Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Hybrid Full-time

SMG Swiss Marketplace Group is hiring a Staff Frontend Engineer (Expert+/Lead equivalent) - Hybrid working model, 100%, Ho Chi Minh City

Responsibilities

  • Define and align technical vision for frontend development across multiple teams, ensuring cohesion among engineers, product, design, and leadership.
  • Guide product roadmaps and engineering investments by linking frontend strategy to business results, delivery risks, and user impact.
  • Champion engineering excellence by evolving real estate frontend architecture, improving service level agreements, and anticipating system-wide effects in collaboration with principal engineers.
  • Serve as a go-to expert for frontend topics across global teams, influencing how digital experiences are developed at the organizational level.
  • Represent frontend engineering in strategic discussions, enabling informed long-term technical decisions across functions and leadership tiers.
  • Develop and maintain reusable frontend libraries, components, and tools—such as design systems and performance monitoring solutions—with an emphasis on practicality and broad adoption.
  • Lead complex, multi-system refactors and migrations, including framework updates and cross-product standardization efforts.
  • Mentor engineers through hands-on coaching, pair programming, and structured feedback, identifying skill gaps and organizing training programs.
  • Foster a constructive, blameless feedback culture that supports conflict resolution and professional growth.
  • Evaluate and enhance team and cross-team workflows to increase focus, quality, and delivery speed.
  • Remain actively involved in coding while amplifying team performance through leadership, guidance, and systemic improvements.

Requirements

  • Expert+ level within the engineering career framework
  • Proven track record of technical leadership with enterprise-wide impact
  • Experience shaping frontend architecture and leading shared frontend initiatives
  • Demonstrated ability to lead technical projects across multiple teams
  • Strong interpersonal skills for collaborating with engineers, product managers, designers, and executives
  • Experience mentoring and developing engineering talent
  • History of advancing engineering best practices in testing, monitoring, observability, and security
  • Proficiency with Vue.js, React, and TypeScript
  • Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services such as Lambda, DynamoDB, SQS, SNS, and S3
  • Familiarity with monitoring platforms, particularly Datadog
  • Ability to work under a hybrid model based in Ho Chi Minh City
  • Vietnamese citizenship

Nice to Have

  • Experience implementing server-side rendering, pre-rendering, or hybrid web application patterns
  • Involvement with AI and large language models in software engineering processes
  • Active participation in or leadership of frontend guilds or technical communities
  • Background in real estate or marketplace technology sectors

Work Arrangement

Hybrid — Ho Chi Minh City

Team

Distributed engineering teams operating across six countries: Switzerland, Serbia, Vietnam, France, Germany, and India

Other

  • This role is open exclusively to Vietnamese citizens.
  • The position follows a hybrid work model with full in-person presence required in Ho Chi Minh City.
  • Opportunity to collaborate with a global engineering network spanning multiple regions.
  • Active integration of AI and large language models into engineering workflows and product development.

Not available

Required Skills
MonitoringAIReal estate
About company
SMG Swiss Marketplace Group
SMG Swiss Marketplace Group is a pioneering network of online marketplaces and a leading European digital company that simplifies people’s lives with forward-looking products. The portfolio includes Real Estate (ImmoScout24, Homegate, Flatfox, Immostreet.ch, alle-immobilien.ch, home.ch, Publimmo, Acheter-Louer.ch, CASASOFT, IAZI), Automotive (AutoScout24, MotoScout24), General Marketplaces (anibis.ch, tutti.ch, Ricardo) and Finance & Insurance (FinanceScout24, moneyland.ch).
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Job Details
Category Frontend
Posted 12 days ago