Agoda · 12 hours ago
Senior Engineering Manager (Bangkok based, relocation provided)
San Jose, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
10+ years expAgoda is a global travel platform that connects people to destinations and experiences. The Senior Engineering Manager will lead large engineering teams, provide technical guidance, and drive strategic projects while focusing on people development and technical excellence.
Air TransportationE-CommerceHotelTourismTravelTravel Accommodations
Responsibilities
Manage large engineering teams
Directly manage engineering managers and star engineers
Provide technical input into new business ideas
Work with senior leadership up to C-level
Work and drive initiatives outside of your core team
Build and guide the technical roadmap for your area
Take ownership of major projects that are strategic to Agoda
It’s important to have a love of engineering and a passion for building things elegantly and at scale
Staying in touch with where the industry is going is crucial, and it’s important to have strong opinions about how systems should be architected, engineered, and maintained
Developing people – Despite our investment and belief in technology, people are still our greatest asset
The right candidate will have a keen interest in developing people: inspiring those around them so they can achieve their potential
Being able to bring A-players such as yourself from outside and integrating them into the business will also be important
Qualification
Required
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 experience managing engineering teams, 10+ years of experience in software engineering
Demonstrable experience as a system owner with operational responsibility
Able to operate with autonomously: making decisions, setting KPIs, with a strong sense of ownership
Extremely proficient in at least one programming language (React, Javascript, Kotlin, Scala, Java, C#)
Knowledge in scale, microservices and clean architecture
A focus on velocity and quality, along with the right engineering metrics to guide and improve these
Excellent people management and communication skills
Minimum a B.S. in Computer Science or quantitative field
Preferred
Proficiency in range of backend programming languages
Experience in data engineering
Have experience managing in a data driven company with experience analyzing and working with Big Data
A key player at an Internet company that is at scale with large numbers of users and transactions per second
Worked on global projects serving world markets with distributed data centers
Experience in Fintech / Financial Systems
Company
Agoda
Agoda is a digital travel platform that provides access to hotels and holiday properties including flights. It is a sub-organization of Booking Holdings.
5001-10000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknown2007-11-08Acquired
Leadership Team
Omri Morgenshtern
Chief Operating Officer
Timothy Hughes
Vice President Corporate Development
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