Start your very own journey – with HolidayCheck!
At HolidayCheck, everything revolves around our purpose: making vacations better – together. We’re not only enabling the most wonderful time of the year for our travelers, but also creating an inspiring work atmosphere for our HolidayCheckers – in our modern offices in Munich and Bottighofen.
We live our company values every day: As #TeamHolidayCheck, we build trust, take ownership, and love what we do – for the perfect holiday experience!
As Head of Platform Engineering, you’ll take ownership of our cloud infrastructure, shaping the foundation on which all our products run. You lead a diverse and highly skilled team across two locations, empower HolidayCheck’s engineers with modern tools, and drive platform evolution in line with our business strategy. Your mission: high performance, scalability, and sustainable cloud architecture.
Your Tasks
1. Ensure the reliability, performance, security, and compliance of our cloud platform
2. Define and implement the long-term vision for our GCP-based infrastructure
3. Lead the modernization of legacy systems and reduce technical debt across the platform
4. Enable product teams with self-service tools and platform capabilities that enhance delivery autonomy
5. Oversee incident management and drive continuous improvement based on root cause analysis
6. Lead, support, and grow a distributed team of 3 software and 6 systems engineers
7. Manage the hosting budget and third-party relationships, ensuring cost-efficiency and scalability
8. Collaborate with engineering leadership, IT, and cross-functional teams to shape technical direction and standards
Our stack & tools
9. We write in: Go, Bash
10. We run & automate with: GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform, Vault, Docker, Ubuntu, Packer
11. We monitor with: Prometheus, Grafana, NewRelic, Cloud Logging, Trace, Profiler
12. We use & contribute to: nginx, Redis, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Kafka, ELK, Traefik
13. We collaborate using: Slack, Teams, GitHub
What you bring
14. 3+ years of experience in leading engineering teams in Platform, DevOps, or Infrastructure
15. A track record of delivering long-term platform projects while managing day-to-day operations
16. Deep hands-on experience with public cloud infrastructure (ideally GCP), infrastructure-as-code, and open-source tools in production
17. Strong understanding of scalability, performance optimization, and cloud cost management
18. Strategic mindset with the ability to challenge the status quo and drive platform innovation
19. High quality standards, strong problem-solving skills, and a proactive, reliable working style
20. Excellent communication skills and a collaborative leadership approach
Our “All Inclusive Package” for you
Workation & Flexibility
21. 20 days of workation within the EU – work where others go on vacation
22. 40/60 hybrid model: two office days for collaboration & team spirit, three days remote
23. Flexible working hours – early bird or night owl? We’ve got you covered!
Development & Culture
24. Extensive internal & external trainingopportunities
25. Diverse corporate culture with over 30 nationalities
26. From newbie to champion: structured onboarding for a smooth start
Perks & Appreciation
27. Anniversary perks in the form of extra vacation days or travel subsidies
28. Your choice of hardware – Mac, Windows, or Linux
29. Free parking or public transport subsidy
Work-Life-Balance & Wellbeing
30. Childcare subsidy for a family-friendly balance
31. Depending on location: EGYM Wellpass / Hansefit membership or gym subsidy
32. Healthy & delicious meals in the cafeteria or from our in-house chef Evelyn
Ready to join the HolidayCheck adventure? Then grab your suitcase full of talent and send us your application!