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Location : Toronto, Canada (Hybrid Position, in office 2 days per week) With millions of diners, 70,000+ 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. About the Job As a Senior PostgreSQL Database Engineer, you will provide technical leadership for the reliability, performance, scalability, security, and evolution of OpenTable’s PostgreSQL platform. You will own complex database initiatives end-to-end, partner with cross-functional engineering teams to build an automated and cloud-native data platform, and serve as a senior escalation point for production systems. In this hybrid role based in Toronto, you will establish modern database practices and ensure database infrastructure supports business growth while maintaining high availability. Your work will directly empower engineering teams and ensure a seamless, reliable experience for millions of diners and restaurants worldwide. Responsibilities Lead the design, architecture, and lifecycle management of PostgreSQL environments to ensure high availability, disaster recovery, and scalable performance. Automate provisioning, major-version upgrades, monitoring, and credential rotation to reduce manual effort and operational toil across database infrastructure. Partner with Product and Data Engineering teams to review database designs, optimize schemas, improve query performance, and establish safe migration practices. Drive cloud database strategy across multi-region environments, balancing performance, security, cost efficiency, and operational excellence. Serve as a senior technical escalation point during production incidents, conducting root-cause analysis and implementing long-term reliability improvements. Mentor engineers, establish reusable operational patterns, and raise technical standards through clear documentation and cross-team collaboration. Minimum Qualifications 7+ years of experience administering, engineering, and operating PostgreSQL or equivalent complex database systems in production environments. Deep knowledge of PostgreSQL architecture and internals, including query planning, locking, write-ahead logging, replication, vacuuming, and connection management. Proven experience designing, implementing, and operating high-availability, disaster-recovery, and failover solutions for critical database infrastructure. Proficiency in SQL and at least one programming or automation language such as Python, Go, or Bash. Hands-on experience building database automation using infrastructure-as-code or configuration management tools. Preferred Qualifications Experience operating PostgreSQL in public cloud platforms, Kubernetes, or containerized environments. Experience with telemetry and observability platforms such as Grafana, Prometheus, or OpenTelemetry. Familiarity with supplementary data platforms such as Redis, MongoDB, OpenSearch, or distributed databases. Experience improving developer productivity through self-service database provisioning and platform automation. Benefits and Perks Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year Focus on mental health and well-being: Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth Company-paid subscription to Headspace Annual company-wide week off a year - the whole team fully recharges (and returns without a pile-up of work!) Paid parental leave Generous paid vacation + time off for your birthday Paid volunteer time Focus on your career growth: Development Dollars Leadership development Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings Travel Discounts Employee Resource Groups 20 days of paid time off Private health and dental insurance Life and Disability insurance The best connections happen face-to-face, whether you’re sitting down to dinner or having coffee with a coworker. That’s why OpenTable has adopted a hybrid workplace model. This role aligns with that approach, with an expectation of coming into the office two days a week—giving employees the best of both worlds: in-person collaboration and flexibility. The expected range of compensation for this position based in Toronto, Canada, is $115,000-$125,000 CAD. There are a variety of factors that go into determining a compensation range, including but not limited to external market benchmark data, geographic location, and years of experience sought/required. We offer a competitive base salary and benefits including: health benefits; flexible spending account; retirement benefits; life insurance; paid time off (including PTO, paid sick leave, medical leave, bereavement leave, floating holidays and paid holidays); and parental leave benefits. This role is eligible to be considered for an annual bonus and equity grant. #LI-Hybrid #LI-BR1
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That number is real. WorkMundi's database shows 144,883 open engineer roles across the world. India has the most with 31,687 jobs, followed by the United States with 30,084. If you just finished reading one job ad and felt paralyzed by choice, you're not alone—but this scale is actually an advantage. It means you can afford to be selective.
Start by geography and language. The majority of engineer ads—117,837 of them—have the job posting text written in English. Use that as one filter, but remember: the ad text language tells you nothing about whether the role actually requires you to speak English day-to-day. Read the job description carefully. Then check which countries have the volume you're targeting. Singapore, Poland, and Australia round out the top five after India and the US.
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When you interview, expect the question every engineer hears: 'Tell me about a time you had to debug a problem that wasn't in your job description.' Have a specific story ready—not a general one. Name the tools, the deadline pressure, and what you learned. Hiring managers listen for whether you see problem-solving as part of the role itself, not a favour.