Technical Lead (Golang)

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• We build a professional & fun working environment.
• We focus on your growth, yes the long-term growth.
• We develop the future-ready digital bank platform.

Job description

Sign-on Bonus: Eligible for candidates who are currently employed elsewhere and able to join GFT within 30 days of offer acceptance.

Role Summary 

We are seeking a seasoned and hands-on Technical Leader – Golang to lead the design and development of scalable backend systems for our global banking clients. You will play a crucial leadership role in driving architecture decisions, mentoring team members, ensuring best practices, and collaborating directly with clients to deliver high-quality, innovative solutions.

This role is ideal for a leader who is passionate about technology, experienced in building high-performance backend platforms, and confident in client-facing engagements.

Key Responsibilities 

Leadership & Architecture: Drive backend architecture using Golang, promoting clean code, scalability, and system robustness. 

Team Leadership: Guide and mentor a team of developers (onshore and offshore), and ensure alignment with technical and delivery goals. 

Solution Delivery: Lead the full SDLC—from requirement analysis to deployment—on backend systems for financial clients. 

Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams including DevOps, QA, UI/UX, and business stakeholders. 

Code Quality & Best Practices: Champion engineering best practices, coding standards, and performance optimization. 

Client Engagement: Represent GFT in client meetings to explain design choices, implementation plans, and technical roadmaps. 

Your skills and experience

Required Skills & Experience 

Over 10 years of professional software development experience. 

Strong backend development experience using Golang. 

Proven experience leading backend teams in enterprise-grade application development. 

Strong knowledge of Go routines, OOP, MVC Design Patterns, and Clean Architecture. 

Deep understanding of RESTful APIs, backend performance, and secure design principles. 

Solid experience with PostgreSQL, MySQL, or similar relational databases. 

Proficiency in unit testing, debugging, and code optimization. 

Strong verbal and written communication skills in English. 

Nice-to-Have 

Exposure to financial services or large-scale enterprise environments. 

Familiarity with CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, API Gateway (Kong/Apigee) and modern DevOps practices. 

Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP). 

Familiarity with JIRA or other agile project management tools. 

Experience in static code analysis tools and code quality enforcement. 

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are unable to respond to every candidate individually. If you have not received a response from GFT regarding your application within 10 workdays, please consider that we have decided to proceed with other candidates. We truly appreciate your interest in GFT and thank you for your understanding.

Why you'll love working here

HR benefits

• Competitive salary
• Salary band per level are reviewed once per year
• 13th month salary pro rata depending on the employee’s length of service (within a calender year), paid with the December salary
• Monthly lunch allowance: 700,000 VND/employee
• Parking: GFT covers the monthly parking fee for employee motorbikes
• Performance evaluation is once per year, for 2 purposes:
     > Performance bonus   > Salary increments

Health care

• Private health insurance: including accident, outpatient, in-patient, maternity, and dental for all permanent employees who pass 2-month probation.
• Optical: expense claim for eyewear
• Annual health check-ups.

Vacation

• Maximum 18-day vacation leave/year (with the ability to carry over 05 days till 31st March of the following year)
• Adding one more annual leave day for each two-year anniversary.

Healthy lifestyle

• Sports and hobby clubs: company has an annual fund for fitness activities, which is allocated per month as team’s vote.
• Range of healthy snacks, tea, coffee, milk and beer on tap

Social

• Company townhall: each 6 weeks
• CSR activities: as per company’s CSR guideline
• Onsite tour/training courses at other GFT offices and client’s destination overseas (where applicable).