Staff Software Engineer - Back End (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>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Get to Know our Team​</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":13,"335551620":13,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">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.​</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":13,"335551620":13,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":13,"335551620":13,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">​</span><strong><span data-contrast="auto">The Opportunity​</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":13,"335551620":13,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">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.​</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":13,"335551620":13,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":13,"335551620":13,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">​</span><strong><span data-contrast="auto">What You’ll Need to Succeed​</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":13,"335551620":13,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}">&nbsp;</span></p> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><strong><span data-contrast="auto">10+ years</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto"> of experience developing performance-critical applications in a production environment using </span><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Scala, Java, Kotlin</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto">&nbsp;or relevant modern programming languages.​</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":13,"335551620":13,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}">&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"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">Strong RDBMS knowledge (SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, or other).​</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":13,"335551620":13,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}">&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Ability to direct significant company-wide projects and sets technical vision.​</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":13,"335551620":13,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}">&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Good command of the English language.​</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":13,"335551620":13,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}">&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="5" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Deeply involved in making architectural decisions, setting the standard and direction for the team.​</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":13,"335551620":13,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}">&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font=