Head of Platform Engineering (all genders)

Permanent employee, Full-time · Munich, Bottighofen

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

Ensure the reliability, performance, security, and compliance of our cloud platform
Define and implement the long-term vision for our GCP-based infrastructure
Lead the modernization of legacy systems and reduce technical debt across the platform
Enable product teams with self-service tools and platform capabilities that enhance delivery autonomy
Oversee incident management and drive continuous improvement based on root cause analysis
Lead, support, and grow a distributed team of 3 software and 6 systems engineers
Manage the hosting budget and third-party relationships, ensuring cost-efficiency and scalability
Collaborate with engineering leadership, IT, and cross-functional teams to shape technical direction and standards

Our stack & tools

We write in: Go, Bash
We run & automate with: GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform, Vault, Docker, Ubuntu, Packer
We monitor with: Prometheus, Grafana, NewRelic, Cloud Logging, Trace, Profiler
We use & contribute to: nginx, Redis, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Kafka, ELK, Traefik
We collaborate using: Slack, Teams, GitHub

What you bring

3+ years of experience in leading engineering teams in Platform, DevOps, or Infrastructure
A track record of delivering long-term platform projects while managing day-to-day operations
Deep hands-on experience with public cloud infrastructure (ideally GCP), infrastructure-as-code, and open-source tools in production
Strong understanding of scalability, performance optimization, and cloud cost management
Strategic mindset with the ability to challenge the status quo and drive platform innovation
High quality standards, strong problem-solving skills, and a proactive, reliable working style
Excellent communication skills and a collaborative leadership approach

Our “All Inclusive Package” for you

Workation & Flexibility

20 days of workation within the EU – work where others go on vacation
40/60 hybrid model: two office days for collaboration & team spirit, three days remote
Flexible working hours – early bird or night owl? We’ve got you covered!

Development & Culture 

Extensive internal & external training opportunities
Diverse corporate culture with over 30 nationalities
From newbie to champion: structured onboarding for a smooth start

Perks & Appreciation 

Anniversary perks in the form of extra vacation days or travel subsidies
Your choice of hardware – Mac, Windows, or Linux
Free parking or public transport subsidy

 Work-Life-Balance & Wellbeing 

Childcare subsidy for a family-friendly balance
Depending on location: EGYM Wellpass / Hansefit membership or gym subsidy
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!

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About us

Let’s make holidays better – together!

HolidayCheck is one of Europe’s leading digital companies for holidaymakers. We bring together under one roof the hotel review and travel booking portal HolidayCheck, the tour operator HolidayCheck Reisen, and our rental car platform.

Our vision? Make holidays better! Our culture? Colorful, international, and diverse! Here, people with a wide range of skills and personalities come together to create an inspiring environment – full of ideas, learning opportunities, and team spirit. Sounds like you? Then join our team!