Tech Lead (driver platform)

Work locations
Hanoi: Technopark, Vinhomes Ocean Park.
HCMC: Vincom Đồng Khởi.
Job overview
We're looking for an Engineering Manager to lead the team behind our driver platform, the systems that match, dispatch, price, and pay millions of rides.
You'll own delivery, people, and technical direction for backend services operating at real-time scale, partnering with Product, Data, Mobile, and Operations to keep drivers earning and riders moving.
Join VinSmart Future to lead engineering excellence and build high-impact mobility solutions.
Key Responsibilities
Lead, coach, and grow a team of 6-10 backend engineers; own hiring, performance, and career development.
Own the roadmap and delivery for core ride-hailing systems: driver supply, real-time location, pricing/surge and co-driver agent & incentives.
Set technical direction with senior engineers - architecture reviews, reliability standards, and pragmatic trade-offs between speed and quality.
Guarantee reliability at scale: SLOs, on-call health, incident response, and capacity planning for peak-hour traffic on AWS.
Partner with Product and Operations to translate marketplace goals (ETA, receive order rate, driver earnings) into engineering outcomes.
Embed security and data protection into every service - driver PII and location data demand it.
Raise the engineering bar through design reviews, mentoring, and a healthy, accountable team culture.
Qualifications
Required
8+ years in software engineering, including 2+ years managing backend teams.
Strong backend foundation - Go preferred (Rust/Java a plus) - with credibility in design discussions.
Experience running high-traffic, real-time distributed systems (SQL + NoSQL, event-driven architectures, AWS).
Track record of delivering cross-functional projects with Product, Mobile, DevOps, and Data teams.
Solid grasp of security fundamentals: secure coding, auth, and sensitive-data handling.
Proven people leadership: hiring, feedback, and developing senior engineers.
Experience with our tech stack: PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka, gRPC, H3 geo-indexing, Kubernetes, Terraform.
Demonstrated ability to drive operational excellence, distributed tracing, and high system availability.
Apply via:
Email: [protected info]
For more information, please contact the Talent Acquisition Department - VinSmartFuture.