Principal Backend Engineer — Scale, Leadership, Bangkok

Agoda Company Pte. Ltd.; Indonesia; On-site; IDR 970,874,000 - 1,725,998,000; Full time

Job summary

Agoda is seeking senior back end engineers to architect and scale mission-critical systems across our core platforms. You will own substantial parts of the system, drive design decisions from vision to deployment, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-impact projects.

We value deep technical leadership, strong communication, and a track record of delivering robust, scalable software. This role is based in Bangkok with relocation support.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software engineering roles.
• Hands-on with production services with significant impact.
• Strong knowledge of Kotlin, Scala, Java, and C#.
• Excellent communication across all levels.
• Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or related field.

Responsibilities

• Architect highly scalable, mission-critical back end systems.
• Own a large portion of Agoda's system from vision to bytecode.
• Foster collaboration and cross-team work on large projects.
• Provide thoughtful feedback and nurture an inclusive engineering culture.
• Identify opportunities to optimize cost, efficiency, velocity and developer happiness.
• Lead technically across the broader organization and explain trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

Kotlin

Scala

Java

C#

Communication skills

Backend development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Kubernetes

Job description

Agoda is seeking senior back end engineers to architect and scale mission-critical systems across our core platforms. You will own substantial parts of the system, drive design decisions from vision to deployment, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-impact projects.

We value deep technical leadership, strong communication, and a track record of delivering robust, scalable software. This role is based in Bangkok with relocation support.