About Agoda

Agoda is an online travel booking platform for accommodations, flights, and more. We build and deploy cutting-edge technology that connects travelers with more than 3.6 million accommodations globally. Based in Asia and part of Booking Holdings, our 6,000+ employees representing 90+ nationalities foster a work environment rich in diversity, creativity, and collaboration. We innovate through a culture of experimentation and ownership, enhancing the ability for our customers to experience the world.

Our Purpose – Bridging the World Through Travel

We believe travel allows people to enjoy, learn and experience more of the amazing world we live in. It brings individuals and cultures closer together, fostering empathy, understanding and happiness.

We are a skillful, driven and diverse team from across the globe, united by a passion to make an impact. Harnessing our innovative technologies and strong partnerships, we aim to make travel easy and rewarding for everyone.

Get to Know our Team:

The Data department oversees all of Agoda’s data-related requirements. Our ultimate goal is to enable and increase the use of data in the company through creative approaches and the implementation of powerful resources such as operational and analytical databases, queue systems, BI tools, and data science technology. We hire the brightest minds from around the world to take on this challenge and equip them with the knowledge and tools that contribute to their personal growth and success while supporting our company’s culture of diversity and experimentation. The role the Data team plays at Agoda is critical as business users, product managers, engineers, and many others rely on us to empower their decision making. We are equally dedicated to our customers by improving their search experience with faster results and protecting them from any fraudulent activities. Data is interesting only when you have enough of it, and we have plenty. This is what drives up the challenge as part of the Data department, but also the reward.

The Opportunity:

As a member of the Database Development team, you will engage in database design, data management, and database development, all integrated with automated Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines. We work in close coordination with product teams, ensuring to offer support and solutions that uphold technical excellence and fulfill business needs.

In this Role, you’ll get to:

• Assist in designing database schema and architecture
• Provide high-quality database development and design solutions
• Develop database SQL code with quality and performance optimization
• Collaborate and communicate with the product and other teams such as data service, dev-ops, and database operationo
• Utilize automated database CI/CD pipelines to streamline the development process
• Actively and consistently suggest enhancements for services and processes
• Understand the complexities of database architecture
• Keep up-to-date with advancements in database technology
  
  

What you’ll Need to Succeed:

• At least 4 years of experience in database development with platforms like Microsoft SQL, Oracle, etc
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Computer Engineering, or a related field
• Skilled in relational databases with the ability to write advanced SQL queries
• Advanced understanding of MSSQL Server, with proficiency in query optimization and knowledge of execution plan principles being beneficial
• Proficient in English with excellent writing and verbal communication skills
• A multitasker with problem-solving capabilities, quick to learn, and eager to acquire knowledge in both technology and business domains
• Well-organized and methodical, with the ability to prioritize tasks and produce results within tight deadlines and in high-pressure environment
• A collaborative team player
• Comfortable working in a diverse, multicultural team setting
  
  

It’s Great if you have:

• An understanding of CI/CD frameworks and the associated best practices, including build automation and source control management
• Familiarity with, and the ability to optimize, PostgreSQL are advantageous skills
• Experience with automation platforms such as Gitlab and containerization with Docker
• Uderstand of Agile methodologies and a comprehensive knowledge of the software development lifecycle
• Familiarity with NoSQL databases and concepts for handling unstructured data
• Knowledge of data warehousing, ETL processes, and business intelligence tools
  
  

using technology to create and implement the best user experiences. Our teams work on the full stack and build end-to-end systems including user interfaces, APIs, backend systems, and database systems. Our products are always evolving and under experimentation. We accomplish this by having an amazing degree of automation, CI/CD systems, and use a modularized approach. As we are data driven and measure our results, we continually innovate and improve our work. We are looking for the next great talent who strives to learn and grow and has a standard of excellence, strong sense of ownership, and great technical skills.

The Opportunity:

Lead / Staff engineer is the key role in our technology organization working together with individual contributors and senior leadership. Our Lead engineers are heavily involved in the hiring and mentoring process and are the go-to people who design and implement new systems and components. We are looking for people who are passionate to take on more responsibility and driving major architectural changes in Agoda. It’s expected from you in this role as Lead / Staff engineer to push Agoda forward technically by adopting new technologies and setting higher standards.

In this Role, you’ll get to:

• Maintain ownership and responsibility of mission critical systems
• Be hands on – build high volume platforms using cutting-edge technologies like React and GraphQL
• Mentor and coach other software engineers
• Be a major contributor to our agile and scrum practices
• Design and lead crucial technical projects and initiatives cross teams and departments
• Stay on the leading edge of technical know-how, industry trends and drive technical innovations
  
  

What you’ll Need to Succeed:

• 7 years of experience developing web applications in client-side frameworks such as React, Angular, VueJS, etc. 6+ years preferred
• B.S. in Computer Science or quantitative field; M.S. preferred
• Working experience with agile, analytics, A/B testing and/or feature flags, Continuous Delivery, Trunk-based Development
• Excellent HTML/CSS skills – you understand not only how to build the data, but how to make it look great too
• Excellent understanding of object-oriented JavaScript, TypeScript
• You love new technologies and approaches and want to use the best tools available. We want people who can help us continually evolve our stack
• Great communication and coordination skills
• Excellent analytical thinking and problem-solving skills
• You have a good command of the English language
  
  

It’s Great if you have:

• Knowledge in physical architecture at scale, building resilient, no single point of failures, highly available solutions
• Knowledge in one or more of the following: NoSQL technologies (Cassandra, ScyllaDB, ElasticSearch, Redis, DynamoDB, etc), Queueing system experience (Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS, Azure Service Bus, etc)
• Working Experience with Containers and Dockerization, also K8S is a plus
• Knowledge and hands on experience in CI/CD solutions would be a plus
• Strong experience in all aspects of client-side performance optimization,
• Extremely proficient in modern coding and design practices. For example, Clean Code, SOLID principals, and TDD
• Experience in multiple front-end platforms including iOS, Android, Web, and API services
• Have worked on an app or internet company that is at scale with large numbers of users and transactions per second
• Have experience in a data driven company with experience analyzing and working with Big Data
• Lead teams and greenfield projects solving large system problems
• Worked on global projects serving world markets with distributed data centers and localization of the front end and data
  
  

This position is based in Bangkok, Thailand (Relocation Provided)

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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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