Agoda reviews

Really fast paced company with a great, no-BS culture. A lot of intelligent people here, and surprisingly little arrogance. People are always willing to listen about better ways to accomplish things. Conversely, seemingly good ideas aren't just blindly accepted. There is a great testing culture, so new methods are benchmarked against old methods to see what is truly best. It's really an amazing company that is reminiscent of a young google.

Although Agoda is not the biggest OTA around (which is a plus, in my eyes) it is still a full blown e-commerce company with huge multi-national user base. This means that technology must be scalable and distributed (data across few data centers; strict SLAs; etc). So as part of the IT organization you get to be exposed to the best of best practices in the field and take part in a very smart and energetic development organization. Cultural-wise, Agoda still maintain it's original start-up mentality which generate ample of opportunities to grow. Aside form core IT lure, living in Bangkok also has it perks: relatively lower cost of living and very accessible nearby destinations to explore (within Thailand but also in neighboring countries like Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, ...). On top of that, Thai people are very warm and welcoming people and Bangkok is a relatively modern city with multitude of nightlife/leisure options.