Technical Lead

Arches is one of Asia's leading expert network firms, connecting top consulting firms, private equity investors, and Fortune 500 companies with industry experts to support critical business decisions.

As our business continues to double its revenue year over year, we're entering an ambitious new phase of growth: expanding our global team from approximately 200 to over 400 employees. To support this scale, we're moving beyond traditional headcount-driven growth by building an AI-native organization powered by scalable systems, automation, and data-driven decision-making. This transformation, together with strengthening our global management and governance, is one of Arches highest strategic priorities.

You'll be a founding member of a new engineering team - building culture, process, and tech stack from the ground up. This isn't a cog-in-the-machine role; it's your chance to define how a team works, what tools we adopt, and how we ship.

What's in it for you:

• Global exposure — collaborate across 15+ nationalities, with our largest hub in HCMC
• Fast-track growth — doubling in size means real leadership opportunities (Tech Lead → CTO track)
• AI-first innovation — build at the frontier, not just maintain legacy systems
• GRIT culture — Guts, Resilience, Initiative, Tenacity. We empower ownership, not titles
• Shape the future — your decisions today become the team's DNA tomorrow

Location: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

• Deeply understand the business and requirements, and independently structure and clarify even ambiguous requests.
• Lead architecture design across the entire system or multiple features.
• Drive AI-powered full-stack development and establish implementation standards and quality benchmarks.
• Explore, learn, and evaluate new technologies, and reflect technology choices in the architecture.
• Conduct design reviews, code reviews, and mentor team members.
• Lead the establishment and improvement of the development process.

Required Qualifications

• Strong business acumen with the ability to clarify ambiguous requirements and translate them into structured technical solutions.
• Proven software development and technical leadership experience at a leading technology company (e.g., FPT Software, CMC Global, SotaTek, or equivalent).
• Ability to lead architecture design across large-scale systems or multiple product features.
• Ability to independently evaluate and adopt emerging technologies to drive architectural innovation.

Preferred Qualifications

• English communication skills (including technical discussions and design documentation)
• Ability to provide technical leadership through architecture guidance, code reviews, and mentoring.
• Proactive in establishing and continuously improving development processes and engineering best practices.
• Experience driving AI-powered full-stack development and modern software development methodologies.
• Strong ownership of code quality, technical standards, and system maintainability.
• Adaptable and results-driven, thriving in a fast-paced, startup environment.

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive base salary.
• Annual Bonus – 1-month gross salary
• Paid Leave – 12 days of annual leave, plus additional paid leave for significant life events and 8 days of sick leave
• Private Medical Insurance
• Self-learning Budget – Up to $1000 per year

Career Growth

• Rapid Career Advancement – ​​Tackle challenging problems for top startups and gain skills for the global stage, with opportunities for swift promotions.
• Build a High-Caliber Network – Collaborate with and learn from top industry leaders and decision-makers, expanding valuable connections for career growth.

Engagement

• Enjoy a vibrant work environment with team activities, quarterly dinners, company trips, social gatherings, and office snacks and drinks. Support for employee well-being also includes sports clubs (badminton, golf, football, etc.)
• Flexible Work Arrangements