Team Structure

• Engineering organization size: ~48 members
• Backend team: 7 engineers
• Reporting line: Head of Technology

Tech Stack

Front-end: Flutter, Firebase suite (Authentication, Firestore, Storage, Messaging), Native iOS / Android

Back-end: Node.js (NestJS / TypeScript), GCP (PubSub, Cloud Tasks, Functions, …), TypeScript, Python

DevOps: GitHub Actions, GCP (Cloud Build, Cloud Run), Docker

Analytics: GCP DataStudio, BigQuery, Google Analytics, UXcam, CleverTap, Adjust

Role Overview

The client is seeking an experienced Backend Technical Lead to drive backend engineering initiatives for a large-scale global mobile platform.

This position will take ownership of backend architecture, distributed services, AI-driven backend workflows, and engineering best practices while collaborating closely with senior stakeholders and experienced engineers.

Responsibilities

Technical Leadership

• Lead and mentor the backend engineering team
• Guide system design discussions and engineering standards
• Conduct code reviews and promote maintainable architecture patterns

Backend & System Architecture

• Design scalable and secure microservices systems
• Build high-availability backend services and APIs
• Improve system performance, reliability, and observability

AI & Data Infrastructure

• Develop AI-enabled backend workflows including RAG-based solutions
• Support personalized recommendation and automation features
• Manage infrastructure for real-time AI processing with low-latency performance

Collaboration & Delivery

• Work closely with product and cross-functional stakeholders
• Align technical roadmap with business priorities
• Ensure timely and high-quality project delivery

DevOps & Engineering Excellence

• Improve CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes
• Support infrastructure automation and cloud-native practices
• Maintain technical documentation for architecture and APIs

Requirements

• This role is open to everyone, regardless of your programming language; as long as you have a “can-do, can-learn” mindset to adapt to our current tech stacks

• Main stacks: Node.js, and Python
• Have experiences with statically typed languages (e.g, JAVA / GO / .NET) is a plus
• 08+ years as a Backend Engineer
• 03+ years as a Lead Engineer
• Must be very strong at Microservices Architecture: in building and managing microservices at scale.
• Cloud Platforms: Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services such as Cloud Functions, Pub/Sub, BigQuery, or similar.
• Databases: Proficiency in both relational (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL (e.g, MongoDB, Firestore) databases.
• API Development: Extensive experience with RESTful APIs and GraphQL.
• DevOps Knowledge: Familiarity with Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform).
• Soft Skills: Excellent communication (Vietnamese, English), team collaboration, and problem-solving abilities.

Key Challenges

• AI-Driven Personal Coaching Engine: Integrate with state-of-the-art AI to generate AI Insights, coaching for hundred of thousands users, fully personalization
• Scalable Global Architecture: Design robust backend services that support health domain in multiple countries
• Data-Driven: handle privacy boundaries and policies in multiple countries
• Security and Compliance at Scale
• Low-Latency, High-Availability System

Benefits

• Competitive and negotiable salary package
• Quarterly performance bonus
• Premium healthcare insurance
• 14 annual leave days
• Monthly team bonding allowance
• Support allowance for marriage / childbirth events
• Company-sponsored AI tools and work-related AI expenses
• Meal support on selected office days