2 days ago
Hanoi, Vietnam or Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamStaff+
Responsibilities
- Lead architecture and design decisions for complex systems.
- Build, prototype, code, and debug production software alongside engineering teams.
- Review high-risk implementations and raise engineering standards through example.
- Partner with Tech Leads on scalability, performance, reliability, and technical debt.
- Evaluate, test, select, and document new technologies.
- Build and improve LLM-based systems involving AI APIs, agents, RAG, prompt and context design, and evaluation.
- Set technical direction across multiple teams or large long-running programs.
- Mentor senior engineers and influence technical decisions without formal authority.
- Help clients and non-technical stakeholders convert unclear problems into clear technical direction.
- Investigate AI systems in production, including evaluation harnesses, guardrails, cost, and latency tuning where relevant.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience building and running production software.
- Strong system design and architecture skills covering scalability, performance, distributed systems, and reliability.
- Deep expertise in at least one programming language and comfort with several others.
- Hands-on experience navigating unfamiliar codebases and designing, coding, and debugging production systems.
- Experience with stacks such as Python, Go, Node.js, Java, AWS, GCP, Docker, and Kubernetes; the posting states this list is not a strict requirement.
- Hands-on experience building real LLM-based systems using AI APIs, prompt and context design, and at least one of agents, RAG, or evaluation.
- Daily practical use of AI coding agents such as Claude Code or Codex, with the ability to delegate appropriately and verify results.
- A track record of setting technical direction across multiple teams or a large, long-running program.
- Ability to mentor senior engineers, influence without formal authority, exercise technical judgment, and work directly with clients and non-technical stakeholders.
- Preferred experience includes running AI systems at production scale, building internal tools or platforms, domain expertise in data platforms, cybersecurity, robotics, or enterprise systems, open-source contributions, conference speaking, or technical writing.
Benefits
- Competitive salary, performance-based bonus, and benefits reflecting impact.
- Up to 2 months’ performance bonus and twice-yearly performance reviews.
- Premium healthcare, 15 days of annual leave, and full salary during probation.
- Hybrid working, with locations in Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang and remote options from Hanoi or Can Tho.
- Monday–Friday working schedule from 9 AM to 6 PM.
- Collaboration with global teams, clients, and projects across borders.
- Tech communities, continuous learning opportunities, and technical autonomy.
- Work on AI-native engineering, emerging technologies, and projects across multiple industries and domains.
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About GRADION
Gradion is a privately held IT services firm that designs and builds digital platforms and deep-tech solutions—AI, data engineering, cybersecurity, and robotics—for e-commerce, retail, travel/mobility, and logistics. It provides consulting and software engineering through project-based and managed engagements. The company operates globally with teams across Asia, Europe, and the Middle East; its Vietnam unit was formerly NFQ Vietnam.