Senior Lead Software Engineer (Tax Solution), FinTech (Bangkok based, Relocation provided)

About this role

<div class="content-intro"><p></p> <p><strong>About Agoda</strong></p> <p>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.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>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.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>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.</p></div><p><strong>Get to Know our Team</strong></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Agoda’s FinTech teams build and&nbsp;operate&nbsp;the platforms that power our global financial ecosystem. From payments and reconciliation to tax, compliance, and financial reporting, these systems sit at the core of how we scale our business reliably and responsibly.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">As Agoda continues to grow across markets, products, and partner ecosystems, tax technology plays a critical role in enabling compliant, scalable, and efficient financial operations. Our teams work across&nbsp;product, engineering, finance, and architecture to design robust solutions that balance control, flexibility, and innovation.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">In this role, you will help shape the future of Agoda’s tax technology landscape, partnering with stakeholders across Finance and Technology to build resilient, enterprise-grade solutions that support a fast-moving global business.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>The Opportunity</strong></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">We are looking for a&nbsp;Platform&nbsp;Architect&nbsp;to define and drive the technical direction of Agoda’s Tax technology ecosystem within FinTech. In this role, you will own the architecture vision and roadmap for scalable, secure, and compliant&nbsp;tax platforms that support Agoda’s global financial operations, high transaction volumes, and evolving regulatory needs.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335551550":0,"335551620":0}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">You will work closely with Finance domain experts, product managers, engineering teams, and fellow architects to translate complex tax rules and business requirements into robust technical solutions across Agoda’s internal systems, data flows, tax engines, and selected third-party platforms.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335551550":0,"335551620":0}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">As a senior technical leader, you will&nbsp;operate&nbsp;from strategy through implementation detail: guiding architectural decisions, challenging trade-offs, coaching engineering teams, and ensuring our tax platforms are resilient, adaptable, observable, and built for Agoda’s scale. You will help balance compliance and governance with engineering velocity, cost efficiency, and long-term platform quality.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335551550":0,"335551620":0}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p> <p><strong><u>This position is based in Bangkok, Thailand. (Relocation support is provided)</u></strong></p> <p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p> <p><strong>In this Role, you'll get to:</strong></p> <ul> <li><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">Shape the technical direction, architecture strategy, and long-term roadmap for Agoda’s Tax technology ecosystem, aligning Finance, regulatory, product, and engineering goals.</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="10" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">Own the architecture of mission-critical platforms and capabilities, ensuring they are scalable, secure, resilient, observable, and adaptable to Agoda’s global scale</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">, with the key starting focus being the Tax platform.</span></span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="10" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">Design end-to-end solutions across internal systems, tax engines, APIs, data flows, and selected third-party platforms where they create clear business and technical value.</span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="10" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">Work hands-on with engineering teams on key technical decisions, system design, </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">implementation</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">&nbsp;trade-offs, proof-of-concepts, and critical architecture components.</span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="10" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbo