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Engineering Manager, Infrastructure Platform (Bangkok based, Relocation Provided))

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Bangkok, Thailand

About Agoda 

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 4.7M hotels and holiday properties worldwide, plus flights, activities, and more. Based in Asia and part of Booking Holdings, our 7,100+ employees representing 95+ nationalities in 27 markets foster a work environment rich in diversity, creativity, and collaboration. 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.
We are a skillful, driven and diverse team from across the globe, united by a passion to make an impact. Harnessing our innovative technologies and strong partnerships, we aim to make travel easy and rewarding for everyone.

Get to Know our Team:  

The infrastructure team operates all networks, servers, and storage platforms used to deliver services to Agoda’s customers. We support every product within the company, working with a wide range of systems and technology stacks. As part of our team, you will be working on a mission critical private cloud with over 800k cores, spread over hundreds of Kubernetes clusters, Open stack virtual machines and bare metal servers. 

Each of these opportunities – coupled with an open work environment – are a great way to gain experience on a modern and dynamic platform, constantly evolving to adapt to changes in the business landscape.  

We are a distributed team of engineers spanning across Bangkok, Singapore and elsewhere. 

 
The Opportunity: 

Our Infrastructure Platform team in Bangkok is searching for an experienced Engineering Manager (Compute) to help scale our Compute Platform (based on Kubernetes).  There will be a focus on building a culture that drives operational excellence, and solid engineering practices, with decisions driven by data.   

 

In this Role, you’ll get to: 

  • Lead by Example: Remain hands-on—write and review code, and provide expert-level coaching and guidance to engineers at all levels.
  • Team Leadership: Manage and develop a high-performing Agile team of 5+ senior/lead software engineers, fostering a collaborative and innovative environment.
  • Platform Vision: Drive research and development to continuously improve our infrastructure platform, setting a clear technical vision and roadmap.
  • Design & Technical Reviews: Lead and participate in design reviews within the team and across the department, influencing technical direction at Agoda.
  • Technical Evangelism: Stay at the forefront of technology, proactively sharing knowledge and best practices to elevate the entire organization.
  • Data-Driven Decisions: Use metrics and scientific approaches to guide project success and platform performance.

 
What You’ll Need to Succeed: 

  • Proven Leadership: 2+ years’ experience as an engineering manager in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, managing Agile scrum teams with 5+ direct reports.
  • Technical Expertise: Strong coding skills in a modern programming language (Golang preferred).
  • Platform Experience: Hands-on experience with large-scale compute/infrastructure platforms (Kubernetes, OpenStack, virtual machines, containers).
  • Reliability Focus: Deep understanding of platform stability, resilience, and observability.
  • Quality Mindset: Experience working in CI/CD environments with a strong focus on testing and quality.
  • Ownership & Autonomy: Ability to set OKRs/KPIs, make independent decisions, and take full ownership of outcomes.
  • Excellent Communication: Self-motivated, approachable, and adaptable, with strong English communication skills.

 

It’s Great if you Have: 

  • Experience with other CNCF projects, such as Cilium/Istio etc. 
  • Experience with Configuration Management tools (preferably Ansible) 
  • Are confident with networking protocols and general networking concepts. 
  • Able to communicate across all levels in the hierarchy of a large organization. 
  • Contributed to open-source projects. 
  • Building asset management systems. 
  • Integrated GenAI tools into platform(s), such as MCP. 

 

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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.

We will keep your application on file so that we can consider you for future vacancies and you can always ask to have your details removed from the file. For more details please read our privacy policy.

 

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