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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. \nToday, 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.\nNo 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.\nGet to Know our Team\nIn Agoda’s Back End Engineering department, we build the 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. These mission-critical systems change frequently with dozens of releases per day, so we must employ state-of-the-art CI/CD and testing techniques in order to make sure everything works without any downtime. We also ensure that our systems are self-healing, responding gracefully to extreme loads or unexpected input. In order to accomplish this, we use state-of-the-art languages like Scala and Go, data technologies like Kafka and Aerospike, and agile development practices. Most importantly though, we hire great people from all around the world and empower them to be successful. Whether it’s building new projects like Flights and Packages or reimagining our existing business, you’ll make a big impact as part of the Back End Engineering team. \nThe Opportunity\nWe are seeking a Principal Engineer to drive innovation across our AI-powered data experience and platform infrastructure.\nThis role combines leading the development of AI-powered data querying - enabling users to ask business questions in natural language and receive actionable insights - while shaping the evolution of our data quality tools, and analytical engines such as StarRocks.\nAs a senior technical leader, you will operate across AI, data infrastructure, and reliability domains, driving high-impact initiatives and serving as a key technical authority across the organization.\n\nThis position is based in Bangkok, Thailand. (Relocation support is provided)\n\nIn this Role, you'll get to:\nLead the development of AI-powered data querying solutions, enabling users to ask business questions in natural language and receive actionable insights.\nArchitect and develop scalable data quality tools and frameworks to ensure reliable and trustworthy data.\nAct as a hands-on technical leader, tackling complex challenges across AI query engines, data quality systems, and analytical engines.\nCollaborate with TPMs and stakeholders to define and drive the technical vision and roadmap for AI-driven querying, query engines, and data quality tools.\nMentor engineers and raise standards across data quality & governance tools, query engines, and the broader data platform.\n\nWhat you'll Need to Succeed:\n10+ years of experience in software engineering, data engineering, or related fields\nStrong hands-on experience with:\nSQL and large-scale data systems\n Modern analytical databases / data warehouses (e.g., StarRocks, Snowflake, BigQuery, ClickHouse)\n Backend development (e.g., Python, Java, Scala or similar)\nExperience building or working with:\n AI/LLM-based applications (e.g., text-to-SQL, conversational interfaces, cursor, copilots)\nData platforms or analytical infrastructure at scale\nStrong understanding of data modeling, query execution, and performance optimization\nProven ability to lead cross-team, high-impact technical initiatives\nAbility to navigate between deep hands-on work and strategic technical leadership\nExcellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders\nIt's Great if you have:\nExperience with text-to-SQL systems or AI-driven data interfaces\nExperience implementing or scaling analytical engines such as StarRocks\nBackground in data observability, quality, or governance frameworks\nExperience with tools like dbt, Airflow, Spark, or similar\n#Bengaluru #SãoPaulo #Delhi #NewYorkCity #Nigeria #London #Hyderabad #Pune #Mumbai #Colombia #Paris #Jakarta #Chennai #SanFrancisco #WashingtonDC #Toronto #Pakistan #LosAngeles #Dallas #Chicago #Kenya #Boston #Shanghai #Egypt #BuenosAires #Manila #Netherlands #Singapore #RiodeJaneiro #Beijing #Atlanta #Sydney #Madrid #Vietnam #SaudiArabia #Peru #Melbourne #Ireland #Russia #Bangladesh #MexicoCity #Philadelphia #Chile #SeattleArea #Noida #Kolkata #Guangdong #UnitedArabEmirates #TelAvivDistrict #Houston #KualaLumpur #BeloHorizonte #SouthKorea #Bangkok #Istanbul #Austin #Curitiba #Warsaw #Campinas #Barcelona #Ukraine #CostaRica #Berlin #Romania #Denver #Johannesburg #Minneapolis #Manchester #Miami #Phoenix #Detroit #Coimbatore #Milan #PortoAlegre #Vancouver #Montreal #Charlotte #SanDiego #Ghana #SaltLakeCity #Raleigh #HongKong #Munich #Prague #Ecuador #TampaBay #Tokyo #Serbia #Lithuania #Taipei #Cracow #Zhejiang #CapeTown #Brasilia #Columbus #Ahmedabad #Indore #Kochi #Gurgaon #Chandigarh #Lucknow #Bhubaneswar #Thiruvananthapuram #Visakhapatnam #Bhopal #JerseyCity #Irving #Denton #Worcester #Arlington #OverlandPark #AuroraDistrict #Baltimore #Tampa #Halethorpe #Dayton #Syracuse #Chonburi #ChiangMai #NakhonRatchasima #KhonKaen #HatYai #Phuket #Surabaya #Tangerang #Birmingham #Casablanca #Rabat #Camp #PetalingJaya #GeorgeTown\n\nPlease review our Hiring Process Guidelines before your interview - click here to learn how interviewing at Agoda works.\nDiscover more about working at Agoda\nAgoda Careers https://careersatagoda.com\nFacebook https://www.facebook.com/agodacareers/\nLinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/agoda\nYouTube https://www.youtube.com/agodalife\nEqual Opportunity Employer \nAt 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.\nWe 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.\nDisclaimer\nWe 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. 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