Senior Engineering Manager

Senior Engineering Manager (Bangkok based, relocation provided) Agoda is an online travel booking platform for accommodations, flights, and more. We build and deploy cutting‑edge technology that connects travelers with a global network of 4.7 M hotels and holiday properties worldwide. Based in Asia and part of Booking Holdings, our 7 100+ employees represent 95+ nationalities in 27 markets. We innovate through a culture of experimentation and ownership, enhancing the ability for our customers to experience the world. Our Purpose – Bridging the World Through Travel We believe travel allows people to enjoy, learn, and experience more of the amazing world we live in. It brings individuals and cultures closer together, fostering empathy, understanding, and happiness. Get to Know our Team In Agoda’s Engineering department we build scalable and fault‑tolerant systems that span website, mobile apps, affiliate APIs, inventory, pricing, product information, customer data, communications, partner data, booking systems, payments, finance, and more. These mission‑critical systems change frequently, with dozens of releases per day, so we employ state‑of‑the‑art CI/CD, experimentation, and advanced testing techniques to ensure zero downtime and self‑healing responses to extreme loads. Senior Engineering Manager – Responsibilities Manage large engineering teams and directly manage engineering managers and star engineers. Provide technical input into new business ideas. Work with senior leadership up to C‑level. Drive initiatives outside your core team. Build and guide the technical roadmap for your area. Take ownership of major projects that are strategic to Agoda. Maintain a passion for elegant, scalable engineering and stay tuned to industry trends. Develop people, inspiring and integrating high‑potential individuals into the business. What You’ll Need to Succeed Experience managing large engineering teams (>25 people). Experience hiring and managing engineering managers. Experience developing future engineering managers from within the company. Experience rapidly growing a team. Experience communicating to C‑level. At least 5 years of managing engineering teams; 10+ years in software engineering. Demonstrable experience as a system owner with operational responsibility. Ability to operate autonomously: making decisions, setting KPIs. Extremely proficient in at least one programming language (React, JavaScript, Kotlin, Scala, Java, C#). Knowledge of scale, microservices, and clean architecture. Focus on velocity and quality, with the right engineering metrics. Excellent people‑management and communication skills. Minimum B.S. in Computer Science or quantitative field. It’s great if you have many of these Proficiency in a range of backend programming languages. Experience in data engineering. Experience managing in a data‑driven company, analyzing and working with Big Data. Experience at an internet company at scale with large numbers of users and transactions per second. Experience on global projects serving world markets with distributed data centers. Experience in Fintech / Financial systems. Equal Opportunity Employer At Agoda, we prioritize attracting diverse talent and cultivating an inclusive environment. Employment is based solely on merit and qualifications. We provide 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. We will keep your application on file for future opportunities and you can request removal of your details. For more details, read our privacy policy. #J-18808-Ljbffr