[EM] (Full Stack & Front End) Engineering Manager Ai - BKK

Agoda; New Delhi; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Agoda is searching for a Front-End Engineering Manager in New Delhi, India. In this role, you will lead a talented engineering team, focused on building scalable web applications that enhance user experiences globally. Your expertise in JavaScript, React, and strong leadership skills will help drive the development of AI-enabled features and ensure application performance.

The position requires a collaborative mindset, effective mentoring abilities, and a commitment to engineering excellence. Join Agoda to build the future of travel technology!

Qualifications

• Strong experience leading teams building large-scale web applications.
• Solid hands-on expertise in JavaScript / TypeScript.
• Experience with REST, GraphQL, or WebSockets.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team building scalable, user-friendly web applications.
• Drive development of front-end and full-stack solutions.
• Collaborate to deliver impactful customer experiences.

Skills

Leadership in web application development

JavaScript / TypeScript expertise

Web performance optimization

Collaboration with cross-functional teams

Mentoring and coaching ability

Job description

About Agoda

At Agoda, we bridge the world through travel. Our story began in 2005 when two lifelong friends and entrepreneurs launched Agoda to make it easier for everyone to explore the world. Today, we are part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), with a diverse team of over 7,000 people from 90 countries working together in offices around the globe. Every day we connect people to destinations and experiences, with our great deals across millions of hotels and holiday properties, flights, and experiences worldwide.

Get to Know Our Team

Join a team of talented engineers who are passionate about front‑end development. Our team is dedicated to building cutting‑edge web applications using Typescript, React, and Redux.

The Opportunity

As a Front‑End Engineering Manager at Agoda, you will lead a team of talented engineers building scalable, high‑performance web applications that power user experiences at global scale. You will work closely with product managers, designers, data scientists, and cross‑functional engineering teams to develop user‑facing applications and platforms that integrate AI capabilities into Agoda’s products at global scale.

In this role, you’ll get to:

• Lead a team of engineers building scalable, reliable, and user‑friendly web applications and product experiences.
• Drive the development of front‑end and full‑stack solutions across core product areas, including selected AI‑enabled features and workflows.
• Collaborate with product, design, data, and engineering teams to deliver intuitive and impactful customer or internal user experiences.
• Shape architecture across areas such as state management, SSR, micro‑frontends, and API integration.
• Ensure new features, including AI‑assisted capabilities where relevant, are performant, maintainable, observable, and production‑ready.
• Guide the team in designing interfaces and workflows that surface recommendations, automation, or intelligent product enhancements in a usable and reliable way.
• Improve application quality through engineering best practices including code reviews, testing, experimentation, and continuous delivery.
• Support integration with backend services through REST, GraphQL, WebSockets, and other service interfaces.
• Drive technical decisions around performance, reliability, monitoring, and maintainability in production.
• Mentor engineers and grow team capability in both modern web engineering and evolving product development practices.

What you’ll need to succeed

• Bring strong experience leading teams building large‑scale web applications with React, Angular, or Vue.
• Demonstrate solid hands‑on expertise in JavaScript / TypeScript and front‑end development.
• Apply strong knowledge of web performance optimization, scalability, and front‑end best practices.
• Show experience integrating front‑end applications with backend services through REST, GraphQL, or WebSockets.
• Drive strong technical and people leadership, with proven mentoring and coaching ability.
• Collaborate effectively with product, design, and engineering stakeholders.
• Contribute to architectural decisions across SSR, micro‑frontends, and state management.
• Operate with a strong understanding of CI/CD, automated testing, and deployment for web applications.
• Communicate clearly and thrive in a fast‑paced, collaborative environment.

It’s great if you have

• Exposure to full‑stack development and backend technologies such as C#, Kotlin, or Scala.
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies.
• Experience with mobile web, cross‑platform frameworks, or cloud platforms.
• Experience with analytics, A/B testing, and SEO for large‑scale web products.
• Experience building customer‑facing products in high‑traffic or global‑scale environments.

Equal Opportunity Employer

At Agoda, we pride ourselves on being a company represented by people of all different backgrounds and orientations. We prioritize attracting diverse talent and cultivating an inclusive environment that encourages collaboration and innovation. Employment at Agoda is based solely on a person’s merit and qualifications. We are committed to providing 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.