Compared with the selected benchmark ("All roles in Bangkok, Thailand"), this listing's salary midpoint is about 90% lower. The offer sits below the benchmark range (€9,260–€13,890). Range-width comparison is limited because one of the salary bands is incomplete. This benchmark is based on 3 comparable listings.

Monthly salary comparison for Senior Engineering Manager
Market	Lower bound (25th percentile)	Median	Upper bound (75th percentile)
All roles in Bangkok, Thailand	€9,260/per month	€13,890/per month	€13,890/per month

About the role

The Role: As a Senior Engineering Manager at Agoda, you will lead multiple teams or a large engineering organization, driving technical direction, organizational scale, and business impact. This role focuses on leading managers, shaping strategy, and driving cross-team execution, with opportunities to lead fintech-related platforms and transaction-heavy systems. Responsibilities include setting roadmaps, partnering with senior leadership, developing leaders, hiring and scaling teams, and ensuring high-quality, reliable systems across backend, platform, data, and fintech domains. Requirements include extensive experience managing large teams (>25), hiring and developing managers, and strong communication with C-level executives; at least 5 years in management and 10+ years in software engineering; Bachelor’s in CS or quantitative field.

Job Details

Responsibilities

Lead multiple engineering teams or a large organization.
Manage Engineering Managers, senior engineers, and technical leaders.
Drive strategic, cross-team initiatives and major engineering programs.
Set the technical roadmap and align it with business goals.
Partner with senior leadership, including Directors, VPs, and C-level stakeholders.
Develop engineering leaders through coaching, mentoring, and performance management.
Hire and scale high-performing teams and leadership talent.
Strengthen engineering culture through quality, ownership, and data-driven decisions.
Drive organizational excellence across backend, platform, data, and fintech-related engineering domains.
Oversee the delivery of scalable, reliable, and secure systems that support high-volume, business-critical, and transaction-intensive workloads.

Requirements

Experience managing large engineering teams (>25)
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 autonomously with decision-making and KPIs
Proficiency in at least one programming language (React, Javascript, Kotlin, Scala, Java, C#)
Knowledge in scale, microservices and clean architecture
Focus on velocity and quality with engineering metrics
Excellent people management and communication skills
Bachelor’s in CS or quantitative field