[ITO] (Infra) Associate Engineering Manager / Engineering Manager – Infrastructure Platform (Bangkok-based, relocation provided)

 

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, OpenStack 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.  

The Opportunity: 

Our Compute Platform team in Bangkok is looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to help scale and evolve our Compute Platform, with a strong focus on inventory, platform tooling, and lifecycle management across bare‑metal infrastructure, virtual machines, and Kubernetes. 

You’ll balance hands‑on technical leadership with people leadership, guiding a small, cross‑functional team while ensuring our platform delivers reliable, high‑quality data and tooling that supports informed decision‑making at scale. 

In This Role, You Will: 

• Stay hands‑on by contributing to system design and code, performing reviews, and providing expert technical guidance and mentorship to engineers at all levels, including interns and junior contractors. 

• Build, lead, and develop a cross‑functional team of software and systems engineers, supported by contractors and interns, operating with agile delivery practices. 

• Drive the research, design, and delivery of inventory and compute platform tooling that improves visibility, efficiency, reliability, and lifecycle management. 

• Own and support design reviews within the team and across the wider engineering organization, helping shape platform standards and technical direction. 

• Own the roadmap, and be accountable for delivery, reliability, and operational outcomes 

• Foster a culture of operational excellence, engineering quality, and continuous improvement. 

• Continuously learn and explore emerging technologies, proactively sharing knowledge and raising the technical bar across teams. 

What You’ll Need to Succeed: 

• 3+ years of experience as an Engineering Manager, leading, coaching, and developing engineers with a mix of seniority and experience levels. 

• Strong hands‑on coding experience in a modern programming language; Golang is preferred as it is our primary language. 

• Experience building or supporting platform tooling for large‑scale compute or infrastructure environments, with an understanding of