Sunbytes is a leading Tech & Talent Solutions company known for innovative and scalable solutions. We focus on achieving goals for our partners and team members, delivering high-quality products and services, and fostering a supportive, challenging work environment. Our diverse team shares a common purpose, making Sunbytes a great place to work.
We offer comprehensive long-term partnerships, including recruitment, dedicated worldwide talents, and custom software development, tailored to meet client needs.
Join Us Are you looking for the opportunity to work on billion-dollar projects, leveraging cutting-edge technology to deliver value and drive transformative change? If you are ready to make a difference and shape the future, this is the place for you.
About the Role
Sunbytes is looking for a Principal Software Engineer to work with our client, who is a leading company that delivers solutions for the floating offshore oil and gas industry. This job is based at the client office in Ho Chi Minh City. The ideal candidate will be responsible for:
- Combine leadership in engineering with hands-on coding, spending about 60-80% of your time actively writing code while guiding a team of up to 10 developers.
- Exceptional engineers who do not prefer managerial roles are also welcome to apply, provided they clearly indicate their preference.
- Collaborate with the Product Owner on creating the product roadmap and planning releases.
- Cultivate a culture of high performance, with an emphasis on technical excellence, teamwork, and responsibility.
- Efficiently allocate and oversee development tasks within the team.
- Architect and design systems that are robust, scalable, and secure while producing clean, maintainable, and high-quality code.
- Lead development efforts, including overseeing code reviews, testing, and debugging.
- Continuously improve development processes, tools, and practices, integrating DevOps best practices throughout the workflow.
Requirements
- At least 7 years of professional software development experience, with at least 2 years in a leadership position.
- Strong academic credentials in Comp Science/IT from top universities in Vietnam, or equivalent from foreign universities.
- A T-shaped developer with wide-ranging technical knowledge and strong expertise in either frontend or backend systems.
- Experience with data processing or machine learning/AI is a strong plus.
- Enjoys solving complex, high-impact technical problems and exploring creative, unconventional solutions.
- Open-minded and innovative, willing to challenge the status quo and try new approaches.
- Proven track record of developing complex enterprise applications across multiple departments or business units.
- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
- Skilled with containerization and orchestration technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.
- Comfortable working with any programming language, our stack includes Python, React.js, and Azure.
- Startup experience is a nice-to-have bonus.
Soft skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
- Proven ability to lead and mentor teams.
- Strong analytical and creative problem-solving capabilities.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines.
Benefits
- Competitive salary package
- 13th-month salary for every 12 months of employment
- 16 days of annual leave in the first year, increasing with tenure
- New laptop and required software provided
- Monthly mobile phone allowance
- Annual salary review
- Discretionary bonus
- Medical coverage under company healthcare plan (legal spouse/children)
- Personal accident and term-life insurance for employee and immediate family
- Annual premium health check-up
- Safety awards and Tet holiday gifts