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.
Job location: Singapore
The Opportunity:
Are you ready to work on mission-critical systems that serve millions of users every day? Agoda's Platform team is seeking talented developers to drive innovation and make a meaningful impact on our business and the travel industry.
In this role, you'll have the opportunity to work on groundbreaking projects, leverage cutting-edge technologies, and shape the future of travel. A key focus of our team is harnessing the power of Generative AI to enhance customer experience and support, making them more efficient and user-friendly.
Your responsibilities as a Back End Engineer will include:
- Refining and optimizing AI prompts.
- Evaluating and experimenting with AI models.
- Applying Generative AI to solve real-world challenges and deliver impactful use cases.
If you're passionate about technology, innovation, and creating solutions that touch millions of lives, we’d love to hear from you!
What You’ll Need to Succeed
- 8+ 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.
- Knowledge in NoSQL, Queueing systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, MSMQ), and Play framework.
- Passion for software development and continuous improvement of your knowledge and skills.
It’s Great if You Have
- Machine Learning, GPT, prompt engineering and other AI project experience
- Candidates with JVM language experience - Scala/Kotlin/Java and Python would be preferred
This position is based in Singapore (No Relocation Provided, Visa Sponsorship Unavailable)
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Discover more about working at Agoda
- Agoda Careers https://careersatagoda.com
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- 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.
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What We Do
Agoda is transforming travel for millions of customers across the globe. Headquartered in Asia, Agoda is one of the world’s largest online travel platforms. Founded in 2005 and now part of Booking Holdings (Nasdaq:BKNG), Agoda has a network of over 2,900,000 properties worldwide. Our web and mobile products provide a first-rate reservation service in 38 languages that uniquely combines local knowledge and local connections to provide the best deals for business and leisure travelers. Agoda employs over 7,000 professionals from 90 nationalities in locations around the globe. In every department – from engineering to customer experience – we provide an environment rich with creativity, collaboration, and experimentation, and the tools to work faster and smarter. At Agoda, we believe our people are our strength. We work hard and have fun, and we choose people who are dedicated to making things great. For properties seeking partnership with Agoda, visit https://connect.agoda.com
