Staff Software Engineer, GenAI

Careersatagoda; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Agoda is expanding its GenAI platform, building services and agents to empower teams across the globe. As a Staff Software Engineer in Singapore, you will design, build and operate GenAI services, owning end-to-end delivery from user needs to production support.

You will collaborate with product, data and engineering partners, improve AI quality and cost, and lead technical design discussions while mentoring other engineers.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Experience coding in Python/Java/Kotlin/Scala/Go/C#/TypeScript.
• Hands-on experience building GenAI applications, agents, platforms, or AI-agent-serving systems.
• Experience designing, testing and shipping reliable software through CI/CD, including debugging production issues.
• Demonstrable examples of AI problem solving and cross-functional team ownership.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and run GenAI services, agents and applications for Agoda teams.
• Own the delivery lifecycle: understand user needs, select a technical approach, and support testing, release and production operations.
• Improve AI quality, reliability, latency and cost using evaluations, monitoring and user feedback.
• Build reusable APIs, tools and integrations with appropriate access controls and data protection.
• Lead technical design discussions, make engineering decisions, and help other engineers improve their code and designs.

Skills

8+ years software engineering

Python/Java/Kotlin/Scala/Go/C#/TypeS"r

GenAI applications experience

CI/CD and production debugging

Cross-functional collaboration

English communication with intl teams

Tools

Containers

Kubernetes

Observability

Privacy controls

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.

Get to Know Our Team

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.

The Opportunity

We build the platforms and applications that help Agoda teams use generative AI in their daily work. Our scope includes shared model access, agent platforms, internal assistants, product tools and AI coding workflows. Based in Singapore, you will work with engineers and stakeholders across Agoda, including teams in other locations.

What You Will Do

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will design, build and run GenAI services, agents and applications that solve practical problems for Agoda teams. You will own delivery end-to-end - from understanding user needs and selecting a technical approach, through testing, release and production support. Your project focus will depend on your strengths and business priorities, and you will work with product, data and engineering partners to deliver agreed outcomes.

• Design, build and run GenAI services, agents and applications that solve practical problems for Agoda teams.
• Own the delivery lifecycle: understand user needs, select a technical approach, and support testing, release and production operations.
• Improve AI quality, reliability, latency and cost using evaluations, monitoring and user feedback.
• Build reusable APIs, tools and integrations with appropriate access controls and data protection.
• Lead technical design discussions, make engineering decisions, and help other engineers improve their code and designs through constructive feedback.

What You Will Bring

• At least 8 years of professional software-engineering experience, including delivering and operating complex production systems.
• At least 5 years of experience coding in one of the following modern programming languages: Python, Java, Kotlin, Scala, Go, C#, or TypeScript.
• Hands-on experience building GenAI applications, agents, platforms, or AI-agent-serving systems, with demonstrable examples of your contribution.
• Experience designing, testing and shipping reliable software through CI/CD, including debugging and resolving production issues.
• Demonstrable examples of AI problem solving and of owning cross-functional team projects.
• Ability to communicate effectively in English with stakeholders across international teams

It is Great if You Have

• Experience with retrieval-augmented generation, tool calling, agent orchestration or automated AI evaluation.
• Experience evaluating agentic solutions.
• Depth in one area such as distributed systems, frontend and full-stack applications, data pipelines, developer tools or ML infrastructure.
• Experience with containers, Kubernetes, observability, privacy controls, or improving AI quality and operating costs.

This role does not offer visa sponsorship or relocation assistance. Applicants must be Singapore citizens, Permanent Residents, or otherwise authorized to work in Singapore without employer sponsorship.

Please review our Hiring Process Guidelines before your interview.

Discover more about working at Agoda

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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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Disclaimer

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.