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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.
Build systems that power millions of global travel experiences Design and scale high-performance backend systems handling millions of requests daily across a global platform used by millions of travelers. About our Team At Agoda, our Backend Engineering team builds high-scale, fault-tolerant distributed systems that power a global travel platform serving millions of users daily . We own mission-critical domains across inventory, pricing, booking, payments, and customer/partner platforms .
Our systems run with high availability, low latency, and zero-downtime expectations , powered by modern technologies such as Scala, Go, Java, Kotlin, Kafka, and Aerospike , along with strong foundations in CI/CD, automation, and observability .
We ship fast—often dozens of releases a day —and design systems that are resilient, self-healing, and built to scale globally .
The Opportunity As a Staff Backend Engineer , you will drive the design and development of scalable distributed systems , working on high-impact backend services. You’ll combine hands-on coding, system design, and technical leadership , contributing to complex systems and influencing engineering practices.
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Familiarity with cloud (AWS/GCP), CI/CD pipelines
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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.
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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.
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