Senior/Staff Data Platform Engineer (Bangkok based relocation provided)📣 Job Ad

About Agoda and the Opportunity

Agoda, a part of Booking Holdings [NASDAQ: BKNG], connects people to destinations and experiences globally through its platform. With a diverse team of over 7,000 individuals across 90 countries, Agoda leverages data and technology to drive innovation in the travel sector. We are seeking a Senior/Staff Data Platform Engineer to join our team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, focusing on building and operating robust data solutions.

Role Summary

The Senior/Staff Data Platform Engineer is responsible for the design, construction, and operation of a cloud-native data platform. This platform is built on Snowflake and public cloud infrastructure, ensuring reliable, governed, and scalable data access across the organization. The role encompasses the entire lifecycle of the data platform, from cloud environment provisioning and data lake architecture to transformation pipelines, security enforcement, and data sharing.

Key Responsibilities

• Provision and manage cloud environments, including storage, networking, and IAM across public cloud platforms (AWS / GCP / Azure).
• Architect and administer Snowflake as the organization's unified Data Lake and Data Warehouse platform.
• Define and enforce Data Access Policies using encryption, IAM, and Snowflake network policies.
• Build and maintain dbt transformation models with Git-based version control across staging and production data layers.
• Define platform standards and best practices for data ingestion, transformation, and consumption layers.

Scope of Ownership

• Responsible for the end-to-end design, provisioning, and operation of the cloud data platform, from raw ingestion zones to curated, analytics-ready data layers, ensuring reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency.
• Maintains overall responsibility for the unified data warehouse and lake platform architecture, including performance tuning, resource management, cost governance, and platform evolution.
• Owns the transformation layer from design through to production, ensuring data models, testing frameworks, and documentation are accurate, consistent, and fit for consumption.
• Drives the definition and adoption of platform-wide standards covering data ingestion, transformation, and consumption patterns, and evaluates tooling and architectural decisions.

Required Experience and Qualifications

Candidates for this full-time position should possess over 10 years of relevant experience in data platform engineering or a similar field. A strong background in cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure), Snowflake administration, dbt, data governance, and architectural design for scalable data solutions is essential.

Work Environment and Location

This full-time role is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. At Agoda, data and technology are central to our culture, fostering curiosity and innovation. Join a team dedicated to building advanced travel solutions for a global audience.