HCMC, Vietnam | Technology | Full-time | Hybrid
Senior Golang Engineer (Backend, AWS, MySQL)
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About the company
Location: HCM/Ha Noi
A leading B2B SaaS company operating in the construction tech space, with a Vietnam-based engineering hub working in cross-functional squads. The team follows an agile, squad-based model where small groups own the full lifecycle — from design and development through to testing and production operations — in a collaborative, international environment.
The role
We are looking for a Senior Golang Engineer to join our backend engineering team and contribute to the design and development of our core product. You will work within a small, agile squad alongside product managers and designers, with exposure to a wide range of technologies and the opportunity to contribute to architectural decisions.
- Design and implement product features using Golang
- Refactor existing products toward a microservices architecture
- Collaborate with product managers and designers on requirements definition and specification formulation
- Design system architecture based on application requirements
- Measure and analyse service quality, and implement improvement measures
- Work within a cross-functional squad covering the full development lifecycle: design, development, testing, and operations
Development Environment:
- Infrastructure: AWS, GCP
- CI/CD: CircleCI, CodeBuild, GitHub Actions
- Databases: Amazon Aurora (MySQL-compatible), Elasticsearch, DynamoDB
- Configuration management: Ansible
- Deploy/Build: CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CircleCI
- IaC: Packer, Terraform
- Monitoring: Datadog, Bugsnag
- Other tools: Swagger, Docker, Figma, Slack, Jira
What we're looking for
Must have:
- 5+ years of experience developing and operating web services using Golang, AWS, and gRPC
- Experience as a technical lead across the full project development lifecycle
- Experience developing and operating web applications using frameworks
- Experience with schema design for RDBMS and KVS, and writing optimised queries
- Knowledge of web application security
- Experience writing test code (Unit Tests)
- Good English communication skills
Nice to have:
- Experience diagnosing and resolving issues from logs
- Experience with container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience designing application architecture and selecting appropriate middleware
- Experience publishing or contributing to open-source software
- External technical output experience (technical writing, blog posts, conference talks, etc.)
- Context Engineering: experience providing context to AI agents, structuring codebases for AI readability, and reducing hallucinations
What we offer
- Competitive salary package including full insurance coverage
- Performance reviews twice per year
- Year-end bonus
- Hybrid working arrangement
- 12 days of annual leave plus up to 6 days of New Year's leave
- Premium healthcare insurance package from day one
- Annual health check-up
- Strong career development opportunities with exposure to the latest technologies
- Patents and inventions bonus
- Company trip, year-end party, and holiday gifts
- MacBook Pro / laptop provided
How to apply
Apply directly below, or reach out to our team. We review all applications personally.
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