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About Agoda: Agoda is an online travel booking platform that offers accommodations, flights, and more to travelers worldwide. With a global network of 4.7M hotels and holiday properties, as well as flights, activities, and more, Agoda, based in Asia and part of Booking Holdings, values diversity, creativity, and collaboration among its 7,100+ employees representing 95+ nationalities in 27 markets. The company focuses on innovation through a culture of experimentation and ownership to enhance customer experiences in exploring the world. Purpose of Bridging the World Through Travel: Agoda believes that travel enriches people's lives, allowing them to enjoy, learn, and experience the diverse world we live in. Travel brings individuals and cultures closer together, fostering empathy, understanding, and happiness. The company's team, consisting of skilled and diverse individuals from across the globe, is united by a shared passion to make a positive impact through innovative technologies and strong partnerships to make travel easy and rewarding for everyone. The Opportunity: As a Lead Engineer at Agoda, you play a key role in the technology organization by collaborating with individual contributors and senior leadership. Lead Engineers are actively involved in hiring and mentoring processes, designing and implementing new systems and components, and driving major architectural changes within Agoda. The role requires individuals who are passionate about taking on more responsibilities, adopting new technologies, and setting higher standards to propel Agoda forward technically. In this role, you will have the opportunity to: - Maintain ownership and responsibility of mission-critical systems - Build high-volume platforms using cutting-edge technologies like React and GraphQL - Mentor and coach other software engineers - Contribute significantly to agile and scrum practices - Design and lead technical projects and initiatives across teams and departments - Stay updated on technical know-how, industry trends, and drive technical innovations What you'll Need to Succeed: - 10+ years of experience developing web applications with client-side frameworks like React, Angular, or VueJS (6+ years preferred) - B.S. in Computer Science or a quantitative field; M.S. preferred - Working experience with agile methodologies, analytics, A/B testing, Continuous Delivery, and Trunk-based Development - Proficiency in HTML/CSS and object-oriented JavaScript, TypeScript - Strong communication, coordination, analytical thinking, and problem-solving skills - Proficiency in English language Additional Skills that are advantageous: - Knowledge of physical architecture at scale and building resilient, highly available solutions - Experience with NoSQL technologies, Queueing systems, Containers, Dockerization, and K8S - Familiarity with CI/CD solutions - Expertise in client-side performance optimization and modern coding practices - Experience with multiple front-end platforms, large-scale applications, and Big Data analysis - Leadership experience in global projects with distributed data centers Location: Bangkok, Thailand (Relocation Provided) Equal Opportunity Employer Agoda values your privacy and will retain your application for future vacancies unless requested otherwise. For further details, please refer to our privacy policy. Note: Agoda does not accept third-party resumes from recruitment agencies. Kindly refrain from sending resumes to Agoda employees or any other organization location, as Agoda is not liable for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.,
