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 Engineering department, we build the scalable and fault-tolerant systems. Our systems cover all major areas of our business: website, mobile apps, affiliate apis, inventory and pricing, product information, customer data, communications, partner data, booking systems, payments, finance and more. These mission-critical systems change frequently with dozens of releases per day, so we must employ state-of-the-art CI/CD, experimentation and advanced 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 React, Redux state management, Javascript, Kotlin, Scala, data technologies like Kafka, Aerospike and Big Data, and agile development practices. Most importantly though, we hire great people from all around the world and empower them to be successful. Whether you’re building new projects like Flights and Packages or innovating on the latest fintech idea or reimagining our existing business, you’ll make a big impact as part of our Engineering team. **The Opportunity:** The Senior Engineering Manager role at Agoda is one of the most significant and challenging roles in Technology. The right candidate has both deep technical knowledge and exhibits extremely strong leadership and people development skills. They should also have experience leading large engineering teams and managing managers. **In this Role, you’ll get to:** * Manage large engineering teams * Directly manage engineering managers and star engineers. * Provide technical input into new business ideas * Work with senior leadership up to C-level * Work and drive initiatives outside of your core team * Build and guide the technical roadmap for your area * Take ownership of major projects that are strategic to Agoda. * It’s important to have a love of engineering and a passion for building things elegantly and at scale. Staying in touch with where the industry is going is crucial, and it’s important to have strong opinions about how systems should be architected, engineered, and maintained. * Developing people – Despite our investment and belief in technology, people are still our greatest asset. The right candidate will have a keen interest in developing people: inspiring those around them so they can achieve their potential. Being able to bring A-players such as yourself from outside and integrating them into the business will also be important. **What you’ll Need to Succeed:** * Experience managing large engineering teams (>25 people) * Experience hiring and managing engineering managers * Experience developing future engineering managers from within the company * Experience rapidly growing a team * Experience communicating to C-level * At least 5 years of experience managing engineering teams, 10+ years of experience in software engineering. * Demonstrable experience as a system owner with operational responsibility * Able to operate with autonomously: making decisions, setting KPIs, with a strong sense of ownership * Extremely proficient in at least one programming language (React, Javascript, Kotlin, Scala, Java, C#) * Knowledge in scale, microservices and clean architecture. * A focus on velocity and quality, along with the right engineering metrics to guide and improve these. * Excellent people management and communication skills. * Minimum a B.S. in Computer Science or quantitative field; **It’s great if you have many of these:** * Proficiency in range of backend programming languages. * Experience in data engineering * Have experience managing in a data driven company with experience analyzing and working with Big Data * A key player at an Internet company that is at scale with large numbers of users and transactions per second * Worked on global projects serving world markets with distributed data centers. * Experience in Fintech / Financial Systems
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)
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** Fintech is one of the fastest growing areas in Agoda and we are rapidly expanding our tech team. We work closely with the finance business team and our Fintech product owners to reduce risk, drive efficiencies and move on new market opportunities in this exciting field. We have a wide range of projects from traditional finance to cutting-edge customer fintech. For example, reconciliation using Big Data technologies, growing and optimizing customer payments options, tax calculations in milli-second r esponse times and a mesh of supplier payment options like virtual credit cards. It’s a hot field and the perfect mix of data engineering and backend engineering. **The Opportunity** In this role, you will not only develop robust backend systems but also architect and maintain scalable data pipelines and storage solutions that support complex data collection, processing, and analysis. Your dual expertise in backend and data engineering will play a crucial role in optimizing our financial technology solutions and driving informed business decisions through reliable data insights. **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 across fintech * Boost System Performance: build systems that are stable, scalable, and highly performant to meet the dynamic demands of the financial landscape * Write great code and help others write great code – mentor people in your team and wider * Collaborate with other teams and departments * 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. Leadership at Agoda isn’t just managing tasks but inspiring innovation and driving vision into reality * Foster Cross-Functional Collaboration: work with diverse teams to drive forward product and technology goals * Shape our future team: Play a pivotal role in recruiting and onboarding exceptional talent **What You’ll Need to Succeed** * **8+ years** of experience with strong proficiency in Java, Kotlin, Scala with a proven track record of developing high-performance applications in production settings. Insightful experience with big data technologies like Hadoop, real-time processing frameworks (e.g., Apache Spark), and advanced knowledge of SQL and data architecture * Thinks in systems: their edge cases, failure modes, and life cycles * Uses a metrics driven approach and can make informed decisions using data * You are passionate about the craft of software development and constantly work to improve your knowledge and skills * Experience with Scrum/Agile development methodologies * Excellent verbal and written English communication skills * Experience with operational excellence and a deep understanding of metrics, alarms and dashboards **It’s Great If You Have** * Experience working in a modern FinTech or Payments organization * Domain knowledge in any of these areas: financial reconciliation, financial reporting, tax, payout methods like virtual credit cards or customer payments * Hands-on experience working with technologies like Spark for data processing, ETLs for data pipelines and queueing systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ) * Core engineering infrastructure tools like GitLab for source control and Continuous Integration, Kubernetes * Experience developing, maintaining and debugging large-scale distributed systems * Experience in leading projects, initiatives and/or teams, with full ownership of the systems involved **This position is based in Bangkok, Thailand (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)
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** Fintech is one of the fastest growing areas in Agoda and we are rapidly expanding our tech team. We work closely with the finance business team and our Fintech product owners to reduce risk, drive efficiencies and move on new market opportunities in this exciting field. We have a wide range of projects from traditional finance to cutting-edge customer fintech. For example, reconciliation using Big Data technologies, growing and optimizing customer payments options, tax calculations in milli-second response times and a mesh of supplier payment options like virtual credit cards. It’s a hot field and the perfect mix of data engineering and backend engineering. **The Opportunity** **In this role, you will not only develop robust backend systems but also architect and maintain scalable data pipelines and storage solutions that support complex data collection, processing, and analysis. Your dual expertise in backend and data engineering will play a crucial role in optimizing our financial technology solutions and driving informed business decisions through reliable data insights.** **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 across fintech * Boost System Performance: build systems that are stable, scalable, and highly performant to meet the dynamic demands of the financial landscape * Write great code and help others write great code – mentor people in your team and wider * Collaborate with other teams and departments * 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. Leadership at Agoda isn’t just managing tasks but inspiring innovation and driving vision into reality. * Foster Cross-Functional Collaboration: work with diverse teams to drive forward product and technology goals * Shape our future team: Play a pivotal role in recruiting and onboarding exceptional talent **What You’ll Need to Succeed** * **10+ years** of experience with strong proficiency in **Java, Kotlin, Scala, or C#**with a proven track record of developing high-performance applications in production settings. Insightful experience with big data technologies like Hadoop, real-time processing frameworks (e.g., Apache Spark), and advanced knowledge of SQL and data architecture. * Thinks in systems: their edge cases, failure modes, and life cycles * Uses a metrics driven approach and can make informed decisions using data * You are passionate about the craft of software development and constantly work to improve your knowledge and skills * Experience with Scrum/Agile development methodologies * Excellent verbal and written English communication skills * Experience with operational excellence and a deep understanding of metrics, alarms and dashboards **It’s Great If You Have** * Experience working in a modern FinTech or Payments organization * Domain knowledge in any of these areas: financial reconciliation, financial reporting, tax, payout methods like virtual credit cards or customer payments * Hands-on experience working with technologies like Spark for data processing, ETLs for data pipelines and queueing systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ). * Core engineering infrastructure tools like GitLab for source control and Continuous Integration, Kubernetes * Experience developing, maintaining and debugging large-scale distributed systems * Experience in leading projects, initiatives and/or teams, with full ownership of the systems involved **This position is based in Bangkok, Thailand. (Relocation package is provided)**
You will join Agoda's Display & App Marketing engineering team to build and maintain large-scale systems that power performance marketing across global advertising channels. Your work will involve managing high-volume hotel feeds, processing advertisement images, and integrating with major advertising platforms like Google Ads and Meta. You will collaborate closely with Marketing, Product, and Data teams to deliver reliable, efficient, and scalable engineering solutions that drive real business impact. This role offers the opportunity to shape systems and working methods end-to-end, from design and implementation to operational excellence at a global scale. You will design, build, and operate backend services and data pipelines that support performance marketing use cases, including hotel feeds, ad platform integrations, and experiment data. You will actively participate in the full development lifecycle, from design and implementation to testing, deployment, and production support. You will proactively identify and improve system reliability, scalability, data quality, and operational efficiency while writing clear, maintainable code and engaging in code reviews and technical discussions.
You will be responsible for managing hotel-level relationships within Japan, focusing on growing the coverage and quality of Agoda's supply network. You will work closely with a portfolio of high-growth supply partners to identify revenue opportunities and implement innovative solutions. Your role involves strategic consulting to help partners excel on the Agoda platform, requiring a deep understanding of accommodation needs and market dynamics. You will serve as a direct contributor to Agoda's market leadership by fostering long-term, cross-border partnerships that deliver value to both the company and its customers. This position requires you to engage with partners through various communication channels, including phone, email, and webinars, to drive business growth. You will utilize data and internal dashboards to prioritize tasks and execute focused project sprints. Additionally, you will train partners on Agoda's technologies and tools while monitoring results and tracking progress in internal systems. The role demands a proactive approach to responding to partner requests and maintaining high standards of service in a competitive industry.
This role focuses on managing hotel-level relationships within Japan to grow the coverage and quality of Agoda's supply network. You will work with a portfolio of high-growth supply partners, serving as a strategic consultant who offers advice on how to excel on the commercial platform. The position requires close collaboration with partners to identify revenue growth opportunities and innovative solutions. You will be responsible for executing focused project sprints and training partners on Agoda's technologies, tools, and models. The role demands the ability to prioritize daily tasks, monitor results, and track progress using internal systems and data dashboards. You will communicate efficiently with partners through various channels, including phone, email, messaging, and webinars, ensuring timely and effective responses to all requests.
You will join the Customer Experience Group (CEG) Consumer team to design self-service tools that help customers resolve booking issues. Your work will focus on reducing friction and frustration in the guest experience. As a senior designer, you will lead the direction and execution of these experiences across the space you own. You will collaborate closely with product managers, engineers, researchers, and cross-functional partners to drive your segment of Agoda and deliver solutions to complex challenges. You will be responsible for running discovery phases to define product requirements and testing prototypes with users to gather feedback. You will present your work to peers and leadership both asynchronously and in person. You will actively participate in weekly design critiques, workshops, all-hands meetings, and squad meetings. Additionally, you will document your design process and decisions to ensure clarity and alignment across the team.
You will be responsible for managing hotel-level relationships within Japan to grow the coverage and quality of Agoda's supply network. Your role involves engaging with high-growth supply partners to highlight revenue opportunities and innovative solutions. You will serve as a strategic consultant, offering advice on how to excel on the Agoda platform and execute focused project sprints to drive results. You will communicate efficiently with partners through various channels, including phone, email, messaging, and webinars. Using data and dashboards, you will prioritize tasks, monitor results, and track progress in internal systems. Additionally, you will train and inform partners on Agoda's technologies, tools, and models while responding to partner requests in a timely and effective manner.