Software Development Engineer - BackEnd (Staff - Level 4) | Gurugram, IND

Agoda; Mumbai; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Agoda is seeking a Staff Backend Engineer in Mumbai to design and scale high-performance backend services for a global travel platform. You will contribute to core domains such as inventory, pricing, bookings, payments, and customer platforms while leading architectural improvements and mentoring engineers.

The role emphasizes hands-on coding and system design (50-60%), delivering low-latency, highly available services across the stack with modern tech such as Scala, Go, Java, Kotlin, Kafka, and

Qualifications

• 8-12 years of backend engineering experience.
• Strong experience building distributed systems at scale.
• Expertise in Java, Kotlin, Scala, or Go.

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable distributed systems and microservices.
• Lead development of complex features and technical initiatives end-to-end.
• Drive system design, API design, and engineering best practices.
• Own scalability, performance, reliability, and fault tolerance of services.
• Optimize high-throughput, low-latency systems.
• Contribute to cross-team collaboration and system alignment.
• Stay hands-on with coding and system design (50-60%).
• Mentor engineers and support overall team capability growth.
• Participate in technical decision-making and architectural improvements.
• Handle production issues, RCA, and continuous improvements.

Skills

Distributed systems

Backend engineering

Tools

Java

Kotlin

Scala

Go

Job description

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.

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.

What You Will Do

• Design and build scalable distributed systems and microservices
• Lead development of complex features and technical initiatives end-to-end
• Drive system design, API design, and engineering best practices
• Own scalability, performance, reliability, and fault tolerance of services
• Optimize high-throughput, low-latency systems
• Contribute to cross-team collaboration and system alignment
• Stay hands-on with coding and system design (50-60%)
• Mentor engineers and support overall team capability growth
• Participate in technical decision-making and architectural improvements
• Handle production issues, RCA, and continuous improvements

What We’re Looking For

• 8-12 years of backend engineering experience
• Strong experience building distributed systems at scale
• Expertise in: Java, Kotlin, Scala, or Go

Strong Understanding of:

• Microservices architecture
• REST APIs & system design
• SQL/NoSQL databases
• Performance, scalability, and concurrency
• Strong coding + problem-solving ability
• Ability to contribute to technical decisions and mentor engineers

Nice to Have

• Experience building large-scale consumer or marketplace platforms
• Exposure to event-driven systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ)
• Experience with NoSQL databases (Cassandra, MongoDB, Aerospike)
• Familiarity with cloud (AWS/GCP), CI/CD pipelines
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments

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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