Backend Lead Software Engineer (L5)

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Agoda
Full time
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10/16/2026
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Bangkok, Thailand

Responsibilities

Lead development of product features, experiments, technical initiatives, and complex systems.
Shape architecture decisions and influence, coach, and support distributed engineering teams.
Improve system architecture, software design, code quality, and engineering practices.
Drive technical decisions and engineering initiatives across the organization.
Write high-quality maintainable code and support others in doing the same.
Collaborate with backend, client-side, and infrastructure teams.
Strengthen agile and scrum ways of working and improve team productivity through engineering practices.

Requirements

8+ years of experience building performance-critical production applications using a JVM technology stack such as Java, Scala, or Kotlin.
Proven experience leading projects, technical initiatives, and/or engineering teams with full ownership of the systems involved.
Hands-on experience with data platforms such as SQL, Cassandra, or Hadoop and the ability to select appropriate data solutions for application needs.
Strong knowledge of algorithms and data structures.
Demonstrated excellence in software development and coding.
Experience improving team productivity and effectiveness through KPI-driven engineering practices.
Strong software architecture skills and experience driving architectural decisions within a team.
Passion for software craftsmanship, continuous learning, and engineering excellence.
Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.

Benefits

Visa sponsorship for the employee and family, flights, settling-in allowance, temporary housing, relocation advisors, and a relocation buddy program.
Partner and children support, international health insurance, and flexible home visit support.
Hybrid working at the Bangkok headquarters.
Professional growth and learning budget and employee resource groups.
The role is based in Bangkok, Thailand, with full relocation and onboarding support.

Agoda

At Agoda, we bridge the world through travel. We aim to make it easy and rewarding for more travelers to explore and experience the amazing world we live in. We do so by enabling more people to see the world for less – with our best-value deals across our 6,000,000+ hotels and holiday properties,...

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