--- title: 'Staff Software Engineer, GenAI at Agoda' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/staff-software-engineer-genai-agoda-singapore-kw80qhsc24z0' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-18' --- # Staff Software Engineer, GenAI at Agoda - **Company:** Agoda - **Location:** Singapore - **Posted:** 2026-10-08 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-18 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/agoda/jobs/8263843 ## 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. Get to Know Our Team We build the platforms and applications that help Agoda teams use generative AI in their daily work. Our scope includes shared model access, agent platforms, internal assistants, product tools and AI coding workflows. Based in Singapore, you will work with engineers and stakeholders across Agoda, including teams in other locations. The Opportunity As a Staff Software Engineer, you will design, build and run GenAI services, agents and applications that solve practical problems for Agoda teams. You will own delivery end-to-end - from understanding user needs and selecting a technical approach, through testing, release and production support. Your project focus will depend on your strengths and business priorities, and you will work with product, data and engineering partners to deliver agreed outcomes. ## What You Will Do - Design, build and run GenAI services, agents and applications that solve practical problems for Agoda teams. - Own the delivery lifecycle: understand user needs, select a technical approach, and support testing, release and production operations. - Improve AI quality, reliability, latency and cost using evaluations, monitoring and user feedback. - Build reusable APIs, tools and integrations with appropriate access controls and data protection. - Lead technical design discussions, make engineering decisions, and help other engineers improve their code and designs through constructive feedback. ## What You Will Bring - At least 8 years of professional software-engineering experience, including delivering and operating complex production systems. - At least 5 years of experience coding in one of the following modern programming languages: Python, Java, Kotlin, Scala, Go, C#, or TypeScript. - Hands-on experience building GenAI applications, agents, platforms, or AI-agent-serving systems, with demonstrable examples of your contribution. - Experience designing, testing and shipping reliable software through CI/CD, including debugging and resolving production issues. - Demonstrable examples of AI problem solving and of owning cross-functional team projects. - Ability to communicate effectively in English with stakeholders across international teams It is Great if You Have - Experience with retrieval-augmented generation, tool calling, agent orchestration or automated AI evaluation. - Experience evaluating agentic solutions. - Depth in one area such as distributed systems, frontend and full-stack applications, data pipelines, developer tools or ML infrastructure. - Experience with containers, Kubernetes, observability, privacy controls, or improving AI quality and operating costs. This role does not offer visa sponsorship or relocation assistance. Applicants must be Singapore citizens, Permanent Residents, or otherwise authorized to work in Singapore without employer sponsorship. 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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