Lead Software Engineer - Back End (Gurugram based)

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.

In Agoda’s Back End Engineering department, we build the scalable, fault-tolerant systems and APIs that host our core business logic. Our systems cover all major areas of our business: inventory and pricing, product information, customer data, communications, partner data, booking systems, payments, and more. These mission-critical systems change frequently with dozens of releases per day, so we must employ state-of-the-art CI/CD and testing techniques in order to make sure everything works without any downtime. We also ensure that our systems are self-healing, responding gracefully to extreme loads or unexpected input. In order to accomplish this, we use state-of-the-art languages like Scala and Go, data technologies like Kafka and Aerospike, and agile development practices. Most importantly though, we hire great people from all around the world and empower them to be successful. Whether it’s building new projects like Flights and Packages or reimagining our existing business, you’ll make a big impact as part of the Back End Engineering team.

Agoda is hiring a Lead Backend Engineer to architect and develop mission-critical systems that power our global travel platform. You'll design and evolve scalable microservices, distributed systems, and high-performance APIs serving millions of daily user requests with extreme reliability. Join our backend team in Bangalore to lead large-scale technical initiatives, mentor engineers, and drive architectural excellence across a 40+ person organization.

• Architect and own major backend systems from technical vision through implementation, building scalable microservices that serve millions of requests daily
• Lead large-scale cross-team technical initiatives that improve service quality, code quality, and system design
• Provide hands-on technical leadership — write exemplary code and raise the engineering bar for 40+ engineers
• Drive organization-wide excellence in observability, testing, debugging, and software reliability through data-informed decisions
• Lead projects with little technical guidance, provide architectural direction within and across teams, and influence technical roadmaps
• Identify and implement optimizations across the stack to improve cost, efficiency, delivery velocity, and developer experience
• Communicate complex architectural trade-offs and business impact clearly to stakeholders and senior leadership
• Mentor and guide engineers, foster collaboration across teams, and build a culture of feedback and continuous improvement

• At least 10+ years’ experience under your belt developing performance-critical applications that run in a production environment using Scala, Java, Kotlin, Python, Go, or C#. 

•  Demonstrate proven track record leading projects, initiatives, and teams with full end-to-end ownership of complex backend systems

  • Exhibit strong expertise in data platforms and databases such as SQL, Cassandra, Hadoop, or equivalent — with ability 
    to make informed trade-offs based on application requirements

  • Possess solid understanding of algorithms, data structures, and system design fundamentals with demonstrated strong coding ability

  • Show proven track record of enhancing team productivity and effectiveness through KPI-driven engineering metrics and data-informed decisions

  • Demonstrate strong architectural skills and actively drive architectural decision-making within your team and across domains

  • Exhibit passion for software craftsmanship, continuously improving your technical knowledge, and staying current with industry advancements

  • Demonstrate excellent communication skills — articulate complex technical concepts and trade-offs clearly to both engineering teams and non-technical stakeholders

• Experience with distributed systems, event-driven architecture, and Kafka or similar messaging platform
• Hands-on proficiency with SQL/NoSQL databases: Cassandra, MongoDB, or equivalent
• Cloud infrastructure experience: AWS, GCP, or Azure in production environments
• Broad engineering understanding across frontend, mobile, and data analytics domains
• Track record of open-source contributions or active engagement with engineering community
• Scrum/Agile experience at scale and working across distributed teams in multiple time zones

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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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