Teamlead Platform Engineering (all genders)

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 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 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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