Senior Software Engineer, GraphQL - API Platform

GetYourGuide is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to own and evolve the GraphQL API layer powering customer-facing surfaces like search, discovery, and checkout. The role involves designing schemas, enforcing API platform standards, resolving performance bottlenecks, and mentoring engineers.

• 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.

• 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), resolvers, dataloader patterns, persisted queries, and query cost analysis.
• Proven track record operating GraphQL at scale — high-throughput, customer-facing APIs where reliability and latency directly affect user experience.
• Strong grasp of distributed systems: how to design services that are observable, resilient, and easy to reason about under load.
• Fluency in at least one of: Java, Go, or Node.js.
• Ability to prioritize and manage stakeholders; known for good communication and collaboration skills.
• Positive, proactive team player who is passionate about their craft. You find mentoring and sharing knowledge fulfilling.
• Customer-centric prioritization and data-driven decision-making mindset.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

• Annual personal growth budget and mentorship programs for continuous learning and development
• Work from anywhere in the world for 30 days per year
• A hybrid working approach with three days of in office collaboration (Mon, Tue, Thur) and two days of optional at home focus time.
• Opportunities to collaborate and socialize with team members through quarterly team events and yearly company-wide events
• Monthly transportation and fitness budget
• Discounts for you, your friends, and family on GetYourGuide activities
• Language reimbursement program
• Health and wellness benefits