Senior Engineering Manager / Platform Engineering
We are seeking an experienced Engineering Manager / Senior Engineering Manager to lead a high-impact platform engineering organization responsible for building and operating large-scale distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and modern data-intensive services used across multiple products and business functions.
Engineering Leadership
- Build, lead, and grow high-performing engineering teams.
- Drive hiring, onboarding, performance management, and career development.
- Develop engineering managers, technical leads, and senior engineers.
- Establish strong engineering culture and execution standards.
Platform & Technical Strategy
- Own platform roadmap and engineering strategy.
- Guide architecture and design decisions.
- Improve scalability, reliability, security, and developer productivity.
- Drive adoption of modern engineering practices and automation.
Product & Delivery Execution
- Lead quarterly planning and roadmap execution.
- Define engineering goals and success metrics.
- Ensure predictable and high-quality delivery.
- Balance technical investments with business priorities.
Operational Excellence
- Drive availability, observability, reliability, and incident management.
- Lead capacity planning and cost optimization.
- Improve service quality through automation and platform improvements.
Stakeholder Management
- Partner with Product, Design, Data, Infrastructure, Security, Analytics, and Business teams.
- Communicate technical strategy to senior leadership.
- Align engineering priorities with organizational objectives.
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years of software engineering experience.
- 5+ years of engineering management experience.
- Experience building and scaling engineering organizations.
- Experience leading medium-to-large engineering teams.
- Strong background in distributed systems and scalable architectures.
- Experience delivering platform or infrastructure products.
- Proven roadmap ownership and execution capability.
- Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Platform & Infrastructure: AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Infrastructure as Code, Internal Developer Platforms
- Data & Streaming: Kafka, Flink, Spark Streaming, CDC, Event-driven Architecture, Data Platform Engineering
- Modern Engineering: AI-assisted Engineering, Agentic Systems, Engineering Productivity Platforms, Workflow Automation
Due to the high volume of applications we are experiencing, our team will only be in touch with you if your application is shortlisted.
About the job
Contract Type: Perm
Specialism: Tech & Transformation
Focus: Technology Management
Industry: Technology
Salary: Negotiable
Workplace Type: On-site
Experience Level: Senior Management
Location: Ho Chi Minh City
FULL_TIMEJob Reference: XDXA1B-AD072CCC
Date posted: 10 September 2026
Consultant: An Tran
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