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

Agoda; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Agoda is seeking an experienced Front-End Engineering Manager in San Jose to lead a team building scalable, high-performance web applications powering user experiences at global scale.

You will collaborate with product, design, data, and cross-functional teams to deliver AI-enabled features and workflows, shaping architecture and driving performance, reliability, and maintainability across production systems.

Qualifications

• Experience leading teams building large-scale web apps.
• Hands-on front-end expertise with modern frameworks (React/Angular/Vue).
• Strong knowledge of web performance optimization and scalability.
• Experience integrating front-end with backend services via REST, GraphQL, or WebSockets.
• Proven mentoring and coaching ability.
• Collaborates effectively with product, design, data, and engineering stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of engineers building scalable, reliable web applications and product experiences.
• Drive front-end and full-stack solutions across core product areas, including AI-enabled features.
• Collaborate with product, design, data, and engineering to deliver user experiences.

Skills

React/Angular/Vue

JavaScript/TypeScript

Web performance

REST/GraphQL/WebSockets

Leadership

CI/CD & testing

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Requirements

• 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 frontend 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.

Nice to Have

• Bring exposure to full‑stack development and backend technologies such as C#, Kotlin, or Scala.
• Demonstrate familiarity with Agile development methodologies.
• Show experience with mobile web, cross‑platform frameworks, or cloud platforms.
• Apply experience with analytics, A/B testing, and SEO for large‑scale web products.
• Demonstrate 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.

Disclaimer

We do not accept any terms or conditions, nor do we recognize any agency’s representation of a candidate, from unsolicited third‑party or agency submissions. If we receive unsolicited or speculative CVs, we reserve the right to contact and hire the candidate directly without any obligation to pay a recruitment fee.