Senior Engineering Manager (Bangkok based, relocation provided)

Agoda; Oslo; On-site; NOK 1,400,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Agoda is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead large engineering teams and directly coach engineering managers and senior engineers. This role requires setting a technical roadmap, influencing senior leadership, and driving strategic initiatives across projects for scalable systems.

You will own major programs, foster talent development, and ensure velocity and quality through robust engineering metrics.

Qualifications

• 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 in engineering management and 10+ years in software engineering.
• Demonstrable experience as a system owner with operational responsibility.
• Ability to operate autonomously with strong ownership.

Responsibilities

• Manage large engineering teams
• Directly manage engineering managers and star engineers
• Provide technical input on 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
• Develop people, inspiring others to achieve their potential and bringing new talent into the business

Skills

Engineering leadership

Hiring managers

Cross-functional leadership

C-level communication

System ownership

Autonomous decision making

Multi-language tech

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or quantitative field

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. We are part of Booking Holdings [NASDAQ: BKNG] and have a diverse team of over 7,000 people from 90 countries, working together in offices around the globe.

Our Team

In Agoda’s Engineering department, we build scalable and fault‑tolerant systems covering all major areas of our business: website, mobile apps, affiliate APIs, inventory and pricing, product information, customer data, communications, partner data, booking systems, payments, and finance. We use state‑of‑the‑art languages and technologies such as React, Redux, Javascript, Kotlin, Scala, Kafka, Aerospike, and Big Data, and follow agile practices.

The Opportunity

The Senior Engineering Manager role is one of the most significant and challenging roles in Technology. The right candidate has deep technical knowledge and extremely strong leadership and people‑development skills, and experience leading large engineering teams and managing managers.

In this Role, you’ll get to:

• Manage large engineering teams
• Directly manage engineering managers and star engineers
• Provide technical input on 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
• Passion for building things elegantly and at scale
• Develop people, inspiring others to achieve their potential and bringing new talent 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 in engineering management and 10+ years in software engineering
• Demonstrable experience as a system owner with operational responsibility
• Ability to operate autonomously: making decisions, setting KPIs, strong ownership
• 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 appropriate 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 and working with Big Data
• Key player at an Internet company that handles 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

Agoda is an equal opportunity employer. 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.

Disclaimer

We do not accept unsolicited or speculative CVs. If we receive such CVs, we reserve the right to contact and hire the candidate directly without any obligation to pay a recruitment fee.