Senior Backend Engineer - Display & App Marketing (Remote)

About the Role

Agoda is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer - Display & App Marketing (Remote) to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will play a crucial part in building and enhancing large-scale systems that drive our paid marketing efforts across various global advertising channels. If you are passionate about backend engineering and want to make a significant impact in the travel industry, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

What You'll Do

• Design, build, and operate backend services and data pipelines that support paid marketing use cases, including hotel feeds and ad platform integrations.
• Contribute to technical design discussions and drive the implementation of production systems running at scale.
• Participate in the full development lifecycle: design, implementation, testing, deployment, and production support.
• Proactively identify and improve system reliability, scalability, data quality, and operational efficiency.
• Write clear, maintainable code and actively participate in code reviews and technical discussions.
• Collaborate with Product, Marketing, and other Engineering teams to clarify requirements and deliver effective solutions.
• Support and improve the team’s engineering standards, including CI/CD, monitoring, and documentation.
• Make technical trade-offs across performance, quality, and cost.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• 5+ years of software engineering experience, with a focus on backend and/or data engineering.
• Strong proficiency in Scala (preferred) or another JVM language (e.g., Java, Kotlin).
• Strong proficiency in SQL.
• Experience building and operating data processing and pipeline systems, e.g., Spark, Kafka, workflow orchestration tools.
• Experience with messaging or asynchronous systems (e.g., RabbitMQ).
• Ability to troubleshoot complex systems and perform effective root cause analysis.
• Strong English communication skills, both written and verbal.

Nice to Have

• Deep experience with Spark-based distributed data pipelines, including performance tuning and query plan optimization.
• Experience integrating with external APIs or third-party platforms at scale.
• Familiarity with advertising, marketing, or experimentation systems.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary with a range of $120,000 to $150,000 annually.
• Comprehensive relocation support for those moving to Germany.
• Visa sponsorship to help you settle into your new role.
• Flexible remote work options to enhance work-life balance.
• Opportunities for professional growth and development within a global team.