Engineering Manager (Partner Platform)

• We are looking for an Engineering Manager to lead a critical team building and maintaining OpenTable’s partner ecosystem. This team sits at the intersection of our core systems and the global digital economy, building the interfaces that allow the world to interact with OpenTable
• Our team builds and maintains the high-scale APIs that power the entire OpenTable workflow for external developers. We manage agentic access to OpenTable systems and own deep integrations with major partners including Google, Uber, Amazon, OpenAI, and Anthropic. We ensure that whether a reservation starts in a search engine, a ride-sharing app, or through an AI agent, the experience is seamless and reliable
• This is a hands-on leadership role that combines people leadership with strong technical ownership. You will shape API architecture, guide execution, and develop engineers while working in a complex environment where developer experience and system resilience are paramount
• Build and lead a high performing team: Create a strong and inclusive team culture grounded in trust, accountability, and clear expectations. Coach engineers across all levels, providing direct feedback and managing performance to develop senior and staff-level talent
• Define API standards and excellence: Set the technical direction for our partner-facing interfaces. Drive architectural decisions that prioritize API performance, consistency, and a world-class developer experience. Establish rigorous standards for API security, ensuring all external access is protected and audited
• Ensure resilience and fault tolerance: Architect systems for failure isolation and fault tolerance. You will be accountable for the reliability of our integrations, ensuring that issues in partner systems do not degrade OpenTable’s core platform performance or correctness
• Drive partner-centric delivery: Translate partner needs and product goals into clear engineering priorities. Manage complex dependencies with external platforms like Google and Amazon, eliminating blockers and ensuring integrations hit performance targets and deliver business impact
• Scale agentic and third-party access: Own the full lifecycle of the platforms managing agentic access to our systems. Use data to inform technical investments in high-throughput API gateways and measuring the success of our developer ecosystem

Benefits

• Generous parental leave
• Generous paid vacation + time off for your birthday
• Paid volunteer time
• Enriched learning and development opportunities - leadership development & access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings
• Work from (almost) anywhere - wherever you do your best work
• Mental health and well-being - company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth, company-paid subscription to HeadSpace, and company-wide weeks off a year so the whole team can recharge- Security & Performance Mindset: Experience implementing robust API security protocols (OAuth, JWT, Rate Limiting) and managing high-throughput traffic. Ability to optimize for low latency while maintaining strict data consistency across partner boundaries
• People & Stakeholder Management: Experience managing and developing engineers, including senior contributors. Strong communication skills to partner with external engineering teams at major tech companies and internal Product and Design stakeholders
• API & Integration Leadership: Deep experience building and operating high-scale, public-facing APIs. Strong fundamentals in API design (REST, GraphQL, gRPC), versioning, and developer experience. Proven ability to design for resiliency, failure isolation, and high availability in distributed environments
• Experience with marketplaces, search, or transaction heavy systems
• Experience operating multi region, low latency systems
• Familiarity with Kubernetes and modern cloud infrastructure
• Experience evolving legacy systems while continuing to deliver customer value