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Job overview and responsibility

We are a leading super app tech company, transforming how people commute and access essential services, operating at a scale with 1M+ daily transactions. We offer a variety of services beyond ride-hailing, creating a one-stop shop for everyday needs.

Our organization has 500+ employees, with a tech team of approximately 200 members, including Product, FE, BE, DS, DE, QA and more.

Our Tech stack:

  • Backend: Golang (microservices, event-driven architecture)

  • Frontend: TypeScript, , , Tailwind CSS

  • Mobile: Flutter (component-based, composable architecture), Android, iOS

  • Cloud & Infrastructure: GCP, Kubernetes (GKE), Istio, Terraform, autoscaling, chaos engineering

  • Data & AI: Snowflake, Apache Kafka, Spark, TensorFlow, Airflow

  • DevOps & Security: GitLab (CI/CD), Backstage (developer productivity), SRE, observability tools

About the Role:

The Engineering Director will lead technology strategy, system scalability, and team development while ensuring high-speed execution, stability, and efficiency. This role requires a hands-on, high-impact leader who can balance deep technical execution, team management, and future-proofing our technology.

A/ Responsibilities:

Technology Leadership & System Scalability

  • Own and optimize the entire tech stack & architecture, ensuring high availability, security, and resilience.

  • Lead infrastructure scaling to support 1M+ daily transactions across multiple services.

  • Implement cutting-edge AI and automation solutions to improve platform performance.

  • Enhance system observability, monitoring, and disaster recovery strategies.

  • Drive cost-efficient CapEx planning, optimizing for performance vs. budget balance.

Team & Culture Building

  • Manage and mentor a cross-functional tech team of more than 100 members (Backend, Mobile, SRE, QA, Data science…).

  • Foster a high-speed, ownership-driven culture that promotes integrity, collaboration, and accountability.

  • Develop technical leadership pipelines, ensuring top talent development and retention.

  • Cultivate an engineering culture that embraces innovation, continuous learning, and rapid iteration.

Future-Readiness & Technology Planning

  • Define a 3-year technology roadmap aligned with business goals and market evolution.

  • Evaluate emerging tech trends (AI, cloud, blockchain, automation) and implement relevant solutions.

  • Collaborate with business and operations teams to align tech investments with growth strategies.

Execution & Engineering Excellence

  • Establish world-class engineering practices (CI/CD, DevOps, microservices, cloud architecture).

  • Optimize for high performance, low latency, and fault tolerance in real-time operations.

  • Spearhead technical transformations, re-architecture projects, and innovation initiatives.

Required skills and experiences

  • 15+ years of experience in software engineering & technology leadership roles.

  • Experience in super apps or multi-service platforms (from 12-16 products) with a proven track record of scaling high-transaction platforms with millions of daily users.

  • At least 2 years of experience working with Vietnamese product teams

  • Willing to work onsite in HCMC

  • Understanding of the on-demand services industry and its unique technical challenges.

  • Fluency in English.

  • Leadership: Led 100+ engineering, built engineering culture & managed engineering transformations.

  • Deep expertise in microservices architecture, cloud computing, DevOps, and AI-driven solutions.

  • Strong capex planning and cost optimization in tech infrastructure investments.

  • Exceptional leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

  • Strong hands-on technical expertise, willing to be deeply involved in system architecture and engineering challenges.

  • Agile, high-speed decision-making.

Preferred skills and experiences

  • Can communicate in both English and Vietnamese is a plus

Why Candidate should apply this position

  • Be part of a market-leading super app handling over 1M daily transactions.

  • Work with cutting-edge technologies and lead end-to-end innovation.

  • Build and lead a high-performance, ownership-driven engineering team.

  • Shape the future of mobility, food delivery, and digital services in a fast- growing market.

We offer a dynamic and fast-paced work environment, competitive compensation and benefits package, and the opportunity to make a real impact on the lives of millions of users.

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Interview process

HR Screening call -> Interview with Technical Consultant -> Interview with CEO -> Discussion with stakeholders