Teamlead Platform Engineering

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 experienceAs Teamlead Platform Engineering (all genders), 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 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 trainingopportunities 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