Senior Software Engineer - Search team

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.

👉 Discover life at TheFork

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 from good to great.

TheFork is committed to a fair recruitment process. If you have special needs and require reasonable support during your application,  interview, or participation in the selection process due to health conditions or disability, please direct your inquiries to [email protected]. Our HR team will review the request and respond accordingly.

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