Key skills
JavaGoKotlinScalaSparkKafkaHadoopAWSGCPCI/CDLeadershipCommunicationCollaboration
About this role
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 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.
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’ll combine architecture, execution, and leadership, guiding teams toward scalable and high-quality solutions.
What You’ll Do
- Lead end-to-end architecture and development of complex distributed systems
- Drive system design, API standards, and engineering practices across teams
- Own delivery and technical direction of key systems and initiatives
- Lead large, complex technical projects with cross-team collaboration
- Make and guide key technical decisions impacting multiple components/systems
- Balance technical trade-offs with business impact and scalability goals
- Stay hands-on with coding and system design where needed
- Mentor engineers and actively elevate team capability and quality bar
- Align stakeholders and drive execution across teams
- Lead production stability, incident management, and systemic improvements
What We’re Looking For
- Proven experience delivering complex distributed systems at scale
- Strong expertise in: Java, Scala, Kotlin, or Go
Deep expertise in:
- Distributed systems and architecture
- API design and microservices
- Performance, scalability, and system reliability
- Experience leading large technical initiatives end-to-end
- Strong ability to drive decisions and guide teams
- Excellent communication and stakeholder alignment skills
Nice to Have
- Experience building or owning large-scale platforms across multiple services/domains
- Experience or strong exposure to event-driven architectures (e.g., Kafka) in high-scale systems
- Experience with cloud architecture (AWS/GCP), CI/CD, and DevOps practices
- Experience driving cross-team technical initiatives or migrations
- Familiarity with data platforms (Spark, Hadoop) or high-volume data systems
- Experience working in global product organizations with distributed teams
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Equal Opportunity Employer
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.
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Disclaimer
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