Staff Software Engineer – Back End (Bangkok based, Relocation provided)

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.

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.

Agoda 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.

What You’ll Need to Succeed

* **10+ 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)

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.

Agoda 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.

* **10+ 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.

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

Agoda will be holding a fast-track 1-Day Interview program for this position on 11 September 2026, would you be open to participating?