About the job
About OptiSigns
OptiSigns is a rapidly growing cloud-based platform that empowers digital signage for over 30,000 businesses across 100 countries, managing more than 190,000 active screens globally. Established in Houston, Texas in 2016, we are now aggressively expanding into Asia and Europe, transforming ordinary screens into dynamic communication tools. Our engineering team in Vietnam plays a pivotal role in this expansion.
Why This Role?
This is not your conventional architect position. We seek a hands-on technical leader to join our engineering hub in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, who will take ownership of platform scalability at a real-world scale, managing:
- Over 100 million database records
- Terabyte-scale customer data
- Rapidly increasing global traffic
Your role will be crucial in ensuring that our systems scale reliably, allowing our team to deploy faster as we grow.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and scale backend systems that manage massive datasets and handle high concurrency
- Oversee performance, reliability, and scalability across the platform
- Optimize databases, data pipelines, caching layers, and backend services
- Proactively identify and resolve bottlenecks before they affect customers
- Mentor and develop a high-performing engineering team in Ho Chi Minh City
- Collaborate with leadership on long-term technical strategy and roadmap
Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience in backend and systems engineering
- Demonstrated ability to scale systems to handle over 100 million records and terabyte-scale data
- In-depth knowledge of distributed systems, high-availability architecture, and performance optimization
- Strong database expertise (PostgreSQL, MySQL, NoSQL, Redis)
- Extensive cloud experience
- Proficient in Node.js and TypeScript (experience with NestJS or Express is a plus)
- Familiarity with modern backend patterns, data pipelines, and real-time systems
- Excellent English communication and mentoring skills
- Experience leading or mentoring junior engineers (5-6) is essential
Benefits of Joining OptiSigns
- Impactful role in shaping the architecture of a globally utilized product (190,000+ screens)
- Real-world scaling challenges with significant business implications
- High visibility and substantial influence over technical direction
- Opportunity to build and lead an expanding engineering team in Vietnam
- Full relocation support from Taiwan with no financial burden
