OpenTable

Staff Frontend Software Engineer (Availability Planning & Experiences)

Toronto, Canada · Staff+

Sponsorship not specified$160k-$190kDetected 7 days ago

JavaScriptTypeScriptReactReduxNode.jsCode ReviewFigmaExcelJestManual TestingLeadershipCommunicationCollaboration

About the role

As a Staff Frontend Engineer in Toronto, you will serve as a core technical leader and hands-on architect, responsible for tackling the most complex and ambiguous engineering challenges within the Availability Planning system.
Your key responsibilities will center on:
You will set a high standard for quality, driving sophisticated testing strategies using React Testing Library, Jest, and Cypress.

you will have a real voice in both design and product decisions, ensuring we deliver powerful control without overwhelming complexity.
This role requires continuous deep engagement with the codebase to drive performance and maintainability.
Design and build elegant, reusable abstractions and an integrated layer between the UI and backend.
A passion for rigorous quality control and pixel-perfect design implementation through the use of both automated and manual testing as well as careful code reviews.
Your primary contribution will be through deep, direct technical execution, system design, and the implementation of large-scale features.
Hands-On System Building: You will actively write and review mission-critical code in React, Redux, TypeScript, and JavaScript. This role requires continuous deep engagement with the codebase to drive performance and maintainability.
You will own system design and execution, focusing on creating intuitive and scalable UI architectures that can manage immense complexity.

You are a highly experienced engineer ready to translate strategic goals into elegant, production-ready code while leading technical strategy.
Code Mastery: Deep, expert-level proficiency in JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, and React.
You write code that is readable and maintainable, and you take the time to learn things you are working on that you don't understand.
Strategic Architecture: Proven experience investing deeply in code architecture and driving multi-year technical roadmaps on large, established codebases.

Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year
Annual company-wide week off a year - the whole team fully recharges (and returns without a pile-up of work!)

This listing is sourced directly from OpenTable's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.