# Being on-call as a software engineer - a challenging and fast learning experience

DevFeed: [Being on-call as a software engineer - a challenging and fast learning experience](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/being-on-call-as-a-software-engineer-a-challenging-and-fast-learning-experience-28017.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://tech.trivago.com/post/2022-01-12-engineeroncall/>)

Author: Stefan Nothaas Java Software; Backend Engineer

Published: 2022-01-12T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Trivago](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/trivago.md>)

Topics: [backends](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/backends.md>), [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [Google Cloud Platform (GCP)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/google-cloud.md>), [Kafka](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kafka.md>), [Kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kubernetes.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/systems.md>), [Command-line interface](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cli.md>)

Tags: [backends](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backends.md>), [blog-post](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog-post.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [devops](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/devops.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [engineering-culture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering-culture.md>), [experience](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/experience.md>), [google-cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/google-cloud.md>), [infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure.md>), [kafka](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kafka.md>), [kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kubernetes.md>), [learning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/learning.md>), [learnings](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/learnings.md>), [managed-services](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/managed-services.md>), [mistakes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mistakes.md>), [on-call](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/on-call.md>), [professional-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/professional-development.md>), [root-cause-analysis](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/root-cause-analysis.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>), [software-engineer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-engineer.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/systems.md>), [tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tooling.md>)

## AI overview

A trivago interview with backend engineer Stefan Nothaas examines his experience being on-call. It explains how on-call engineers respond to incidents, coordinate follow-up and root-cause analysis, and learn about infrastructure including Google Cloud, Kubernetes, Kafka and CLI tooling.

## Source excerpt

At trivago, we run webservices with complex backends in different regions around the globe 24/7. Our system is being iterated and developed on a daily basis. Naturally, mistakes will be made and...