Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Infrastructure

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Zürich, CHE
Hybrid
Senior level
Marketing Tech • Software • Travel
The Role
Build, scale, and automate AWS and Kubernetes infrastructure; ensure high availability, autoscaling, monitoring, and failure recovery; develop custom cluster controllers; use Istio and Envoy for service communication and observability; improve system design; participate in on-call rotations; and support engineering teams in delivering reliable services.
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Change the way the world travels

Join the GetYourGuide journey to connect people with unforgettable travel experiences around the world. Millions look to us for unique activities they can trust, and it’s all powered by our commitment to make every single journey extraordinary - including yours. Ready to unlock your potential with a community of fellow explorers? Find your next role at our Berlin HQ or one of our local offices around the globe, from New York to Bangkok. Head to getyourguide.careers to take the first step.

Team mission

As a Site Reliability Engineer, you will be part of an empowered team that is key in building, automating and enhancing our cloud and container-based infrastructure. We act as "engineers for the engineers" helping others understand and leverage the architecture and platform underlying their features. Our technology stack consists of AWS, Kubernetes and Istio. We aim to create a reliable platform for running our core services while enabling teams to move fast, take risks and experiment.

Your mission:
  • Build and scale our cloud-based infrastructure including managing our Kubernetes clusters and AWS environment
  • Ensure the high availability, autoscaling and failure recovery capabilities of production and pre-production systems
  • Develop custom controllers to automate the management of clusters
  • Leverage Istio and Envoy to manage service communication and provide network observability
  • Actively drive initiatives towards better system design and implementation of new technologies
  • Participate in infrastructure on-call rotations
  • Champion our operations culture and help the engineering organization deliver highly available services for our customers
Your toolkit:
  • Experience with Kubernetes and running containers at scale
  • A good, low-level understanding of the Linux operating system
  • Strong coding skills in at least one programming language. Our most used language is Go
  • Good understanding of production systems, networking and container technology
  • Sufficient grasp of public cloud environments like AWS
  • Positive, proactive team player who is passionate about their craft and cares about helping the team deliver
  • Written and verbal communication skills with the ability to clearly explain technical concepts to others in English
  • You care about monitoring and understanding the state of systems
  • Problem solver with operations skills that can quickly diagnose and pinpoint issues in a production environment
  • Pragmatically use AI tools to automate routine tasks and boost team productivity, while applying sound engineering judgment to key technical decisions
How we’ll make your career journey extraordinary
  • Annual personal growth budget and mentorship programs for continuous learning and development
  • Work from anywhere in the world for 30 days per year
  • A hybrid working approach with three days of in-office collaboration (Mon, Tue, Thur) and two days of optional at-home focus time
  • Opportunities to collaborate and socialize with team members through quarterly team events and yearly company-wide events
  • Monthly transportation and fitness budget
  • Discounts for you, your friends, and family on GetYourGuide activities
  • Language reimbursement program
  • Health and wellness benefits

And more…

How to apply 

Submit your CV/resume in English using the form below. For tips and insights into our hiring process and culture, check out how we hire for tips and visibility into our process and check out life at GetYourGuide. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us via [email protected].

We are an equal opportunities employer

Our commitment is that every qualified person will be evaluated according to their skills, regardless of age, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability status, or religion. Please refrain from including your picture and age with your application.

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Skills Required

  • Experience with Kubernetes and running containers at scale
  • Low-level understanding of the Linux operating system
  • Strong coding skills in at least one programming language, especially Go
  • Understanding of production systems, networking, and container technology
  • Understanding of public cloud environments such as AWS
  • Strong written and verbal English communication skills
  • Monitoring and systems observability experience
  • Operations skills for diagnosing production issues
  • Ability to pragmatically use AI tools for routine task automation
  • Positive, proactive teamwork and passion for engineering
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The Company
HQ: Berlin
1,063 Employees
Year Founded: 2009

What We Do

GetYourGuide is a leading global online marketplace to discover and book experiences worth traveling for. Travelers can use GetYourGuide to find things to do in more than 11,000 cities, including tours from local experts, exclusive access to must-see attractions, as well as immersive bucket-list experiences through its Originals by GetYourGuide offering. Since being founded, the GetYourGuide platform has sold 150 million tickets from 30,000 supply partners who leverage GetYourGuide’s easy-to-use platform to grow their businesses. If you share our passion and would like to join our team, check out our open positions at careers.getyourguide.com or take a look behind the scenes of GetYourGuide on our blog: inside.getyourguide.com.

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