Senior Software Engineer, Developer Platform

About this role

<h3><strong>Change the way the world travels</strong></h3> <p>Be part of the GetYourGuide journey and connect people with unforgettable travel experiences worldwide. Since 2009, millions of travelers have booked unique activities with us in over 12,000 cities. Our headquarters in Berlin is supported by 16 other local offices across the globe.&nbsp;</p> <p>Ready to join a diverse community of over 850 fellow explorers dedicated to revolutionizing the travel experience industry? Check out our <a href="https://www.getyourguide.careers/">careers site</a> to learn more.</p> <h3><strong>Team mission</strong></h3> <p>As a Senior Software Engineer (Backend focused) on the Developer Platform Team, you’ll contribute to building and maintaining tools and platforms that empower GetYourGuide’s diverse engineering teams, including those working in Java, JavaScript, Python, and beyond. Your work will focus on streamlining CI/CD pipelines (using GitHub Actions and ArgoCD), managing GitHub access, enhancing testing tools, improving local development workflows, and enabling AI-assisted engineering. This role is ideal for an early-career engineer with strong backend fundamentals, a hunger to learn, and a drive to make a meaningful impact on developer productivity.</p> <h3><strong>Your mission:</strong></h3> <ul> <li><strong>Maintain CI/CD Pipelines:</strong> Support and enhance CI/CD workflows using GitHub Actions for continuous integration and ArgoCD for continuous deployment, ensuring reliable and efficient delivery of services.</li> <li><strong>Manage GitHub Access:</strong> Administer GitHub repositories, permissions, and workflows to enable secure and seamless collaboration across engineering teams.</li> <li><strong>Improve Testing Tools:</strong> Develop and maintain tooling to enhance automated testing (unit, integration, end-to-end) for Java, JavaScript, and Python projects, reducing friction and improving code quality.</li> <li><strong>Enhance Local Development:</strong> Build and maintain tools to simplify local development environments, enabling engineers to spin up and test services quickly and consistently.</li> <li><strong>Enable AI-Assisted Engineering:</strong> Help maintain and evolve our in-house AI agent and related developer workflows and tooling, and support adoption of AI tools across engineering teams.</li> <li><strong>Support Diverse Engineers:</strong> Collaborate with Java, JavaScript, and Python developers to understand their needs and deliver cross-language tooling that boosts productivity and reduces toil.</li> <li><strong>Contribute Pragmatically:</strong> Write clean, maintainable code for backend systems and tools, focusing on practical solutions that balance immediate needs with long-term scalability.</li> <li><strong>Learn and Iterate: </strong>Experiment with new tools and practices, using feedback and usage metrics to refine solutions and drive adoption across teams.</li> <li><strong>Grow Through Collaboration:</strong> Participate in code reviews, pair programming, and team discussions to learn from senior engineers and share your insights.</li> </ul> <h3><strong>Your toolkit:</strong></h3> <ul> <li><strong>Experienced Engineer:</strong> 5+ years of backend development experience with at least one of Java, JavaScript/<a href="http://node.js">Node.js</a>, Python or Go, and a willingness to work across multiple languages.</li> <li><strong>Eager Learner:</strong> Curious and proactive, with a strong desire to master new tools, technologies, and practices through hands-on experience and mentorship.</li> <li><strong>Impact-Driven:</strong> Passionate about delivering tools that make engineers’ lives easier and support GetYourGuide’s mission to create unforgettable travel experiences.</li> <li><strong>Pragmatic Problem Solver: </strong>Able to deliver practical, effective solutions, iterating based on feedback and focusing on what drives the most value.</li> <li><strong>Data-Curious:</strong> Interested in using metrics (e.g., pipeline performance, tool adoption rates) to validate and improve your work, even if you’re still learning data-driven approaches.</li> <li><strong>Collaborative Team Player: </strong>A proactive communicator who thrives in a diverse, supportive team environment. Fluent in English.</li> <li><strong>Tech Fundamentals:</strong> Familiarity with Git, cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred), and CI/CD concepts.&nbsp;</li> </ul> <h3><strong>What sets you apart:</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Experience with GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, or similar tools.</li> <li>Exposure to Kubernetes, Docker, testing frameworks</li> <li>Experience with creation of tools/automations that improved developer productivity (bonus: AI native)</li> </ul> <h3><strong>We want your journey with us to be extraordinary</strong></h3> <p>Here’s how you can expect us to commit to you and your growth.</p> <ul> <li>Annual personal growth budget and mentorship programs for continuous learning and development</li> <li>Work from anywhere in the world for 40 days per year</li> <li>Flexible working arrangements to support work-life balance</li> <li>Opportunities to collaborate and socialize with team members through quarterly team events and yearly company-wide events</li> <li>Monthly transportation and fitness budget</li> <li>Discounts for you, your friends, and family on GetYourGuide activities</li> <li>Language reimbursement program</li> <li>Health and wellness benefits</li> </ul> <p>And more…</p> <h3><strong>How to apply</strong></h3> <p>Submit your CV/resume in English using the form below. For tips and insights into our hiring process and culture, check out ‘<a href="https://www.getyourguide.careers/how-we-hire">how we hire</a>’ and ‘<a href="https://www.getyourguide.careers/life-at-getyourguide">life at GetYourGuide</a>’. If you have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch at <a href="mailto:jobs@getyourguide.com">jobs@getyourguide.com</a>.</p> <h3><strong>We’re an equal opportuniti