SeniorSoftwareEngineer,GraphQL-APIPlatform

Change the way the world travels Join the GetYourGuide journey to connect people with unforgettable travel experiences around the world. Millions look to us for unique activities they can trust, and it’s all powered by our commitment to make every single journey extraordinary - including yours. Ready to unlock your potential with a community of fellow explorers? Find your next role at our Berlin HQ or one of our local offices around the globe, from New York to Bangkok. Head to getyourguide.careers to take the first step. Team mission The API Platform team enables product and engineering teams across GetYourGuide to build fast, reliable, customer- and supplier-facing experiences by owning and evolving our GraphQL API layer. We define the standards, tooling, and infrastructure that govern how data flows from our services to our clients — at scale, with high availability, and under constant traffic from millions of travelers. Your mission Own and evolve the GraphQL API layer serving our most critical customer-facing surfaces, including search, discovery, and checkout. Design schemas and query patterns that balance flexibility for consumers with performance and reliability at scale. Establish and enforce API Platform standards: schema governance, deprecation policies, federation patterns, and query complexity controls. Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks — N+1 patterns, over-fetching, slow resolvers — in production systems under real traffic. Partner with product engineering teams as an internal platform owner: unblock them, onboard them, and raise the quality bar across the org. Drive observability: query tracing, latency analysis, and SLA monitoring for the GraphQL layer. Mentor engineers across the org on GraphQL best practices. Your toolkit 5+ years of backend software engineering experience, with at least 2 years focused on GraphQL in a production environment. Deep, hands-on GraphQL expertise: schema design, federation (Apollo Federation or equivalent), re