Agoda
About this role
This is the most senior backend seat Agoda has open in Gurugram, one level above the Staff role also
in today's edition. You own critical systems end to end, drive technical direction and lead large
initiatives, combining architecture, execution and technical leadership across a global travel
platform. The scope reaches past your own team: you influence engineering decisions organisation
wide, mentor engineers, shape development practices and help raise the technical bar. Crucially the
posting states that recent and ongoing hands-on coding experience in production is required, so this
is not an architecture role that has left the code behind. The domains are inventory, pricing,
booking and payments on Scala, Go, Java and Kotlin with Kafka and Aerospike.
in today's edition. You own critical systems end to end, drive technical direction and lead large
initiatives, combining architecture, execution and technical leadership across a global travel
platform. The scope reaches past your own team: you influence engineering decisions organisation
wide, mentor engineers, shape development practices and help raise the technical bar. Crucially the
posting states that recent and ongoing hands-on coding experience in production is required, so this
is not an architecture role that has left the code behind. The domains are inventory, pricing,
booking and payments on Scala, Go, Java and Kotlin with Kafka and Aerospike.
Who this is for
Requirements. 11+ years of experience building and operating large scale backend systems in
production environments. Recent and ongoing hands-on coding experience in production environments is
required, stated explicitly. Experience with cloud native architectures on AWS or GCP.
What you would do. Lead the architecture, design and development of complex distributed systems at
scale. Own the technical direction, delivery and evolution of critical systems and platforms. Drive
system design, API standards, software architecture and engineering best practice across teams. Lead
complex technical initiatives involving multiple services, teams and stakeholders. Make key technical
decisions, balancing business priorities against scalability, reliability and maintainability. Remain
an active hands-on contributor. Influence engineering decisions beyond your immediate team, mentor
engineers, shape development practices and help raise the organisation's technical bar.
Is this a management role? No reporting line, hiring or performance review responsibility appears
anywhere in the posting, and the hands-on coding requirement is stated as a requirement rather than a
preference. We have published it as a senior individual contributor seat on that basis. The word
"Lead" in the title is a level marker at Agoda (Level 5), not a people management signal.
⛔ Visa. Agoda records "Visa sponsored: False" and the title says Gurugram based.
The team and stack. Mission critical domains across inventory, pricing, booking, payments and the
customer and partner platforms, on Scala, Go, Java and Kotlin with Kafka and Aerospike, shipping
dozens of releases a day.
Who this is for. A backend engineer with eleven or more years who wants architectural ownership
without leaving the code. If you want the same work one level down, Agoda's Level 4 Staff seat is in
this same edition at 8 to 12 years.
production environments. Recent and ongoing hands-on coding experience in production environments is
required, stated explicitly. Experience with cloud native architectures on AWS or GCP.
What you would do. Lead the architecture, design and development of complex distributed systems at
scale. Own the technical direction, delivery and evolution of critical systems and platforms. Drive
system design, API standards, software architecture and engineering best practice across teams. Lead
complex technical initiatives involving multiple services, teams and stakeholders. Make key technical
decisions, balancing business priorities against scalability, reliability and maintainability. Remain
an active hands-on contributor. Influence engineering decisions beyond your immediate team, mentor
engineers, shape development practices and help raise the organisation's technical bar.
Is this a management role? No reporting line, hiring or performance review responsibility appears
anywhere in the posting, and the hands-on coding requirement is stated as a requirement rather than a
preference. We have published it as a senior individual contributor seat on that basis. The word
"Lead" in the title is a level marker at Agoda (Level 5), not a people management signal.
⛔ Visa. Agoda records "Visa sponsored: False" and the title says Gurugram based.
The team and stack. Mission critical domains across inventory, pricing, booking, payments and the
customer and partner platforms, on Scala, Go, Java and Kotlin with Kafka and Aerospike, shipping
dozens of releases a day.
Who this is for. A backend engineer with eleven or more years who wants architectural ownership
without leaving the code. If you want the same work one level down, Agoda's Level 4 Staff seat is in
this same edition at 8 to 12 years.
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