Engineering Manager, Back End

About AgodaAt Agoda, we bridge the world through travel.Our story began in ****, when two lifelong friends and entrepreneurs, driven by their passion for travel, launched Agoda to make it easier for everyone to explore the world.Today, we are part of Booking Holdings [NASDAQ : BKNG], with a diverse team of over 7,000 people from 90 countries, working together in offices around the globe.Every day, we connect people to destinations and experiences, with our great deals across our millions of hotels and holiday properties, flights, and experiences worldwide.No two days are the same at Agoda.Data and technology are at the heart of our culture, fueling our curiosity and innovation.If you're ready to begin your best journey and help build travel for the world, join us.Get to Know our Team :In Agoda's Back End Engineering department, we build the scalable, fault-tolerant systems and APIs that host our core business logic.Our systems cover all major areas of our business : inventory and pricing, product information, customer data, communications, partner data, booking systems, payments, and more.These mission-critical systems change frequently with dozens of releases per day, so we must employ state-of-the-art CI / CD and testing techniques in order to make sure everything works without any downtime.We also ensure that our systems are self-healing, responding gracefully to extreme loads or unexpected input.In order to accomplish this, we use state-of-the-art languages like Scala and Go, data technologies like Kafka and Aerospike, and agile development practices.Most importantly though, we hire great people from all around the world and empower them to be successful.Whether it's building new projects like Flights and Packages or reimagining our existing business, you'll make a big impact as part of the Back End Engineering team.The Opportunity :The Engineering Manager role at Agoda is one of the most significant and challenging roles at the company.The right candidate is both extremely hands on – technically excellent, with solid engineering principles – and exhibits strong leadership and people development skills.We are looking for world class development managers to lead one or more of our engineering teams.In this Role, you'll get to :Be hands on - its one of the job's fundamental task, and most of our development managers are writing and reviewing code, giving expert level coaching and guidance to their engineers.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.Do full stack engineering : you should have solid experience in all parts of the technology stack : infrastructure, client side, back end, performance, data, and others.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.What you'll Need to Succeed :Extremely proficient in at least 1 programming language (Java, Scala, C#)Strong experience in systems architecture – particularly in complex, scalable and fault tolerant distributed systemsDemonstrable experience as a system owner with operational responsibilityProficient in lower level engineering (Garbage collection, context switching, threading)DevOps culture – Agility.Leanness.Automation.CI / CDGood understanding of application securityPassionate about technology and the InternetMust have worked in a successful agile development teamMust have run engineering teams before with 5+ direct reportsAble to operate with autonomously : making decisions, setting KPIs, with a strong sense of ownershipPractices data driven decision makingIt's Great if you have :Proficiency in more than one programming language#sanjose #losangeles #sydney #melbourne #perth #brussels #saopaolo #vancouver #shanghai #beijing #shenzhen #copenhagen #helsinki #paris #hongkong #budapest #jakarta #dublin #telaviv #milan #rome #tokyo #kualalumpur #amsterdam #oslo #jerusalem #manila #moscow #barcelona #madrid #stockholm #zurich #taipei #istanbul #london #wroclaw #warsaw #rio #chennai #pune #toronto #austin #sydney #chichago #noida #delhi #seattle #hyderabad #gurgaon #newyork #bangalore #boston #bengaluru #berlin #mumbai #stockholm #barcelona #IT #4 #5Discover More About Working At AgodaAgoda Careers https : / / careersatagoda.comFacebook https : / / / agodacareers /LinkedIn https : / / / company / agodaYouTube https : / / / agodalifeEqual Opportunity EmployerAt 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.DisclaimerWe 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.#J-*****-Ljbffr