Job Specifications
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.
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What You Will Do
You’ll join the Diner Experience Tribe which is one of the 5 Product & Engineering Tribes which compose TheFork Engineering Group. The other tribes are Restaurant XP, Core, Commons and Platform.
DXP Tribe is composed of 6 Teams : Discover, Search, Decide, PostBooking, Social and Want More
You’ll Join The Search Team Which Is In Charge Of The Whole Search Experiences Across The Apps And Web
Provide the best suggestions when users are typing in our search field
Display as Best in Class XP our restaurant supply on Map & List
Let users filter and sort quickly and efficiently their results
Our team is composed of 1 Engineering Manager, 1 Product Manager, 1 Product Designer, 1 Quality Analyst and 7 developers (2 iOS, 2 android, 1 FrontEnd, 2 BackEnds), plus you.
Moreover our team is closely linked to the Core Tribe which builds the foundations of our Recommendation algorithm and our AI stack that we are using every day.
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will work closely with leadership (Engineering Manager, Product Manager, Product Designer).
You Will Be Expected To
Design and deliver growth-driven features
Leading and driving technical designs
Interacting with Core Tribe for AI / search foundations
Mentoring developers
Ensuring performance and scalability
Owning critical components
Defining quality standards
Who You Are
You Must Meet These Critical Qualifications
You have a solid technical background in web technologies (at least 8-10 years)
Strong expertise in NodeJS & Typescript (+ PHP / Symfony for a few legacy components) for backend building a horizontally scalable micro service - based architecture to serve customers in 13 countries.
Experiences in Python for our AI new micro services !
Knowledge in storage like PostgreSQL & OpenSearch
Knowledge in React & GraphQL for web front-end
You have experience with architectural patterns of large-scale applications
You are rigorous, dynamic & curious, equipped with an agile mindset and a strong team spirit that allow you to adapt to a changing environment
Experience with high-traffic distributed systems
You are comfortable writing and speaking in English
You Can Impress With These Additions
Strong understanding of search systems (OpenSearch, Ranking, Autocomplete, Maps)
Knowledge of RabbitMQ as an event bus
Knowledge of Kubernetes & AWS for orchestration & hosting
Ability to work cross-team with Core Tribe and AI teams
Data modeling and performance optimization
Ownership of micro services lifecycle
What We Offer You
An awesome team
A permanent contract (that can be useful in life)
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 10 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 covered by the company
Financial support for birth, adoption, civil partnerships, or marriage
Transport allowance
Health insurance fully covered by the company
Life & Disability Insurance at no cost to the employee
Amazing offices with dining, coffee points and leisure area
Team building events
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 fro
About the Company
TheFork is the leading online restaurant booking platform in Europe. With more than 40 million downloads of its app, 20 million reviews posted by our active community and more than 20 million monthly visits, TheFork has become the essential platform for foodies to discover restaurants and book a table!
TheFork was acquired by the TripAdvisor group in May 2014, and has more than 55,000 restaurants across 11 countries.
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