Job Overview and Responsibilities

About us
The client is the foremost personal financial portal in South East Asia, dedicated to assisting consumers in comparing loans, insurance, and credit cards. Their primary objective is to empower consumers in making more informed and improved financial decisions.

About the job

We are growing and we’re looking for talents to come onboard our Technology team as a Technical Team Lead based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. 

In the role of Tech Lead, you will guide, mentor, and instill contemporary software development methodologies within your development team. Your responsibilities include shaping, creating, testing, and delivering software products to meet the highest standards at the specified cost.

Your strong collaboration with the Product team will enable the business to innovate and experiment swiftly, and your architectural decisions will reflect the latest best practices while considering emerging trends.

As a vital member of the Marketplace business unit, you will spearhead a Tech team responsible for constructing and overseeing core platforms that drive the experience across various regions.
 

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of talented engineers who are driven by shipping high-quality code
• Execute to high standards across the entire software development lifecycle including feature planning and estimation, automated testing, development, deployment and user acceptance testing
• Ensure code is being written in accordance with the principles agreed on by the team
• Facilitate conversation around coding, architecture standards and best practices
• Architect and design services/systems using design patterns that allow for iterative delivery and future scaling
• Help prioritize the team’s efforts and facilitate the timely delivery of initiatives.
• Work with the product team to clearly define the teams capabilities and organize work
• Expert on modern software development with a preference for Agile methods
• Good understanding of the internet and the technology that powers it
• Accurate estimator who understands the complexities of a multi-skilled team
• Expert software developer with a passion for the web and its underlying technologies
• Strong analytical, business, project management, and organizational skills
• Self-motivated, positive-thinking, team player, leader, problem-solver
• Entrepreneurial and commercially minded, highly creative, and able to innovate quickly
• Passion for data, testing, and building a world-class customer experience
• People management, identify what drives each of the team members to Grow the technical team members
• Hire, onboard and retain top talent in the company

Key Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• 6+ years of software development experience and at least 1 year leading an engineering team or managing engineers
• A full stack developer with strong backend development experience
• Experience working with a scripting language like Ruby
• Experience working with relational databases like PostgreSQL
• Experience working on cloud platforms like AWS
• Database design skills with understanding of handling sensitive customer data
• Have practical knowledge of OOPs concepts and SOLID principles
• You have a strong grasp of designing and building distributed systems in a services architecture
• We work on Ruby on Rails, Node.js, Typescript, VueJS, Kafka. Knowledge and experience in these is a strong plus
• Good grasp of Object oriented programming principles and code design patterns
• Strong advocate for automated software testing
• Deep knowledge of web standards, design and usability

Why You Should Apply This Position

• Be one of the first key members in a technical team in Vietnam 
• Outstanding career growth and development opportunities 
• Competitive salary package and bi-annual performance review 
• Energetic, positive and initiative-driven culture