With millions of diners, tens of thousands of restaurants, and 23+ 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 maximise 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.
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.
In this role, you will:
At OpenTable, we take pleasure in Software Development. We believe that velocity comes from a commitment to clean code and solid engineering principles. We deliver innovative products through rapid, continuous development. Millions of diners and thousands of restaurants around the globe use our products. If you are excited by constantly challenging engineering processes and can deliver exceptional quality in a fast-paced, agile environment, we'd like to meet you. Bonus points if you love restaurants too!
Be part of a strong, collaborative team dedicated to providing 24/7 support to OpenTable's global data platform. Work with both RDBMS and NoSQL technologies that power the core of our business.
You will be responsible for operations and maintenance across multiple database platforms, including high availability, backups, performance monitoring and optimisation, focusing on PostgreSQL and No SQL technologies such as MongoDB, Redis, and Elastic Search. You will also be supporting a global engineering team providing database design best practices and recommendations.
OpenTable's current platform is primarily based on SQL Server, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, and Redis. We are specifically looking for someone with operational experience in PostgreSQL or MongoDB.
Experience with continuous integration and automation tools such as Puppet, as well as strong unix/linux skills are required. This is a senior position on a small, collaborative team. You should have excellent communication skills and be accustomed to working with both developers and users in multiple time zones. Must be able to work independently and without direct supervision.
Please apply if:
- 3 years Hands-on operational experience with either MongoDB or PostgreSQL
- Experience managing numerous databases in production, QA, and dev environments. Including installation, configuration, backup, recovery, upgrades, schema changes, etc.
- At least one scripting/automation language such as Ruby (puppet, chef), Python, or Go
- Experience with automation and configuration management at scale
- Experience with MSSql, Redis, or OpenSearch is a plus
- System administration skills in Linux (Ubuntu)
- Proven ability to support software engineers on database design and data modeling as well as optimising queries
- Experience responding to production issues, making recommendations, taking actions, and performing root cause analysis
- Be a member of a weekly 24/7 on-call rotation
- Strong collaboration skills as well as the ability to work independently
Benefits:
- Paid Vacation
- One Celebration Day per calendar year
- Focus on mental health and well-being
- Company-wide weeks off a year - the whole team fully recharges ( and returns without a pile-up of work!)
- Generous paid parental leave
- Focus on your career growth
- Work from (almost) anywhere ; wherever you do your best work
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Pension Fund
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
OpenTable aspires to be a workplace that reflects the diverse communities we serve and a culture that is inclusive and welcoming. Hiring people with different backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, and ideas is critical to innovation and to how we deliver great experiences for our users and our partners. Representation matters.
We ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform job responsibilities, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
