously write unit and functional tests and provide valuable, constructive code review feedback.
• Product-Oriented: You build software iteratively, utilizing product insights to drive a problem-solving approach. You contribute autonomously to project execution and use monitoring tools to ensure smooth deployment and optimal user experience.
• Communication: You are proficient in written and spoken English and can communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

• Collaboration skills: Experience establishing productive relationships with adjacent teams and knowing when/how to escalate broader issues.
• Mentorship: Willingness to guide and mentor more junior engineers on coding best practices.
• Observability: Proficiency in DevOps and Monitoring tools for release health and our technical application metrics.
• Continuous Improvement: Proactiveness in identifying and implementing new processes and tools to improve team efficiency.

• Frontend: React and Next.js (including the use of our internal design system).
• APIs: GraphQL (for our BFF) and JSON-RPC (for internal services).
• Backend: Node.js & TypeScript within a microservice architecture.
• Database: Primarily PostgreSQL.
• Eventing: RabbitMQ (for propagating domain events).
• Infrastructure: 100% Kubernetes & AWS for hosting and orchestration.
• Monitoring: Datadog ensures 24x7 observability and streamlined troubleshooting.

We aim for a thorough, transparent process. Here is a typical path for successful candidates:

• Step 1: Talent Acquisition interview
• Step 2: Cultural fit interview
• Step 3: Technical test and interview
• Step 4: Final interview with the Head of or Director