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, Platform Engineering is central to how we scale software development across our R&D organization. The team builds and operates the shared systems, automation, and internal platforms that improve developer productivity, strengthen security, and increase the reliability and efficiency of software delivery across the company.

As a Senior Lead Software Engineer, Platform, you will play a key role in shaping the technical direction of Agoda's platform ecosystem. You will lead large-scale, high-impact initiatives across developer infrastructure, automation, and internal platforms, while influencing architecture, engineering standards, and long-term platform strategy across teams.

In this Role, you'll get to:

Define and drive technical direction for critical platform engineering domains across Agoda
Lead the design and evolution of large-scale platform systems supporting CI/CD, developer tooling, internal platforms, and security automation
Deliver high-impact platform initiatives that improve engineering productivity, operational reliability, and software delivery at scale
Drive the development of self-service internal tools and platforms that enable teams to move faster with confidence
Act as a senior technical leader across architecture, scalability, resilience, operability, and platform strategy
Partner with senior stakeholders across engineering, infrastructure, and security to align technical investments with organizational priorities
Raise the bar for platform engineering through strong technical judgment, architectural guidance, and engineering best practices
Mentor senior engineers and foster technical growth across the broader engineering organization
Anticipate future platform needs and proactively drive investments that support Agoda's scale and complexity

What you'll Need to Succeed:

Deep experience in Software Engineering, DevOps, or Platform Engineering, including substantial experience operating at a senior technical leadership level
Proven track record of designing and delivering large-scale, business-critical platform systems
Strong hands-on experience across the full software development lifecycle, from architecture and implementation to deployment and operations
Expert coding skills in a modern programming language, preferably Python or Go
Deep expertise with developer ecosystem tooling such as Git, CI systems, Docker, and Kubernetes
Strong architectural skills in designing highly available, fault-tolerant, scalable, and secure systems
Strong Linux systems knowledge and production operations experience
Proven ability to lead cross-team technical initiatives and influence direction across a broad engineering organization
Excellent communication, mentoring, and technical leadership skills
A passion for building platforms that enable engineering teams to work more effectively at scale

It's Great if you have:

Experience with configuration management tools, preferably Ansible
Experience building and scaling internal developer platforms, 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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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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Senior Lead Software Engineer, Platform (Bangkok Based, Relocation provided)