Head of Engineering

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The Job

About GFT
GFT is driving the digital transformation of the world's leading companies in the financial, insurance, and manufacturing sectors. As an IT services and software engineering provider, GFT offers strong consulting and development skills across all aspects of pioneering technologies, such as blockchain and distributed ledger technology, cloud engineering, artificial intelligence, mainframe modernisation and the Internet of Things for Industry 4.0.

We've been a pioneer of near-shore delivery since 2001 and now offer an international team spanning 16 countries with a global workforce of over 10,000 people around the world. GFT is recognised by industry analysts, such as Everest Group, as a leader amongst the global mid-sized Service Integrators and ranked in the Top 20 leading global Service Integrators in many of the exponential technologies such as Open Banking, Blockchain, Digital Banking, and Apps Services.

Role Summary

We are looking for a Head of Engineering to join the GFT APAC team and help build our rapidly expanding Nearshore Development Delivery Centre in Vietnam, while striving to create world class software solution in the digital banking and blockchain-based payment solutions with our clients and partners. Based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam with frequent travel to Hong Kong, Singapore and GFT European locations.

As a Head of Engineering, the primary focus is on building and managing nearshore development and technical resources who will be working on remote projects. Working with industry-leading technology and business experts in digital banking, cloud blockchain, cryptocurrency, and distributed ledger technology domains. Managing the development of teams who are well versed in all matters related to agile methodologies and frameworks, technology delivery and the engineering of exceptional software solutions. Daily, you'll collaborate internationally with colleagues, clients, and partners throughout Asia and Europe.

Key Activities

• Building local technology practices and GFT Vietnam Center of Excellence (CoE) in transformation technologies
• Developing GFT competencies with highest standards to provide our partner services such as project management, project development and technical solution consultancy.
• Traveling internationally to various client/GFT sites within the APAC region
• Reporting to the current IDU Manager.
• Aim to takeover complete oversight of Centers of Excellence for GFT Technologies in APAC
• Working with Business Development Leads to support Pre-sales activities:
  • Formulate proposals and write the solution to be delivered
  • Support definition of rate cards, estimation and related technical/ solutioning documentation
• Working with European teams to mobilise skill sets as much as possible
• Develop and explicitly communicate the Training programs/ Tech talks with GFT partners, internal teams and external communities.

Your Skills and Experience

Required Skills

• 10+ years' experience working in Software Development and/or as a senior Engineering manager/ Principle/ Head of Engineering the banking of fintech sectors.
• Extensive experience in cloud technologies such as AWS, GCP or Azure.
• Experienced in Microservice, Micro Frontends architecture design, Kafka, Java, Kotlin, Python programming languages
• Knowledgable of DevOps, CircleCI, Kong Gateway, ReactJS, Jmeter, PagerDuty, automation test
• Experience in Core Banking Technologies, DLT, Blockchain, AI is a plus
• Track record/in-depth experience of building new teams within Banking/ Financial Service domain
• Committed to taking on full responsibility of Center of Excellence and growing stable teams
• Problem-solving, sense of ownership and track record in leadership of Software Developers
• Excellent written and verbal use of English.

Why You'll Love Working Here

HR benefits

• Competitive salary
• Salary band per level and employee benefits are reviewed once per year
• 13th month salary pro rata depending on the employee's length of service (within a calender year), paid with the December salary
• Monthly lunch allowance: 700,000 VND/employee
• Performance evaluation is once per year, for 2 purposes:
  > Performance bonus > Salary increments

Talent retention policy (Retention bonus)

• 2-year anniversary = 0.5x monthly salary
• 3-year anniversary = 1x monthly salary
• 5-year anniversary = 2x monthly salary
• Paid with salary of month of anniversary.

Health care

• Private health insurance: including accident, outpatient, in-patient, maternity, and dental for all permanent employees who pass 2-month probation.
• Optical: expense claim for eyewear
• Annual health check-ups.

Vacation

• Maximum 18-day vacation leave/year (with the ability to carry over 05 days till 31st March of the following year)
• Adding one more annual leave day for each two-year anniversary.

Healthy lifestyle

• Sports and hobby clubs: company has an annual fund for fitness activities, which is allocated per month as team's vote.
• Range of healthy snacks, tea, coffee, milk and beer on tap:
  > Tea, coffee and milk are available at pantry area - WeWork
  > Beer is available at pantry area - WeWork
  > Snack is available in GFT office.

Social

• Company townhall: each 6 weeks
• Monthly team lunch at restaurants
• Monthly team engagement activities: one activity per month
• CSR activities: as per company's CSR guideline and practice
• Hackathon: once per year
• Onsite tour/training courses at other GFT offices and client's destination overseas (where applicable).