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Backend Lead Software Engineer (L5)

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Backend Lead Software Engineer (L5) in Others

  • Bangkok, Thailand

Responsibilities

  • Lead development of product features, experiments, technical initiatives, and complex backend systems.
  • Shape architecture decisions, influence technical direction, and improve system architecture and software engineering practices.
  • Coach and influence distributed engineering teams while driving team productivity through KPI-driven practices.
  • Write high-quality maintainable code and promote software craftsmanship and engineering excellence.
  • Collaborate with backend, client-side, and infrastructure teams to deliver technical solutions.
  • Strengthen agile and scrum ways of working and identify opportunities to improve products, code quality, and development processes.

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, or engineering teams with full ownership of the associated systems.
  • Hands-on experience with data platforms such as SQL, Cassandra, or Hadoop and the ability to select appropriate data solutions.
  • Strong knowledge of algorithms, data structures, software architecture, and architectural decision-making.
  • Demonstrated excellence in software development and coding.
  • Ability to improve team productivity and effectiveness through KPI-driven engineering practices.
  • Excellent written and verbal English communication skills and a passion for continuous learning and engineering excellence.

Benefits

  • Visa sponsorship for the employee and family, flights, settling-in allowance, temporary housing, and dedicated relocation advisors.
  • Partner and children support, including school-search and legal assistance, plus international health insurance and flexible home-visit support.
  • Hybrid working at Agoda’s Bangkok headquarters.
  • Professional growth and learning budget, employee resource groups, relocation buddy program, and community events.

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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