Software Development Engineer - BackEnd (Staff) | Gurugram, IND

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.

Build systems that power millions of global travel experiences Design and scale high-performance backend systems handling millions of requests daily across a global platform used by millions of travelers.

About our Team At Agoda, our Backend Engineering team builds high-scale, fault-tolerant distributed systems that power a global travel platform serving millions of users daily . We own mission-critical domains across inventory, pricing, booking, payments, and customer/partner platforms .

Our systems run with high availability, low latency, and zero-downtime expectations , powered by modern technologies such as Scala, Go, Java, Kotlin, Kafka, and Aerospike , along with strong foundations in CI/CD, automation, and observability .

We ship fast—often dozens of releases a day —and design systems that are resilient, self-healing, and built to scale globally .

The Opportunity As a Staff Backend Engineer , you will drive the design and development of scalable distributed systems , working on high-impact backend services. You’ll combine hands-on coding, system design, and technical leadership , contributing to complex systems and influencing engineering practices.

What You will Do

Design and build scalable distributed systems and microservices

Lead development of complex features and technical initiatives end-to-end

Drive system design, API design, and engineering best practices

Own scalability, performance, reliability, and fault tolerance of services

Optimize high-throughput, low-latency systems

Contribute to cross-team collaboration and system alignment

Stay hands-on with coding and system design (50–60%)

Mentor engineers and support overall team capability growth

Participate in technical decision-making and architectural improvements

Handle production issues, RCA, and continuous improvements

What We’re Looking For

8–12 years of backend engineering experience 

Strong experience building distributed systems at scale

Expertise in: Java, Kotlin, Scala, or Go

Strong understanding of:

Microservices architecture

REST APIs & system design

SQL/NoSQL databases

Performance, scalability, and concurrency

Strong coding + problem-solving ability

Ability to contribute to technical decisions and mentor engineers

Nice to Have

Experience building large-scale consumer or marketplace platforms

Exposure to event-driven systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ)

Experience with NoSQL databases (Cassandra, MongoDB, Aerospike)

Familiarity with cloud (AWS/GCP), CI/CD pipelines

Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments

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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.

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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.