Job Application for Staff Software Engineer, Platform (Bangkok Based, Relocation provided) at Agoda

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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.

The Opportunity

At Agoda, our Platform Engineering team builds and operates the foundations that power software development across our R&D organization. From CI/CD and developer tooling to internal platforms and security automation, the team plays a critical role in enabling engineers to build, test, and ship software quickly, reliably, and securely.

As a Staff Software Engineer, Platform, you will help design, build, and scale the core systems and internal tools that improve developer productivity and engineering effectiveness across Agoda. This is a hands-on role for an experienced engineer who enjoys solving complex technical problems at scale and driving improvements across the software development lifecycle.

In this Role, you’ll get to:

Design, build, and enhance platform capabilities that support Agoda’s engineering organization at scale
Improve CI/CD systems, developer workflows, and security automation across the software development lifecycle
Maintain and evolve central developer systems such as source control, CI, service discovery, and related internal platforms
Build internal tools and full-stack web portals that improve usability, efficiency, and self-service for engineers
Work across development and infrastructure domains to simplify operations through automation and platform engineering
Contribute to architectural decisions that improve platform scalability, resilience, availability, and security
Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues across platform and infrastructure systems
Promote engineering best practices in automation, testing, observability, and operational excellence

What you’ll Need to Succeed:

Extensive experience in Software Engineering, DevOps, or Platform Engineering
Strong hands-on experience across the full software development lifecycle, from design through production operations
Strong coding skills in a modern programming language, preferably Golang
Experience with developer tooling and ecosystem technologies such as Git, CI systems, Docker, and Kubernetes
Solid understanding of software architecture principles, including scalability, high availability, and fault tolerance
Strong Linux systems knowledge and troubleshooting skills
Ability to work across technical boundaries and solve end-to-end engineering problems
Strong communication and collaboration skills
A passion for learning new technologies and automating large-scale engineering processes

It’s Great if you have:

Experience with configuration management tools, preferably Ansible
Experience building full-stack internal applications, preferably with React.js and Go
Experience with OpenStack
Experience with container orchestration, preferably Kubernetes
Experience with HashiCorp tools such as Consul and Vault
Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, and MSSQL

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Staff Software Engineer, Platform (Bangkok Based, Relocation provided)

The Opportunity

In this Role, you’ll get to:

What you’ll Need to Succeed:

It’s Great if you have:

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