Engineering Manager, Platform Infrastructure

OpenTable; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 165,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Mental health support

Development dollars

Parental leave

Volunteer time

Job summary

OpenTable seeks an Engineering Manager with a strong infrastructure/SRE background to lead the Serving Platforms team. You will oversee runtime foundations, including Kubernetes, service-mesh, Vault, and Kafka, ensuring reliability and security as traffic grows.

This role blends technical leadership, people leadership, and operational execution. You will mentor a globally distributed team, drive on-call readiness, and shape priorities across streams, reporting to Infrastructure Engineering.

Qualifications

• 5+ years leading infrastructure or SRE teams across multi-team initiatives.
• Experience planning, prioritizing, and coordinating parallel engineering efforts.
• Experience with cloud and hybrid environments (AWS, GCP, Azure) plus on‑prem.
• Hands-on Linux administration and scripting/automation (Python/Go/Bash).
• Excellent communication to translate complex problems to clear plans.

Responsibilities

• Own on-call rotation and incident response for production infrastructure.
• Drive reliability, scalability, and security improvements across platform systems.
• Lead, mentor, and coach a globally distributed team of engineers.
• Shape quarterly priorities and coordinate work across streams and sprints.
• Represent the team and align with stakeholders on priorities and trade-offs.
• Navigate operational challenges and communicate risks to leadership.

Skills

People leadership

Platform engineering

Cloud environments

Linux sysadmin

Python/Go/Bash

Tools

Kubernetes

Kafka

Vault

Puppet

Ansible

Job description

About OpenTable

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

OpenTable is seeking an Engineering Manager with a strong infrastructure or SRE background to lead the Serving Platforms team, a globally distributed group of 10 engineers responsible for the runtime foundations OpenTable relies on daily. You will oversee critical platform components across our Quality Assurance and Production environments, including Kubernetes, service-mesh clusters, Vault, and Kafka - ensuring these systems remain reliable, scalable, and secure as OpenTable's traffic and infrastructure needs grow. This position is equal parts technical leadership, people leadership, and operational execution: you'll drive on-call readiness and incident response, guide infrastructure investment decisions, and partner closely with Infrastructure Engineering and other platform teams. You will maintain clarity through shifting priorities, foster independent and accountable teams, and ensure day-to-day execution aligns with our broader reliability and platform goals.

Responsibilities

• Own the team's on-call rotation and incident response process for production-critical infrastructure, driving root-cause analysis and follow-up work that improves reliability and operational maturity.
• Drive reliability, scalability, and security improvements across existing platform systems, balancing operational health with long-term platform investment.
• Lead, mentor, and coach a globally distributed team of 10 engineers, providing clear, actionable feedback to foster professional growth and ownership.
• Shape quarterly priorities, coordinate work across multiple streams, and manage the team's operating cadence, including daily standups and sprint planning.
• Represent the Serving Platforms team across the organization, building strong relationships with stakeholders, advocating for team priorities, and driving cross-functional decisions.
• Navigate ambiguous operational and reliability challenges, surface project risks early, and communicate clear trade-offs and resolution paths to leadership and stakeholders.

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience leading and managing infrastructure, platform, or site reliability engineering teams across multi-team initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience planning, prioritizing, and coordinating parallel engineering efforts while balancing delivery, operational health, and long-term platform improvements.
• Experience supporting modern runtime and platform infrastructure across cloud and hybrid environments (such as AWS, GCP, or Azure) alongside on-premises systems.
• Hands-on experience in Linux systems administration and practical experience with scripting or automation using Python, Go, or Bash.
• Excellent communication skills with a proven ability to translate ambiguous operational or reliability problems into clear technical plans and drive alignment across technical and non-technical audiences.

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep familiarity with modern infrastructure platforms, specifically Kubernetes, service mesh, secrets management, and event streaming.
• Practical experience with specific tools, including Kafka, MirrorMaker, Vault, Puppet, or Ansible.
• Experience leading teams through incident response, supporting root-cause analysis, and driving follow-up work to improve security and operational maturity.
• Familiarity with AI/ML tooling and its application to infrastructure operations, engineering productivity, or platform reliability.

Benefits and Perks

• Generous paid vacation (20 days) + time off for your birthday

• 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

• 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

• 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, including commission and/or bonuses is $165,000 - $180,000 CAD

We offer a competitive base salary and benefits including: life insurance; 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.

Work Environment & Flexibility

At OpenTable, we pride ourselves on fostering a global and dynamic work environment. As a team member with us, you will benefit from a schedule tailored to accommodate a global workforce operating across multiple time zones. While the majority of your responsibilities may align with conventional business hours, there will be instances where you are expected to manage communications - via calls, Slack messages, or emails - outside of regular working hours to effectively collaborate with international colleagues, respond to restaurant partners, and/or address urgent matters. OpenTable will always abide by and consider local laws and regulations.

Inclusion

We're committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels they belong and can thrive. We know the best ideas come when we bring different voices to the table, so we're building a team as dynamic as the diners and restaurants we serve—and fostering a culture where everyone feels welcome to be themselves.

If you need accommodations during the application or interview process, or on the job, we're here to support you. Please reach out to your recruiter to request any accommodations.