About GetYourGuide

GetYourGuide is the globally leading marketplace for unforgettable travel experiences. Travelers use GetYourGuide to discover the best things to do in a destination. Since its founding in 2009, people from all over the world have booked more than 200 million tours, activities, and attraction tickets through GetYourGuide. Powered by a global team of over 800 travel experts and technologists, we are headquartered in Berlin and have 15 local offices around the world. Visit our careers website to learn more.

Team mission

We are looking for a Senior Security Engineer to join the infrastructure group at GetYourGuide. Working closely with the larger technical organisation your focus will be on keeping our applications and infrastructure secure and scalable.

Infrastructure Mission:

The Infrastructure group plays a central role in scaling, automating, and managing core parts of our cloud-based systems. We act as "engineers for the engineers," helping others understand and leverage the architecture and platform underlying their features. We strive for stable, secure systems while at the same time providing room for fast experimentation. We use technologies such as AWS, Linux, MySQL, Postgres, Elasticsearch, Kafka, Docker and Kubernetes. On the application side our stack is a mix of Java, PHP and JavaScript (node).

You will:

Improve security ranging from hands-on practical work in infrastructure to strategic company wide initiatives
Acting as a stakeholder and advocate for security to mission teams, you will strive to improve the security properties of our applications and production systems
Work with the organisation to make security a natural aspect of what we do
Help evolve the tools and processes that make it easy to integrate security in our work
Manage our external security works such as vulnerability disclosure, penetration testing and audits.
Being hands-on in the area of security engineering with automating and improving our infrastructure
Drive and set the production security roadmap in cooperation with senior engineers, leadership and IT.

Who you are:

Have 4+ years of experience in a security role
Experienced in supporting other engineers in building secure services
Experienced in driving larger strategic improvements related to security
Have a good understanding of threat models and vulnerabilities
Experienced working with web application designs and cloud-native applications
Willing to work with tools for managing a cloud based infrastructure, including reading and writing code for such tools
Have skills in log analysis and incident handling are a plus
Bonus if you have experience with some of our key languages such as Java, JavaScript, Go or Scala
Able to be part of an on-call rotation

How we set you up for success:

Competitive base salary + virtual stock options
40 working days per year to work anywhere in the world
Annual external training budget and Mentorship programs for continuous learning and development
Flexible working arrangements to support work-life balance
Relocation Assistance if required
Monthly transportation and fitness budget
GetYourGuide discounts for you, friends and family
Language reimbursement program

And more…

We look forward to hearing from you

Unlock your full potential and join our mission to create unforgettable experiences for millions around the world. If you have the skills and passion for joining our team, we invite you to apply by submitting your CV/resume in English through the form below. Check out how we hire for tips and visibility into our process and check out life at GetYourGuide. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us via jobs@getyourguide.com.

We are an equal opportunity employer

Our commitment is that every qualified person will be evaluated according to skills regardless of age, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability status, or religion. Please refrain from including your picture and age with the application.