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Hi, my name is Bruno and I work as a senior engineering manager at Agoda.
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So my journey here started back in 2016 as a back-end engineer in tech search team.
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And now I'm a senior engineering manager leading a few organizations like accommodation, search and pricing, as well as white labels.
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For the role that we are heading for, it's a back-end engineer.
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And what we're looking for is like brilliant engineers willing to
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use technology on the deepest possible level to solve complex problems and make our organization thrive.
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Engineers working at Agoda may expect a very dynamic and fast-paced environment.
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So different teams have different natures of problems to solve, but you can majorly split these into like main different types.
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You have platform teams and horizontal teams.
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Engineers being part of platform team not only need to build scalable, highly scalable applications that can serve like a huge amount of traffic that we are exposed to,
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but also made sure that the code is simple enough to be contributed by many horizontal teams across the company.
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As part of a horizontal team on the other side, you don't have this in-depth exposure in terms of the scalability,
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but you have a very broad exposure in terms of all the systems that we have in Agoda, which makes you have a very good end-to-end understanding of what we do
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and then can contribute and create immediate impact with great features that you push to production.
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So to put some numbers in perspective, So for price calculation system, for example, we handle 20 million price calculations every single second.
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With such scale, you can imagine that there is no out-of-the-box solution that can be applied.
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Even simple strategies like auto-scaling or retries or any other strategy cannot just be used out-of-the-box.
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With this, engineers need to go to the deepest level of technology to make the right choices
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and build an architecture that can scale for the future.
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When I think about like the reason why I work in this company
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and what excites me the most in the database I can think mostly about three things,
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how diverse data-driven and technology-focused this organization is.
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So when you think about diversity, imagine what it is to work with almost 100 different nationalities under the same roof.
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The amount of different perspectives that all of these people bring to the problem is something that you cannot find easily somewhere.
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Now, when it comes to data-driven technology-focused, everything here can be represented by data by data.
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So our hypothesis, we use data to back them, as well as getting enough insights for new hypotheses to come up.
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Which means there is no such thing as titles when it comes to give great ideas that can materialize in great features.
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When you talk about technology focused, it's not using technology just for the sake of using it.
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It's by using innovation and using the newest possible technologies on what the best they can serve us for.
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If Solving complex problems and using technology on the deepest possible level is something that excites you.
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That's just the right place for you.
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Come join us and help us build the greatest possible experience for millions of travelers around the world.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “All About Agoda's Back-End Engineering”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: technology, engineer, Agoda, deepest, horizontal. This video has 32 sentences and 561 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:05. The speaker talks fast, about 182 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 87% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 14 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| horizontal adjective | /ˌhoɹəˈzɑn.təl/ | Perpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the plane of the horizon; level, flat. |
| excite verb | /ɪkˈsaɪt/ | To stir the emotions of; to cause to feel excitement. |
| scalable adjective | /ˈskeɪ.lə.bl̩/ | Capable of being climbed. |
| calculation noun | /ˌkælkjuˈleɪʃn̩/ | The act or process of calculating. |
| hypothesis noun | /haɪˈpɒθɪsɪs/ | A tentative conjecture explaining an observation, phenomenon or scientific problem and that can be tested by further observation, investigation, or… |
| majorly adverb | significantly; very, very much | |
| materialize verb | /məˈtɪɹiəlaɪz/ | To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear. |
| scalability noun | /ˌskeɪ.ləˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/ | The property of being scalable. |
| nationality noun | /ˌnæʃ.əˈnæl.ɪ.ti/ | Legal membership of a particular nation or state, by origin, birth, naturalization, ownership, allegiance or otherwise. |
| thrive verb | /θɹajv/ | To grow or increase stature; to grow vigorously or luxuriantly; to enjoy a state of excellent health and well-being; to flourish. |
| automobile noun | /ˈɔː.tə.məˌbil/ | A type of motor vehicle designed to move on the ground under its own stored power and intended to carry a driver, a small number of additional passengers, and… |
| expose verb | /ɪkˈspoʊz/ | To reveal; to uncover; to make visible; to bring to light. |
| accommodation noun | /əˌkɒm.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/ | Lodging in a dwelling or similar living quarters afforded to travellers in hotels or on cruise ships, or students, etc. |
| insight noun | /ˈɪnsaɪ̯t/ | A sight or view of the interior of anything; a deep inspection or view; introspection; frequently used with into. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| come up verb | To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly. |
| start back in verb | To resume insulting, confronting and/or shouting at someone. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 3 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm, we're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: hypothesis /haɪˈpɒθɪsɪs/, thrive /θɹajv/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: calculation /ˌkælkjuˈleɪʃn̩/, nationality /ˌnæʃ.əˈnæl.ɪ.ti/, accommodation /əˌkɒm.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: horizontal /ˌhoɹəˈzɑn.təl/, hypothesis /haɪˈpɒθɪsɪs/, materialize /məˈtɪɹiəlaɪz/, scalability /ˌskeɪ.ləˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/, nationality /ˌnæʃ.əˈnæl.ɪ.ti/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like horizontal, excite, scalable.
Phương Pháp Shadowing Là Gì?
Shadowing là kỹ thuật học ngôn ngữ có cơ sở khoa học, ban đầu được phát triển cho chương trình đào tạo phiên dịch viên chuyên nghiệp và được phổ biến rộng rãi bởi nhà đa ngôn ngữ học Dr. Alexander Arguelles. Nguyên lý cốt lõi đơn giản nhưng cực kỳ hiệu quả: bạn nghe tiếng Anh của người bản xứ và lặp lại to ngay lập tức — như một "cái bóng" (shadow) đuổi theo người nói với độ trễ chỉ 1–2 giây. Khác với luyện ngữ pháp hay học từ vựng bị động, Shadowing buộc não bộ và cơ miệng phải đồng thời xử lý và tái tạo ngôn ngữ thực tế. Các nghiên cứu khoa học xác nhận phương pháp này cải thiện đáng kể phát âm, ngữ điệu, nhịp điệu, nối âm, kỹ năng nghe và độ lưu loát khi nói — đặc biệt hiệu quả cho người luyện IELTS Speaking và muốn giao tiếp tiếng Anh tự nhiên như người bản ngữ.