Staff Software Engineer - Front End (Bangkok based, Relocation provided)

Staff Software Engineer - Front End AI (Bangkok based, Relocation provided)

Agoda

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. Our Opportunity:  As our Staff Front-End Engineer, you will design and build AI-driven chat experiences that power Agoda’s AI Assistant, trip planning and discovery, customer support flows, and proactive recommendations. You’ll work closely with engineers, data scientists, and product managers to define, build, and scale the next generation of AI solutions that make travel planning more intuitive, personalized, and effortless for millions of customers worldwide.  We’re looking for a visionary Front-End architect with a strong hands-on mentality — integrating innovative AI capabilities and rapidly validating ideas through experimentation. You will create measurable impact on traveler experience and business outcomes, while upholding Agoda’s standards for privacy, reliability, and the responsible use of AI.  Why Agoda & Why Bangkok?  * Global Engineering, Global Impact: Join a high-energy, multilingual and multicultural engineering team in Bangkok driving innovation across regions. * Vibrant Bangkok HQ: Work in a tech-centric city with a thriving expat community, beautiful culture, and world-famous cuisine. * English-First: Work and collaborate in English—no Thai required! * World-class relocation and family support are offered.  Your Role & Impact * Spearhead architecture and system design of Agoda’s next-gen front end systems * Drive best-in-class performance, accessibility, and usability * Mentor and subject-matter-expert for the FE engineering team * Influence stakeholders in the Product and Business teams * Set technical standards and ensure scalability What You’ll Bring * 8+ years’ experience building and leading rich web applications at scale * Deep mastery of JavaScript/TypeScript and modern frameworks (React, Next, Vue) * Portfolio of building robust, high-performance SPA/SSR front ends and core web vitals * Strong background in team leadership, system design, and stakeholder influence * Bonus: Experience with A/B experimentation, international exposure, or travel/e-commerce products  What We Offer * Premium Relocation & Expat Support: * Visa, flight & moving package for you and family * Temporary housing, settling-in help, and expat community onboarding * Spousal/partner and family adaptation support * Unique Agoda Perks: * International healthcare benefits * Hybrid remote/Bangkok HQ model * Learning and development budget, hackathons, and internal tech communities   Get to know first-hand testimonials of Agodans relocating from around the world to Bangkok: https://careersatagoda.com/agodans-in-bangkok/ Agoda’s Engineering Blog: https://medium.com/agoda-engineering   ***This position is based in Bangkok, Thailand (Relocation Provided)***   #bangalore #sanfrancisco #newyork #seattle #hyderabad #Pune #London #Delhi #Chennai #Toronto #Dallas #losangeles #washingtonDC #Austin #Chicago #Atlanta #SaoPaulo #mumbai #vancouver #IT #ENG #4 #LI-TN1       PLEASE REVIEW OUR HIRING PROCESS GUIDELINES BEFORE YOUR INTERVIEW — CLICK HERE TO LEARN HOW INTERVIEWING AT AGODA WORKS.     DISCOVER MORE ABOUT WORKING AT AGODA * Agoda Careers https://careersatagoda.com * Facebook https://www.facebook.com/agodacareers/ * LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/agoda * YouTube https://www.youtube.com/agodalife   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. We will keep your application on file so that we can consider you for future vacancies and you can always ask to have your details removed from the file. For more details please read our privacy policy. Disclaimer We do not accept any terms or conditions, nor do we recognize any agency’s representation of a candidate, from unsolicited third-party or agency submissions. If we receive unsolicited or speculative CVs, we reserve the right to contact and hire the candidate directly without any obligation to pay a recruitment fee.

Lead Software Engineer - Front End (Bangkok based, Relocation provided)

Agoda

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. Get to Know our Team: Agoda’s front-end teams focus on various product aspects including accommodations, flights, and payments. We build localized, optimized user experiences globally across mobile websites, native apps, and desktop sites, fostering innovation and constant improvement through data-driven practices.  The Opportunity: As a Lead Software Engineer (Front End) at Agoda, you will drive the technological evolution of our front-end systems. You will be responsible for architecting, implementing, and optimizing user interfaces that enhance the user experience for millions of travelers worldwide. This position requires a deep understanding of front-end development principles, a passion for crafting exceptional user experiences, and expertise in various front-end technologies.    In this role, you’ll get to:  * Lead the design and development of highly distributed, large-scale front-end applications.  * Drive collaboration with product managers, product designers, and engineers to design, implement, and improve scalable applications and services.  * Serve as a front-end expert on large-scale projects, providing technical guidance and mentorship.  * Hands-on development of proof of concepts and evaluation of new technologies.  * Implement technical, strategic decisions in cross-functional teams.  * Leading in building a culture that optimizes applications using best practices for performance.  * Maintaining coding standards and staying up-to-date to industry and technology development.  * Part of strategic discussion relating to Agoda's future technology directions and development practices.  * Contribute to the professional development of the team.    What you’ll Need to Succeed:  * 12+ years of software development experience in building large scale web application, with a minimum of 3 years in a Tech Lead role.  * Proven experience designing, building, improving, and operating high-performance, scalable front-end systems.  * Extensive experience with client-side technologies & modern frameworks (e.g., Javascript, Typescript, React).  * Eager to work in multiple programming languages and frameworks, constantly striving to raise technical excellence.  * Experience mentoring and growing Senior and Staff engineers through thorough and convincing communication.  * Provides technical direction within and across groups by leading projects and building systems with company-wide impact.  * Strong understanding of the business and how their systems impact the bottom line; able to redirect the team based on business priorities.  * Constantly read and learn, moving Agoda forward technically, influencing other teams, and proactively improving others.    It’s great if you have:  * Knowledge of physical architecture at scale, building resilience and highly available solutions.  * Strong experience in all aspects of client-side performance optimization.  * Proficiency in modern coding and design practices. For example, Clean Code, SOLID principals, and TDD.  * Knowledge of back-end technologies and how they integrate with front-end systems.      This position is based in Bangkok, Thailand (Relocation Provided)     #sanfrancisco #newyork #seattle #bangalore #london #toronto #sydney #washingtonDC #boston #losangeles #austin #dallas #hyderabad #denver #melbourne #chicago #atlanta #vancouver #berlin #saopaulo #IT #ENG #4 #LI-NP1  #IT #4 #5 #LI-Hybrid       PLEASE REVIEW OUR HIRING PROCESS GUIDELINES BEFORE YOUR INTERVIEW — CLICK HERE TO LEARN HOW INTERVIEWING AT AGODA WORKS.     DISCOVER MORE ABOUT WORKING AT AGODA * Agoda Careers https://careersatagoda.com * Facebook https://www.facebook.com/agodacareers/ * LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/agoda * YouTube https://www.youtube.com/agodalife   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. We will keep your application on file so that we can consider you for future vacancies and you can always ask to have your details removed from the file. For more details please read our privacy policy. Disclaimer We do not accept any terms or conditions, nor do we recognize any agency’s representation of a candidate, from unsolicited third-party or agency submissions. If we receive unsolicited or speculative CVs, we reserve the right to contact and hire the candidate directly without any obligation to pay a recruitment fee.

Staff Software Engineer - Back End (Bangkok based, Relocation provided)

Agoda

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.   Get to Know our Team   In Agoda’s Back-End Engineering department, we build 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. We employ state-of-the-art CI/CD and testing techniques to ensure everything works without downtime. Our systems are self-healing, responding gracefully to extreme loads or unexpected input. We use modern languages like Kotlin and Scala, Data technologies Kafka, Spark, MLflow, Kubeflow, VastStorage, StarRocks and agile development practices. Most importantly, we hire great people from around the world and empower them to be successful.      The Opportunity   Agoda Platform team is looking for developers to work on mission-critical systems that serve millions of users daily. You will have the chance to work on innovative projects, using cutting-edge technologies, and make a significant impact on our business and the travel industry.     What You’ll Need to Succeed   * 10+ years of experience developing performance-critical applications in a production environment using Scala, Java, Kotlin, C#, Go or relevant modern programming languages.   * Strong RDBMS knowledge (SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, or other).   * Ability to direct significant company-wide projects and sets technical vision.   * Good command of the English language.   * Deeply involved in making architectural decisions, setting the standard and direction for the team.   * Implement advanced CI/CD pipelines and robust testing strategies to ensure seamless integration, deployment, and high code quality.   * Passion for software development and continuous improvement of your knowledge and skills.     It’s Great if You Have   * Knowledge in NoSQL, Queueing systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, MSMQ), and Play framework.     This position is based in Bangkok, Thailand (Relocation Provided)   #Bangkok #Berlin #Delhi #NewDelhi #Vancouver #Bengaluru #Hyderabad #Gurgaon #Jakarta #Johannesburg #Bali #Toronto #London #Amsterdam #oslo #Pune #Chennai #Singapore #Bangladesh  #IT #ENG #5        PLEASE REVIEW OUR HIRING PROCESS GUIDELINES BEFORE YOUR INTERVIEW — CLICK HERE TO LEARN HOW INTERVIEWING AT AGODA WORKS.     DISCOVER MORE ABOUT WORKING AT AGODA * Agoda Careers https://careersatagoda.com * Facebook https://www.facebook.com/agodacareers/ * LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/agoda * YouTube https://www.youtube.com/agodalife   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. We will keep your application on file so that we can consider you for future vacancies and you can always ask to have your details removed from the file. For more details please read our privacy policy. Disclaimer We do not accept any terms or conditions, nor do we recognize any agency’s representation of a candidate, from unsolicited third-party or agency submissions. If we receive unsolicited or speculative CVs, we reserve the right to contact and hire the candidate directly without any obligation to pay a recruitment fee.