Staff Software Engineer – Data Platform Team (Bangkok based, relocation provided)

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 a global network of 4.7M hotels and holiday properties worldwide, plus flights, activities, and more. Based in Asia and part of Booking Holdings, our 7,100+ employees representing 95+ nationalities in 27 markets 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 the challenge as part of the Data department, but also the reward.

Why Agoda Data Core Apps Team?

Our systems scale across multiple data centers, totaling a few million writes per second and managing tens of petabytes of data. We deal with problems from real-time data ingestion, replication, enrichment, storage, and analytics. We are not just using Big Data technologies; we are pushing them to the edge.

Join us in the team to build first-class big data tools to help thousands of users work with big data systems every day, including but not limited to:

• Spark runtime/utils
• Data exchange system
• ETL tools
• Data lineage system
• Data quality system
• And many more

In This Role, You Will Get To:

• Be comfortable navigating the following technology stack: Scala, Spark, Python, Hadoop, Kubeflow, SQL, S3, etc.
• Improve scalability, stability, accuracy, speed, and efficiency of our existing data systems.
• Design, build, test, and deploy new libraries, frameworks, or full systems for our core systems while keeping to the highest standards of testing and code quality.
• Work with experienced engineers and product owners to identify and build tools to automate many large-scale data management/analysis tasks.

What You’ll Need To Succeed

• 8+ years of experience in software and data engineering.
• Expert level understanding of Apache Spark.
• Expert level understanding of JVM and either Java or Scala.
• Experience debugging and reasoning about production issues is desirable.
• A good understanding of data architecture principles preferred.
• Any other experience with Big Data technologies/tools.
• SQL experience.
• Analytical problem-solving capabilities & experience.
• Systems administration skills in Linux.

It’s great if you have:

• Experience working with Data Infrastructure or Data Platform teams.
• Experience working with open-source products.
• Experience working with big data ecosystems.

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.