Senior Platform Engineer (DevOps & SRE are welcome! ) - (Hybrid)

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We’re seeking an experienced Platform Engineer to join our Platform As A Service team in Barcelona (Hybrid) to play a key role in shaping the direction of the platform, driving technical initiatives, challenging existing approaches and helping other engineers grow through collaboration and guidance. You will be part of a team of experienced engineers building and operating the foundations that enable our product teams to move fast and safely in production, using modern infrastructure tooling, strong engineering practices and a clear focus on developer experience. If you’re ready to soar, we’re ready to take you there.

Why eDreams ODIGEO

We’re the world’s leading travel subscription platform.

• We pioneered Prime, the first and largest travel subscription programme, which has topped over 7.8 million Prime members since launching in 2017.
• Millions of customers every year across 44 markets – 5 brands: eDreams, GO Voyages, Opodo, Travellink, and the metasearch engine Liligo
• More than 100 million searches per day on our websites – more than 6 billion AI daily predictions
• Over 1,700 employees – More than 60 different nationalities from all continents – 99% permanent contracts

Prime members are subscribed to global travel, gaining access to a comprehensive multi-product offering for all their travel needs—including hotels, rail, flights, dynamic packages and car rental, among others— compounded by industry-leading flexibility features and exclusive, member‑only benefits. This entire Prime experience is powered by a proprietary, industry‑leading AI platform that delivers a smarter, hyper‑personalised service and comprehensive travel experience globally to its members.

What you will do:

The Role’s Key Responsibilities and Tasks

• Design, build and operate platform capabilities used by multiple teams across the company
• Drive improvements in developer experience by providing scalable self service workflows, reusable patterns and clear abstractions
• Work with Infrastructure as Code and GitOps workflows across the full lifecycle: design, implementation, testing and operation
• Contribute to the evolution of our Kubernetes based platforms, including multi cluster and multi region setups
• Design and operate the service mesh layer, based on Istio, including multi cluster service mesh capabilities
• Work on edge related capabilities as part of the platform, contributing to how requests are handled and secured at scale
• Contribute to emerging platform capabilities around AI infrastructure, self hosted LLMs, inference workloads, MCP compatible ecosystems and agentic workflows
• Help evaluate and shape how modern AI tooling and platform patterns can be integrated in a scalable, reliable and sustainable way
• Lead technically complex initiatives, helping teams navigate ambiguity and make sustainable engineering decisions
• Challenge existing practices and identify opportunities to improve scalability, reliability, security and operational efficiency
• Help reduce cognitive load for stakeholders by automating common tasks and standardising platform capabilities
• Collaborate closely with engineers from different areas, helping align platform capabilities with broader engineering needs
• Guide and mentor other engineers through technical discussions, reviews and day to day collaboration
• Take ownership of problems end to end, from early design discussions to production operation

You will work on strategic and high impact topics, helping define how our production platforms evolve over time while balancing reliability, scalability and developer experience.

What’s exciting about it?

• Mindset : wework following GitOps principles, automate as much as possible and focus on iterative delivery and continuous improvement
• Technology : modern cloud native stack with Kubernetes at the core, running on GCP, including service mesh, edge integrations and emerging AI platform capabilities
• Technical challenge : a global platform used across many countries and teams, where engineering decisions have significant impact on scalability, reliability and developer workflows
• Impact : in this role you will have impact across technology, people, processes and platform strategy

TLDR: Tech stack

GCP, Kubernetes, Istio, Crossplane, ArgoCD, FluxCD, Terraform, Kyverno, Git, Docker, Helm, Cloudflare, AI/LLM infrastructure and much more

(experience with all of them is not required; we value strong fundamentals, engineering mindset and ability to learn and adapt)

What you need to succeed:

Good to have

• Strong experience working with cloud infrastructure and containerised environments
• Solid understanding of Linux, networking and distributed systems
• Experience designing and operating production systems at scale
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code, GitOps workflows and platform engineering concepts
• Ability to reason about complex systems and debug production issues methodically
• Ability to balance pragmatism and engineering quality when making technical decisions
• Proactive and collaborative mindset, comfortable driving initiatives and aligning with different stakeholders
• Ownership attitude: you care about the quality, scalability and reliability of what you ship
• Ability to mentor and support other engineers through technical leadership and collaboration
• Curiosity and interest in emerging areas such as AI infrastructure, LLM platforms, MCP ecosystems and agentic workflows

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Applied AI Tools: Demonstrated comfort using practical AI tools such as GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, or other AI‑powered coding assistants.
• Experimentation Mindset: Curiosity and eagerness to explore, experiment with, and integrate emerging AI‑driven solutions into software development workflows.
• AI‑Enhanced Problem Solving: Ability to effectively leverage AI tools to debug code, streamline development processes, and enhance productivity.
• Adaptability and Learning Agility: Enthusiastic about continuously learning and quickly adapting to new AI features and capabilities.
• Collaboration with AI: Experience or interest in collaborating closely with AI tools as “pair programmers” to complement traditional software development practices.

What’s in it for you?

• A rewarding Compensation package! Prime Plus membership, competitive salary and benefits package, including flexible benefits, performance‑based bonuses, birthday day off, discounts and partnerships, relocation support and premium equipment with role‑based selection options and device ownership through our equipment lifecycle program when it reaches its refresh cycle.
• Continuous learning to fuel your growth and explore new horizons! Learn and grow with free Coursera access, soft skills workshops, tech training, leadership development, and more. Plus, enjoy a great onboarding program.
• Grow opportunities to empower your career and unleash your potential! Personalised career paths and the eVOLVE Program will help you discover, grow, and thrive. Internal mobility opportunities let you pursue horizontal career changes and promotions.
• Your Well‑being is our priority. Embrace Freedom and Flexibility! At eDO, we value flexibility, employee care, and transparency. We offer a hybrid home‑office model focused on outcome. You’ll be able to find the right work‑personal life balance that suits you best.
• Work hard, party hard! We believe in having fun and connecting with colleagues! Join eDO for after‑work events, padel tournaments, parties, and more. Create communities based on your passions, like sports and music. Come to work as you are, with no dress code, and enjoy free fruit, coffee, and tea at our offices.
• Enjoy a dynamic and healthy environment! Be innovative, take risks, and share your ideas. Our diverse and open‑minded teams support high performance, learning, and growth. You’ll work in an Agile mindset environment with recognition at our core.

We are an equal‑opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status. Our people are the key to our success. Each one of them is unique in their own way and the respect for their uniqueness is and will always be a passion and motivation. Don’t meet every requirement? If you’re excited about this role but do not feel your experience aligns perfectly with all the requirements we strongly encourage you to apply nevertheless.