Staff Site Reliability Engineer

Join GetYourGuide as a Staff Site Reliability Engineer and help revolutionize the travel experience industry by preventing incidents and improving user trust. You will partner with product teams to raise the bar on reliability, speed, and confidence in their systems, and drive observability and cost efficiency.

Requirements

• Deep understanding of observability tooling — we use Datadog (metrics, APM, logs, dashboards)
• Proven experience reducing MTTD, MTTR, and change failure rate; DORA metrics are not just acronyms to you
• Strong coding skills in Java; comfortable reading and contributing in Go across infrastructure contexts; enough frontend context to collaborate with React / Vue teams
• Experience with Kubernetes, AWS, and service mesh technologies (Istio/Envoy)
• Solid understanding of distributed systems, networking, and container technology
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD, automated testing strategies, and build systems
• Ability to influence engineers and teams without direct authority — you raise standards by coaching, not dictating
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Positive, proactive team player who is passionate about operational excellence and helps others deliver

Benefits

• Annual personal growth budget and mentorship programs for continuous learning and development
• Work from anywhere in the world for 40 days per year
• Flexible working arrangements to support work-life balance
• 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...