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Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Employment type: Contract. Seniority level: Mid-Senior level. Job function: Information Technology. Industries: Technology, Information and Internet.
As you contemplate your future, you might be asking yourself, what's the next step? Start your journey with us! We're seeking an experienced System Engineer to join our team of experienced DevOps Engineers in Barcelona (Hybrid) to drive financial accountability into the heart of our platform. By providing transparent cost insights and leveraging AI for optimization, we empower engineering teams to make architectural decisions that balance high performance with maximum cost efficiency. Our team is diverse and skilled, offering a range of platform services within our company. We manage the Internal Developer Platform (IDP), AI implementations, security tooling, FinOps frameworks, and the GitOps deployment ecosystem. If you're ready to soar, we're ready to take you there.
Why eDreams ODIGEO?
- Join the world's leading travel subscription platform.
- Millions of customers every year across 44 markets – 5 brands – over 7.7 million Prime members since launching in 2017.
- 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.
- We pioneered Prime, the first and largest travel subscription programme, which has topped over 7.7 million members since launching in 2017. 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:
- Lead FinOps Initiatives: Drive the implementation of the FinOps framework across the company, focusing on cost management, optimization, and financial accountability.
- Build the IDP: Implement and enrich our Internal Developer Platform (Backstage) to improve developer experience.
- Engineer Infrastructure: Provision infrastructure and services including deployment platforms, monitoring, and security tools.
- Automate Everything: Automate, test, and deploy robust solutions to streamline processes. Maintain and optimize this automation for high scalability.
- Innovate with AI: Implement and deploy AI agents for specialized task execution.
- R&D;: Research emerging technologies to continuously evolve the platform.
Tech stack:
- Cloud & Containerization: Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Kubernetes (GKE), Docker, Helm, …
- IaC & GitOps: Terraform, ArgoCD, Flux, Crossplane.
- Internal Platform: Backstage (Spotify).
- Platform & Observability: Datadog, BigQuery, Grafana, Istio observability tools, …
What you need to succeed:
Good to have
- Experience: 5+ years of DevOps/Platform Engineering experience maintaining complex information systems.
- Critical Thinking & Strategic Mindset: You don't just execute tasks; you challenge assumptions. You have the ability to evaluate architectural trade-offs (e.g., build vs. buy) and analyze the cost-benefit impact of technical decisions (FinOps).
- Cloud Native: Proven expertise with container orchestration (Kubernetes) and cloud services, ideally Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
- Coding: Strong programming skills in Python or Go are essential.
- Tooling: Strong command of Git, Docker, Helm, and CI systems (Jenkins, GitLab-CI).
- Deployment: Expertise in GitOps tools like ArgoCD or Flux.
- Infrastructure as Code: Proficiency with Terraform.
- Bonus: Previous knowledge or experience with FinOps methodologies.
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 adaptable 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!