Mekong Capital

Engineering Manager - Consultant contract (6months)

Mekong Capital  •  Ho Chi Minh City (Onsite)  •  2 hours ago
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Job Description

  1. Key Accountabilities
  • Delivery Quality Standards & Assessment — Defines architecture, security, and Definition of Ready/Done requirements for the Agile squad; at each milestone, assesses overall delivery readiness (what's solid, risky, or incomplete) to inform the sign-off decision
  • Embedded Code & Design Review — Reviews code, architecture, and pull requests; flags quality issues, tech debt, and design risks early, escalating disagreements with a clear recommendation
  • Hands-On POC / Spike Work — Personally codes de-risking spikes and proofs-of-concept
  1. Key Requirements

Technical:

  • Strong backend microservices experience (Node.js or .NET) at production scale
  • REST API design for service-to-service communication
  • Proficiency in Docker and Kubernetes (container orchestration, deployment pipelines)
  • SQL/NoSQL database design and data modeling
  • Advanced proficiency in LLM providers (OpenAI, Gemini, Anthropic, etc.) and RAG patterns
  • Ability to critically evaluate system design — reads architecture and code, not just documentation, and pushes back with informed technical counter-arguments

Experience & Track Record:

  • 10+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years leading engineering teams delivering products to market
  • Demonstrated experience leading multiple concurrent Agile engineering teams (e.g., leading 3 squads simultaneously as Tech Lead)
  • Experience building multi-agent orchestration frameworks that automate complex, multi-step operational workflows, reducing manual processing time and increasing productivity

Communication:

  • Advanced English proficiency, spoken and written
  • Comfortable embedding inside the vendor squad's own Agile ceremonies (planning, refinement, demo) as a working peer, not an external auditor
  • Communicates technical feedback constructively to vendor developers, QA, and BA, building trust and keeping delivery moving
Mekong Capital

About Mekong Capital

Mekong Capital is a Vietnam-focused Private Equity firm, specializing in consumer driven businesses. Mekong Capital’s investee companies are typically among the fastest growing and market leading companies in Vietnam’s consumer-driven sectors such as retail, restaurants, consumer products and distribution.

Established in 2001, Mekong Capital has the most extensive private equity track record in Vietnam. Our funds have completed more than 43 private equity investments, of which 28 have been fully exited. Mekong Capital has managed 5 funds, one of which is currently making new investments. Mekong Capital has a team of 50+ full-time people in our offices in Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, and our Seniors have an average tenure at Mekong Capital of above 5 years. Mekong's four Partners have a combined 60 years at Mekong Capital.

Mekong Capital invests in fast-growing companies, with ambitious expansion plans, and a strong commitment to building management teams that will apply best practices and successfully execute on those expansion plans. These companies are typically well-established companies in their sectors, but which typically operate in fragmented and fast growing markets which present attractive growth opportunities.

Mekong Capital is strongly committed to adding significant value at each of its investee companies – through operational improvements, building management teams, introduction of best practices and outside experts, and applying other elements of our Vision Driven Investing framework.

Industry
Finance & Insurance
Company Size
51-200 employees
Headquarters
Ho Chi Minh City, VN
Year Founded
2001
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