Luce is a tech-enabled services platform that provides a full range of services from home cleaning to babysitting. Our vision is to give everyone the help they need at their fingertips through our web and mobile applications.
We have been recognized by the Financial Times as one of Asia-Pacific’s Fastest Growing Companies 2025 and included in the list of 100 Singapore’s Fastest Growing Companies 2025.
We are looking for a Tech Lead to join us in our Vietnam Office.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Set technical direction for one or more product domains, keeping the Rails core healthy and scalable.
- Lead large‑scale platform upgrades (service extraction, data migrations, performance initiatives) across Rails and supporting FE/Mobile clients.
- Coordinate a squad of 4‑8 engineers: planning, delivery metrics, and technical debt pay‑down.
- Champion engineering excellence—testing strategy, CI/CD, observability, SLOs, and cost optimization.
- Serve as escalation point for critical incidents; drive root‑cause analysis & long‑term reliability fixes.
- Partner with Product & Design on discovery, scope negotiation, and timeline commitments.
About You
- 7‑12 yrs total, including 2‑4 yrs leading engineers or projects; expert in Rails internals and cross‑service architecture.
- Designed and delivered cross‑cutting platform upgrades and major performance improvements.
- Broad full‑stack awareness (React/TS, mobile) to guide team, though personal coding time may lean backend.
- Seasoned mentor/coach; grows engineers through structured feedback and delegation.
- Metrics‑driven reliability (SLIs/SLOs), capacity planning, cost optimisation.
- Clear communicator who translates technical trade‑offs to non‑technical stakeholders and influences product strategy.
Tech Stack You’ll Work With
- Backend: Ruby (3.2), Ruby on Rails (7+), Redis, Postgres.
- Architecture: Monolith split into domains; interactor pattern; GraphQL services; Sidekiq for background jobs; Kafka for event streaming.
- Testing: RSpec, VCR.
- Monitoring & Observability: New Relic, Sentry, Grafana, Prometheus.
- Cloud & Infrastructure: Digital Ocean, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, ArgoCD.
- CI/CD & Dev Workflow: CircleCI, GitHub, trunk‑based development, GitHub Issues.
- Governance: Architecture Decision Records (ADRs), architecture review board.
Interview Process
- Architecture design exercise (written + live discussion, 2 hrs).
- Paid take‑home proposal: refactor or scale a Rails subsystem (4‑6 hrs).
- Panel deep‑dive on technical leadership & system design.
- Leadership & culture‑fit call with CEO.
Job Highlights
- Salary Range: VND 33,000,000 - VND 55,000,000
- Great working environment
- Work with other like-minded, growth-focused individuals
- Hybrid working (WFH Credit)
- 13-month salary (Festive Allowance)
- 1-2 month Performance Bonus
- 0.5 month Company performance bonus
- Total average 14 – 15 months salary a year
How to Apply
Apply by emailing your latest resume to adrian.pratama (at) luce (dot) com and include a short note about your proudest career moment so far.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: 21,500,000₫ - 36,500,000₫ per month
Experience:
- Leading engineers or projects: 5 years (Required)
Language:
- English (Required)