Senior Security Engineer

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.