Senior DevOps Developer

This role is eligible for our hybrid work model: 2 days in-office

This job posting is for an existing, currently vacant position.

Senior DevOps Engineer

Our Technology team is the backbone of our company: constantly creating, testing, learning and iterating to better meet the needs of our customers. If you thrive in a fast-paced, ideas-led environment, you’re in the right place.

Why this job’s a big deal:

Priceline has created world class travel applications and the DevOps Engineering Team is responsible for activities that ensure the quality, reliability and stability of production systems and services. DevOps is the “engine room” of our company. We keep the systems that run our business online and running efficiently.  Our team is fast moving and the work is always different. Come and help solve problems that improve how our business runs!

In this role you will get to:

• Build and strengthen the DevOps foundations for Data Engineering, ML/AI, and Data Science teams

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable, highly available infrastructure and data systems

• Lead DevOps initiatives with a strong focus on the GCP cloud ecosystem (mandatory), including tools, services, and uptime

• Architect, build, improve, and maintain CI/CD pipelines and internal release systems

• Drive CI/CD strategy with emphasis on reliability, scalability, and continuous improvement

• Automate deployment, scaling, monitoring, and operational workflows

• Continuously analyze and enhance existing CI/CD pipelines and environments

• Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve production issues, including performing root cause analysis and implementing preventive measures

• Build tools and automation to eliminate repetitive tasks and improve internal/customer experience

• Plan and support scaling of data infrastructure and capacity for various products

• Collaborate closely with Data Engineering, ML/AI teams, Data Scientists, Analysts, Enterprise Architects, SREs, and Infrastructure teams

• Participate in infrastructure design and project planning, assessing technical risks and impacts

• Ensure cybersecurity best practices across infrastructure and deployments

• Perform routine maintenance to ensure systems operate efficiently and reliably

• Document DevOps processes, infrastructure, and technical specifications clearly

• Mentor and guide junior engineers, fostering best practices and knowledge sharing

Who you are: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field. 

• 7+ years of progressively complex related experience.

• An understanding of DevOps principles and a desire to push the organization further.

• Hands-on experience with Google Cloud  services including Airflow / Google Cloud ComposerVertex AI, BigQuery, Dataproc, Dataflow, Cloud Storage (GCS), Pub/Sub, and IAM.

• Amazon Web Services and other cloud technologies is a plus.

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code: Terraform

• Strong experience with Kubernetes ecosystem, including Helm

• Exposure to deployment tools such as GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Jenkins and overall CI and CD knowledge

• Managing databases including MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, and Couchbase.

• Monitoring tools including cloud logging, splunk, and NewRelic.

• Scripting languages such as bash/shell and Python.

• Experience with project management software such as Jira.

• Good documentation skills.

• Illustrated history of living the values necessary to Priceline:  Customer, Innovation, Team, Accountability and Trust. 

• The Right Results, the Right Way is not just a motto at Priceline; it’s a way of life. Unquestionable integrity and ethics is essential.

There are a variety of factors that go into determining a salary range, including but not limited to external market benchmark data, geographic location, and years of experience sought/required. In addition to a competitive base salary, certain roles may be eligible for an annual bonus and/or equity grant.

The salary range for this position is $130,000- $165,000K CAD