About the company
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.
Responsibilities
- Lead full-stack architecture and system design for features used by millions of customers across web and cross-platform environments.
- Own complex end-to-end systems: Take responsibility for building, integrating, and maintaining both frontend and backend components, including the critical Backend for Frontend (BFF) layer.
- Mentor and guide high-performing teams: Provide technical leadership, drive engineering excellence, and support the growth of your peers.
- Drive technical decisions: Influence architecture and best practices across multiple squads, ensuring scalable, reliable, and high-quality solutions.
- Collaborate with Product and Design: Work closely with cross-functional partners to deliver cohesive, user-centered features and experiments that directly impact business outcomes.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with a strong record of technical leadership and end-to-end ownership.
- Expertise in Java, Kotlin, .NET, and JavaScript/TypeScript, plus hands-on experience with frameworks such as Node.js and React (or similar TypeScript frameworks).
- Proven experience leading end-to-end architecture on high-traffic, high-availability platforms, ideally with exposure to cross-platform or migration projects (e.g., native to WebView).
- BFF (Backend for Frontend) experience is a must: You have designed, built, or maintained BFF layers (language flexible—C#, Kotlin, Java, etc.) that bridge frontend and backend systems.
- Track record of technical mentorship, cross-team collaboration, and solving ambiguous, complex problems in fast-paced environments.
- Strong API and middleware skills: Ability to design and implement APIs and backend services tailored for frontend needs.
Nice to Have
- Experience with Scala or other JVM languages.
- Exposure to cloud platforms, microservices, and modern DevOps practices.
- Prior work on large-scale migration or cross-platform initiatives.