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# Staff/Lead Software Engineer, Back End (Bangkok based - Relocation provided) at Agoda

- **Company:** Agoda
- **Location:** Bangkok, Thailand
- **Posted:** 2026-05-03
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-06
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/agoda/jobs/7880990

## Job description

## About Agoda

At Agoda, we bridge the world through travel. Our story began in 2005, when two lifelong friends and entrepreneurs, driven by their passion for travel, launched Agoda to make it easier for everyone to explore the world.

Today, we are part of Booking Holdings [NASDAQ: BKNG], with a diverse team of over 7,000 people from 90 countries, working together in offices around the globe. Every day, we connect people to destinations and experiences, with our great deals across our millions of hotels and holiday properties, flights, and experiences worldwide.

No two days are the same at Agoda. Data and technology are at the heart of our culture, fueling our curiosity and innovation. If you’re ready to begin your best journey and help build travel for the world, join us.

This position is based in Bangkok, Thailand (Relocation package is provided)

Get to Know our Team

In Agoda’s Back End Engineering department, we build the scalable, fault-tolerant systems and APIs that host our core business logic. Our systems cover all major areas of our business: inventory and pricing, product information, customer data, communications, partner data, booking systems, payments, and more. These mission-critical systems change frequently with dozens of releases per day, so we must employ state-of-the-art CI/CD and testing techniques in order to make sure everything works without any downtime. We also ensure that our systems are self-healing, responding gracefully to extreme loads or unexpected input. In order to accomplish this, we use state-of-the-art languages like Scala and Go, data technologies like Kafka and Aerospike, and agile development practices. Most importantly though, we hire great people from all around the world and empower them to be successful. Whether it’s building new projects like Flights and Packages or reimagining our existing business, you’ll make a big impact as part of the Back End Engineering team.

In this Role, you'll get to:

- Lead the development of product features, experiments, technical initiatives, and complex systems.
- Act as a technical leader by shaping architecture decisions, Influence and coach distributed team of engineers
- Continuously improve system architecture and drive better software design and engineering practices.
- Play a key role in strengthening agile and scrum ways of working.
- Collaborate closely with backend, client-side, and infrastructure teams to deliver the best technical solutions.
- Proactively identify opportunities to enhance products, code quality, and development processes.
- Write high-quality, maintainable code while supporting others in doing the same.
- Influence and drive important technical decisions across the organization.

What you'll Need to Succeed:

- 10+ years of experience building performance-critical applications in production environments using JVM tech stack (Java, Scala OR Kotlin)
- Proven experience leading projects, technical initiatives, and/or engineering teams, with full ownership of the systems involved
- Hands-on experience with data platforms such as SQL, Cassandra, or Hadoop, and a solid understanding of selecting the right data solution for different application needs
- Strong knowledge of algorithms and data structures
- Demonstrated excellence in software development and coding
- A proven ability to improve team productivity and effectiveness through KPI-driven engineering practices
- Strong software architecture skills, with experience driving architectural decisions within a team
- A passion for software craftsmanship, continuous learning, and engineering excellence
- Excellent written and verbal English communication skills

## What We Offer

Full Relocation and Onboarding Support:

- Visa sponsorship for you and your family
- Flights, settling-in allowance, and temporary housing
- Dedicated relocation and settling-in advisors
- Relocation buddy program and community events

Family & Expat Benefits:

- Partner & children support (school search, legal, etc.)
- International health insurance
- Flexible home visit support

Agoda Perks:

- Hybrid working (Bangkok HQ)
- Professional growth and learning budget
- Employee resource groups for every culture and background

Get to know first-hand testimonials of Agodans relocating from around the world to Bangkok: https://careersatagoda.com/agodans-in-bangkok/

Agoda’s Engineering Blog: https://medium.com/agoda-engineering

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Please review our Hiring Process Guidelines before your interview — click [here](https://careersatagoda.com/interview/)to learn how interviewing at Agoda works.

Discover more about working at Agoda

- Agoda Careers [https://careersatagoda.com](https://careersatagoda.com/)
- Facebook https://www.facebook.com/agodacareers/
- LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/agoda
- YouTube https://www.youtube.com/agodalife

## Equal Opportunity Employer

At Agoda, we pride ourselves on being a company represented by people of all different backgrounds and orientations. We prioritize attracting diverse talent and cultivating an inclusive environment that encourages collaboration and innovation. Employment at Agoda is based solely on a person’s merit and qualifications. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity regardless of sex, age, race, color, national origin, religion, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, citizenship, veteran or military status, and other legally protected characteristics.

We will keep your application on file so that we can consider you for future vacancies and you can always ask to have your details removed from the file. For more details please read our [privacy policy](https://careersatagoda.com/privacy-statement).

Disclaimer

We do not accept any terms or conditions, nor do we recognize any agency’s representation of a candidate, from unsolicited third-party or agency submissions. If we receive unsolicited or speculative CVs, we reserve the right to contact and hire the candidate directly without any obligation to pay a recruitment fee.

## About Agoda

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Agoda is a digital travel platform that helps travelers find great value deals on hotels, flights, and activities worldwide.
- **Entity Type**: Public (subsidiary of Booking Holdings Inc., NASDAQ: BKNG)
- **Headquarters**: Singapore
- **Founded**: 2005
- **Founders**: Robert Rosenstein and Michael Kenny

## Core Business
- Primary industry: Online travel and accommodation booking
- Target customers: B2C (leisure and business travelers globally)
- Mission/purpose: “Bridging the world through travel” – making travel easier, more affordable, and rewarding for everyone.

## Products & Services
- **[Agoda.com / Agoda mobile app]**: Online travel agency (OTA) offering booking for hotels, homes, villas, flights, and activities. Available in 39 languages with 24/7 customer support.
- **[Agoda Flights]**: Flight booking service launched in 2010.
- **[Agoda Easy Cancel / Hygiene Plus]**: Products introduced during the pandemic to offer flexible cancellation and enhanced cleanliness information.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed separately; parent company Booking Holdings has a market cap of approximately $140+ billion (as of mid-2025). Agoda is a key growth engine within the group.
- **Key Metric**: Over 7,000 employees; processes 1 trillion price checks daily; 2B+ user interactions captured daily; 12 PB of data processed monthly.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Wholly owned by Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG). Partnerships with over 6 million hotels and holiday properties globally.
- **Growth Signals**: Expanded to 27 markets; launched new products during COVID-19 (ASQ, Go Local, Easy Cancel); continues to hire aggressively across engineering, product, and analytics roles.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Scale & Data**: Access to Booking Holdings’ global network and massive data pipeline (12 PB/month, 1 trillion price checks/day) enables real-time pricing optimization and personalization.
- **Tech-First Culture**: Data-driven experimentation (1,000+ live experiments at any time), heavy use of GenAI, and a strong engineering focus.
- **Asia Home Base**: Deep roots in Asia-Pacific with a large office in Bangkok, giving local market insights and cost advantages.
- **Parent Support**: Backed by one of the world’s largest online travel companies, providing financial stability and cross-selling opportunities.

## Strategic Focus
- **Growth through technology**: Continued investment in AI, machine learning, and experimentation to improve search, pricing, and user experience.
- **Expanding product offerings**: Growing beyond accommodation into flights, activities, and domestic travel options.
- **Sustainability**: Integrating sustainability initiatives into operations and offerings.
- **Talent acquisition**: Actively hiring across multiple functions (engineering, product, data, marketing) to support global expansion.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as “data-driven to the core” with a focus on experimentation, ownership, and direct respect. Inclusive environment with 90+ nationalities represented.
- **Flexibility**: Hybrid workplace balancing in-office and work-from-home days; employees can work from anywhere for up to 30 calendar days per year.
- **Benefits**: Competitive perks, flexible benefits, relocation support for key roles, and recognition as an award-winning workplace (Fortune World’s Most Admired Companies 2025, TIME/Statista World’s Best Companies 2023, Forbes World’s Top Companies for Women 2023).
- **Engineering & Analytics**: Strong emphasis on tech – 1,000+ live experiments, 12 PB data/month, and a “scientist” mindset across teams. Opportunities to work on massive-scale systems.
- **Community**: Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) for belonging and inclusion; lively social events like AgodaFest.

## Sources
1. [agoda.com](https://www.agoda.com/about-agoda/)
2. [careersatagoda.com](https://careersatagoda.com/our-culture/)
3. [careersatagoda.com](https://careersatagoda.com/)
4. [job-boards.greenhouse.io](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/agoda)
5. [linkedin.com](https://au.linkedin.com/company/agoda)

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