Principal Software Engineer, Back End - L7 (Bangkok based, Relocation provided)

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 experi...

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.

Architecting and developing highly scalable, mission critical back end systems
Owning a big chunk of Agoda’s system all the way from the north-star & vision down to the bytecode level
Enabling impactful collaboration and cross-team projects on big projects, making a dent in the quality of our services, code & architecture
Providing thoughtful feedback, nurture an inclusive engineering environment, and champion engineering fundamentals. Bring out the best from your fellow engineers.
Identifying and implementing opportunities for optimization across the technology stack, focusing on cost, efficiency, velocity & dev happiness
Exhibiting technical leadership throughout the broader organization, conveying complex technical trade-offs to non-techies such as business owners & C-suite executives.

Overall experience of 10+ years in software engineering roles
Proven hands-on experience, Experience with owning production services with significant impact on design, development, deployment, monitoring & evolution
Curiosity, staying a-breast on technological improvements and open source advancement.
Strong programming skills in languages such as Kotlin, Scala, Java, C#. 
Can perform deep research & take decisions on complex projects. Can easily toggle between running as a lone wolf and also works great as part of a pack
Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical details to stakeholders at all levels. 
On top of being an expert in Back End, has understanding of challenges and trade-offs in the entire engineering universe, from Front End/ Mobile to Data 7 analytics
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. 
Master's or Ph.D. in a technical field
Experience with Kubernetes for effective container orchestration and scaling
Deep understanding of CI/CD pipelines, automation tools, and practices relevant to machine learning. 
Experience in programming with Rust, C or other low level language