Senior Backend Architect - Scalable Systems Leader

Agoda; Jakarta Pusat; On-site; IDR 954,401,000 - 1,908,802,000; Full time

Job summary

Agoda in Bangkok, Thailand, seeks a senior backend engineer with 10+ years of experience to design and own scalable systems. You will work on mission-critical services, APIs, and data pipelines powering Agoda's platform, collaborating across teams to deliver reliable, high-performance software.

You will lead technical decisions, mentor engineers, and drive CI/CD practices, with strong skills in Kotlin/Scala/Java/C#, Kubernetes, and modern data tech.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10+ years of software engineering experience.
• Proven ownership of production services with impact on design and deployment.
• Strong programming skills in Kotlin, Scala, Java, or C#.

Responsibilities

• Architect and develop highly scalable back-end systems.
• Own large-scale software components from vision to bytecode.
• Drive cross-team collaboration on major projects.
• Provide feedback and foster an inclusive engineering culture.
• Identify optimization opportunities for cost, efficiency, velocity, and happiness.
• Lead technically across the organization and explain trade-offs to non-tech stakeholders.

Skills

Kotlin

Scala

Java

C#

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

Tools

Kubernetes

Job description

Agoda in Bangkok, Thailand, seeks a senior backend engineer with 10+ years of experience to design and own scalable systems. You will work on mission-critical services, APIs, and data pipelines powering Agoda's platform, collaborating across teams to deliver reliable, high-performance software.

You will lead technical decisions, mentor engineers, and drive CI/CD practices, with strong skills in Kotlin/Scala/Java/C#, Kubernetes, and modern data tech.