Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack)
About Tock
Tock is changing the way restaurants, wineries, and event organizers think about and run their business. This includes a robust reservation, guest, and table management system for businesses of all sizes across the globe.
Tock was founded with the idea there was a better way for guests to book reservations. Nick Kokonas and Chef Grant Achatz opened Alinea to international fanfare in 2005 - now a perennial Michelin three-star, and widely considered one of the best restaurants in the world. For years they were spending $140,000 a year on staff dedicated to managing reservations and losing an average of $260,000 a year on cancellations. Nick started work on a crude reservation system. The homemade platform was a success. Soon after, Nick founded Tock with Brian Fitzpatrick, founder of Google's Chicago engineering office, to turn this simple idea into a robust platform to change the way people dine around the world.
Tock’s explosive growth (as of September):
Announced an exclusive partnership and integration with Chase Pay & Ultimate Rewards
Announced an exclusive partnership and integration with WineDirect
Won Chicago Tribune's "Game Changer" Award for industry innovation
Reached a global customer base of 20 countries operating in 100+ cities
Has now processed over $330 million in prepaid reservations
What we’re looking for
At least 3 years of experience building software. Experience being a tech-lead is a plus
Understand all parts of a modern web-based application stack from Frontend, Backend to Production
A specialist in at least one part of the stack — backend or production infrastructure
A self-motivated individual who works well with little direction
Enjoys being part of a team that works and learns together
Has excellent written and verbal communication skills
Prefers to experiment and use data to drive decision making
Loves making and building things as part of a growing team
What you’ll do
You'll be helping us build the next generation restaurant ticketing system, based on the tried and true (and proven) system deployed at world-class restaurants such as Alinea, Next, The French Laundry, and more. We're looking for engineers who are generalists — you'll be working with a mix of front and back-end web development tools. Our team is pretty small (almost a dozen engineers and a few designers), and undergoing exponential growth, so there's a great opportunity for you to make a difference.
Responsibilities
Build next-generation web applications that are fast and responsive
Be able to build a feature or enhancement, starting with engineering design taking it all the way to production
Contribute to core team culture and contribute code to efforts across a fast-growing company
Support, maintain and upgrade code and participate in necessary design and implementation of a complex system
What we offer
Competitive salary
Full benefits (medical, dental, vision), 401k
Pre-tax transit benefit
Paid time off
Paid parental leave
Free daily lunch
Nitro coffee on tap
BYOD (bring your own dog) to work