Gurgaon, Haryana, India · On-site
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…
Skills: Java, Scala, Kotlin, Go, Distributed Systems
Bangkok, Thailand · On-site
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…
Skills: Technical Account Management, API Integrations, SQL, Excel, Data Analysis
Bangkok, Thailand · Hybrid
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…
Skills: ML Ops, LLM Ops, Product Management, System Design, RAG
Tokyo, Japan · On-site
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…
Skills: Strategic Planning, Account Management, Team Leadership, Business Development, Analytical Skills
Cairo, Cairo, Egypt · On-site
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…
Skills: Account Management, Business Development, B2B Engagement, Negotiation, Data Analysis
Bangkok, Thailand · Hybrid
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…
Skills: Accounts Receivable, Revenue Operations, Financial Compliance, Cash-Flow Optimization, Risk Management
Bangkok, Thailand · On-site
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…
Skills: Project Management, Project Coordination, Cross-functional Collaboration, Data Analysis, Problem Solving
Bangkok, Thailand · On-site
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…
Skills: Interview Scheduling, Candidate Experience, Stakeholder Management, Organizational Skills, English Proficiency
Bangkok, Thailand · On-site
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…
Skills: SQL, Tableau, Excel, VLOOKUP, Pivot Tables
Bangkok, Thailand · On-site
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…
Skills: SQL, BI Development, ETL/ELT, Data Modeling, Python
Bangkok, Thailand · On-site
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…
Skills: Financial Modeling, Strategic Thinking, Commercial Acumen, Data Analysis, Executive Presentation
Toronto, Ontario, Canada · Hybrid
$80k–$120k/yr
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…
Skills: SQL, Tableau, Excel, Python, R
Bangkok, Thailand · On-site
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…
Skills: Business Development, Account Management, Data Analysis, Strategic Consulting, Interpersonal Communication
Bangkok, Thailand · On-site
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…
Skills: Python, SQL, REST APIs, Git, Web Development
Bangkok, Thailand · Hybrid
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…
Skills: Customer Focus, Thai Language Proficiency, English Language Proficiency, Problem Solving, Time Management
Bangkok, Thailand · Hybrid
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…
Skills: Product Management, Tax Platform Strategy, Indirect Tax, VAT/GST, E-invoicing
Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · On-site
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…
Skills: Online Reputation Management, Social Listening, People Management, Data Analysis, SQL
Seoul, South Korea · On-site
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…
Skills: Product Strategy, Data Analysis, Market Localization, Quantitative Analysis, Cross-functional Leadership
New York, New York, United States · On-site
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Skills: US Employment Law, Litigation Management, Regulatory Compliance, External Counsel Management, Risk Management
Tokyo, Japan · On-site
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…
Skills: Product Strategy, Data Analysis, Market Localization, Quantitative Analysis, Cross-functional Leadership
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Lead the architecture, design, and development of complex, high-scale distributed backend systems for a global travel platform. Drive technical direction and mentor engineers while remaining an active contributor to production code and system stability.
Requires 11+ years of experience building large-scale backend systems with strong expertise in Java, Scala, Kotlin, or Go. Must have a proven track record of leading technical initiatives and designing high-throughput, highly available applications.
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.
Lead and shape backend systems at scale for global travel experiences
Drive technical direction and deliver complex backend systems powering millions of users worldwide.
About the Team
At Agoda, our Backend Engineering organization builds high-scale, fault-tolerant distributed systems that power a global travel platform serving millions of users daily. Our systems span mission-critical domains including inventory, pricing, booking, payments, and customer/partner platforms.
We operate with high availability, low latency, and zero-downtime expectations, leveraging technologies like Scala, Go, Java, Kotlin, Kafka, and Aerospike, supported by strong practices in CI/CD, automation, and observability, and engineering excellence.
We ship fast — with dozens of daily releases — and design systems that are resilient, scalable, and continuously evolving.
The Opportunity
As a Lead Backend Engineer, you will own critical systems end-to-end, drive technical direction, and lead large initiatives. You will combine architecture, execution, and technical leadership to build scalable, reliable, and high-quality solutions that power Agoda's global platform. You will influence engineering decisions beyond your immediate team, mentor engineers, shape development practices, and help raise the organization’s technical bar.
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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.
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.
Begin your best career journey here.
At Agoda, we bridge the world through travel. We aim to make it easy and rewarding for more travelers to explore and experience the amazing world we live in. We do so by enabling more people to see the world for less – with our best-value deals across our 6,000,000+ hotels and holiday properties, 130,000+ flight routes, 360,000+ activities, and more. Agoda was founded in 2005 in Thailand by two lifelong friends with a shared passion for travel. Today, Agoda is part of Booking Holdings [BKNG], and we have more than 7,000 employees from 90 nationalities in offices across Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas. In every department – from engineering to customer support – you’ll find that data and technology are at the heart of our culture. There’s never a boring day at Agoda as we aim to make travel hassle-free for everyone. If you’re ready to begin your best journey with us and help us build travel for the world, join us. For properties seeking partnership with Agoda, visit https://connect.agoda.com - Recruitment Scam Alert: We know that searching for a new career opportunity is an exciting step, and we want to help make sure your experience stays safe and secure. If you’re chatting with someone from Agoda, please note that we only use “@agoda.com” or “@agoda.global” email domains, and all legitimate Agoda job opportunities are posted here on our career website. We will never ask for payment or personal banking information during the recruitment process. If you’re ever unsure, take a moment to verify the sender’s email address. If you come across suspicious activity, please report it to https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/ask/TS-RPS
Offices: 20 Cecil Street, #1401, GSH Plaza, Singapore, Singapore 049705, SG · Bangkok, TH · 50 Bridge St, Sydney, NSW 2000, AU · Shanghai, CN · Terez korut 55, Budapest, Budapest 1062, HU
Begin your best career journey here.
At Agoda, we bridge the world through travel. We aim to make it easy and rewarding for more travelers to explore and experience the amazing world we live in. We do so by enabling more people to see the world for less – with our best-value deals across our 6,000,000+ hotels and holiday properties, 130,000+ flight routes, 360,000+ activities, and more. Agoda was founded in 2005 in Thailand by two lifelong friends with a shared passion for travel. Today, Agoda is part of Booking Holdings [BKNG], and we have more than 7,000 employees from 90 nationalities in offices across Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas. In every department – from engineering to customer support – you’ll find that data and technology are at the heart of our culture. There’s never a boring day at Agoda as we aim to make travel hassle-free for everyone. If you’re ready to begin your best journey with us and help us build travel for the world, join us. For properties seeking partnership with Agoda, visit https://connect.agoda.com - Recruitment Scam Alert: We know that searching for a new career opportunity is an exciting step, and we want to help make sure your experience stays safe and secure. If you’re chatting with someone from Agoda, please note that we only use “@agoda.com” or “@agoda.global” email domains, and all legitimate Agoda job opportunities are posted here on our career website. We will never ask for payment or personal banking information during the recruitment process. If you’re ever unsure, take a moment to verify the sender’s email address. If you come across suspicious activity, please report it to https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/ask/TS-RPS
Offices: 20 Cecil Street, #1401, GSH Plaza, Singapore, Singapore 049705, SG · Bangkok, TH · 50 Bridge St, Sydney, NSW 2000, AU · Shanghai, CN · Terez korut 55, Budapest, Budapest 1062, HU
