--- title: 'Staff Software Engineer - Back End: Fast track 1-Day Program (Bangkok Based, Relocation Provided) at Agoda' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/staff-software-engineer-back-end-fast-track-1-day-program-bangkok-based-a0b2f0ggr1am' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-13' --- # Staff Software Engineer - Back End: Fast track 1-Day Program (Bangkok Based, Relocation Provided) at Agoda - **Company:** Agoda - **Location:** Bangkok, Thailand - **Posted:** 2026-09-11 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-13 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/agoda/jobs/8007045 ## 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. ## 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. Get to Know Our Team In Agoda's Back-End Engineering department, we build 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. We employ state-of-the-art CI/CD and testing techniques to ensure everything works without downtime. Our systems are self-healing, responding gracefully to extreme loads or unexpected input. We use modern languages like Kotlin and Scala, data technologies Kafka, Spark, MLflow, Kubeflow, VastStorage, StarRocks, and agile development practices. Most importantly, we hire great people from around the world and empower them to be successful. Fast-Track Opportunity: 1-Day Interview Program We're currently running a special 1-Day Interview Program for this role — a fast-track hiring format where you complete your entire interview process in a single day and receive an outcome within 24–48 hours. Upcoming Interview Day: 1st October 2026 What this means for you: - Complete all 4 interview rounds in one day — no waiting weeks between rounds - Get a decision within 24–48 hours after Interview Day - Skip the drawn-out back-and-forth of a traditional process - Full support from our TA team before, during, and after Interview Day What we need from you: - Full-day availability on 1st October 2026 (interviews run morning through afternoon) - Ability to confirm your participation within 24 hours of being invited - Comfort with a fast-paced process — progression between rounds is confirmed same-day If you'd like to be considered for this track, simply indicate your interest when you apply. Our TA team will reach out with full details and next steps. If the date doesn't work for you, you'll simply continue through our standard interview process instead. The Opportunity Agoda's Platform team is looking for developers to work on mission-critical systems that serve millions of users daily. You will have the chance to work on innovative projects, using cutting-edge technologies, and make a significant impact on our business and the travel industry. In This Role, You'll Get to - Think and own the full life cycle of our products, not just a single piece of code – from business requirements, technology selection, coding standards, agile development, unit and application testing, to CI/CD and proper monitoring - Design, develop and maintain platforms and data pipelines - Boost System Performance: build systems that are stable, scalable, and highly performant to meet the dynamic demands - Write great code and help others write great code – mentor people in your team and wider - Exceptional problem-solving skills coupled with a strategic mindset are essential. You possess the ability to adapt to new changes and the foresight to anticipate future needs. - Foster Cross-Functional Collaboration: work with diverse teams to drive forward product and technology goals ## What You'll Need to Succeed - 8+ years of experience developing performance-critical applications in a production environment using Scala, Java, Kotlin or relevant modern programming languages - Strong RDBMS knowledge (SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, or other) - Ability to direct significant company-wide projects and sets technical vision - Good command of the English language - Deeply involved in making architectural decisions, setting the standard and direction for the team - Implement advanced CI/CD pipelines and robust testing strategies to ensure seamless integration, deployment, and high code quality - Passion for software development and continuous improvement of your knowledge and skills It's Great if You Have - Knowledge in NoSQL, Queueing systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, MSMQ), and Play framework THIS POSITION IS BASED IN BANGKOK, THAILAND (RELOCATION  PROVIDED) #Bengaluru #Hyderabad #Gurgaon #SouthKorea #Berlin #London #Pakistan #Pune #SanFrancisco #SanJose #Seattle #TelAviv #Jakarta #Colombia #NewYork #Vietnam #Russia #Madrid #SaoPaulo #Noida #Toronto #Chennai #Singapore #Ukraine #UAE #Sunnyvale #BuenosAires #Austin #Barcelona #Nigeria #Mumbai #Paris #Egypt #Stockholm #Amsterdam #Romania #Serbia #NewDelhi #MountainView #Chile #Warsaw #Sydney #Bangladesh #Peru #SantaClara #Chicago #Munich #Montreal #Bangkok #Tallinn #Vilnius #Riga #Dublin #losangeles #sandiego #oakland #denver #miami #orlando #atlanta #boston #detroit #portland #philadelphia #dallas #houston #melbourne #perth #vancouver #shanghai #beijing #shenzhen #prague #Brno #Ostrava #cairo #alexandria #giza #estonia #hamburg #stuttgart #cologne #frankfurt #hongkong #budapest #bali #milan #rome #tokyo #osaka #kualalumpur #oslo #manila #krakow #bucharest #moscow #saintpetersburg #capetown #johannesburg #seoul #zurich #taipei #Phuket #istanbul #manchester #liverpool #edinburgh #kiev #hcmc #hanoi #wroclaw #poznan #katowice #rio #salvador #Delhi #IT #ENG #5 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. 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