SmartDev is an AI-powered software development company headquartered in Vietnam, part of the Verysell Group. We help global businesses deliver faster and build smarter — combining AI-driven development practices with deep expertise across fintech, healthcare, retail, and enterprise technology. Our team of engineers, architects, and AI specialists works across the full stack: from custom software and cloud solutions to generative AI, MLOps, and intelligent automation. At SmartDev, we believe that great architecture and AI-first thinking are a competitive advantage — and we build our teams accordingly.
The company is at a pivotal point in our journey: transitioning from a pure IT outsourcing provider to an AI-enabled solutions partner.
We have over 200 talented employees working both on-site and remote/hybrid at locations:
- Danang: 81 Quang Trung, Hai Chau 1 ward, Hai Chau District, Danang
- Hanoi: Zodiac building, 19 Duy Tan Street, Dich Vong Hau ward, Cau Giay District, Hanoi
- Own the AWS infrastructure for all platform environments (dev, staging, production and DR) through Terraform, with every change going through PR review and a pipeline plan.
- Operate and upgrade the EKS clusters, including Auto Mode node pools for CPU and GPU sandboxes, Gateway API routing, add-ons and capacity limits.
- Maintain the Bitbucket Pipelines and Helm GitOps flow that builds application images and promotes releases across environments.
- Run and test the disaster recovery setup: cross-region RDS replication, S3 and ECR replication, Step Functions failover, and fail-back. Keep RPO/RTO targets documented and verified.
- Keep the security baseline green: WAF rules, Security Hub (FSBP, CIS), GuardDuty, Inspector and IAM least privilege. Triage findings and remediate HIGH and CRITICAL ones.
- Run observability and alerting with Prometheus (AMP), Grafana, Loki and CloudWatch. Route alerts to the team's on-call channels, not a single mailbox.
- Onboard new white-label tenants: network, buckets, DNS, certificates and partner IP allowlists.
- Handle incidents and changes using the client's change process, and write short post-incident reports.
- Control AWS cost: right-size workloads, scale sandbox pools to zero when idle, and report monthly spend trends to the client.
- Keep runbooks, architecture pages and handover docs current in Confluence.
- Join client meetings, explain technical trade-offs in plain English, and respond to client request.
- Use AI-assisted engineering tools (e.g. Claude Code) responsibly to speed up IaC and pipeline work, with human review on every change.
- 5+ years in DevOps, SRE or platform engineering, with at least 3 years running production workloads on AWS
- Hands-on Amazon EKS in production: upgrades, node scaling (Karpenter or Auto Mode), ingress or Gateway API, IRSA or Pod Identity, troubleshooting
- Strong Terraform: multi-environment layout, reusable modules, remote state and locking, safe plan and apply in CI
- CI/CD with Bitbucket Pipelines or GitHub Actions, plus Helm and a GitOps workflow (ArgoCD, Flux or a Helm deploy repo)
- AWS networking and security: VPC design, NAT, VPC endpoints, peering, WAF, IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager, OIDC federation
- Disaster recovery on AWS: cross-region replication for RDS and S3, failover runbooks and DR drills
- Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, Loki or ELK/EFK, and alerting design
- Linux and scripting in Bash and Python
- Has worked in a regulated or security-sensitive domain (fintech, banking, payments) with ISO 27001 or SOC 2 style controls
- Can own a client environment end to end: clear written English and confident in client calls
- Can handle 2 or more projects at once and prioritise without close supervision
NICE TO HAVE
- AWS certifications: Solutions Architect Professional, DevOps Engineer Professional or Security Specialty; CKA or CKS
- Amazon Managed Prometheus/Grafana, ADOT and Grafana Alloy
- Velero backup and restore for Kubernetes
- Security tooling in pipelines: Trivy, tflint, SonarQube, Snyk
- Golang basics, enough to read services and debug builds
- Generative AI on AWS (Amazon Bedrock) or running AI-assisted engineering workflows
- Azure (AKS) experience for multi-cloud projects
Benefits
- International working environment with AI-driven strategic direction.
- 20 days of annual leave – Hybrid working mode.
- Premium healthcare package with BIC and comprehensive annual health check-ups
- Competitive salary & 13th salary bonus
- Lunch allowance to fuel your productivity.
- Engaging company culture with fun activities
- Global collaboration – Work with both Vietnamese and international colleagues.
Skills Required
- 5+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or platform engineering
- At least 3 years running production workloads on AWS
- Production experience with Amazon EKS, including upgrades, node scaling, ingress or Gateway API, IRSA or Pod Identity, and troubleshooting
- Strong Terraform experience with multi-environment layouts, reusable modules, remote state and locking, and CI plan/apply workflows
- CI/CD experience with Bitbucket Pipelines or GitHub Actions, plus Helm and GitOps
- AWS networking and security experience, including VPC, NAT, VPC endpoints, peering, WAF, IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager, and OIDC federation
- AWS disaster recovery experience, including cross-region RDS and S3 replication, failover runbooks, and DR drills
- Observability experience with Prometheus, Grafana, Loki or ELK/EFK, and alerting design
- Linux and scripting experience in Bash and Python
- Experience in a regulated or security-sensitive domain such as fintech, banking, or payments, with ISO 27001 or SOC 2 style controls
- Ability to own a client environment end to end, with clear written English and confidence in client calls
- Ability to handle two or more projects simultaneously and prioritize without close supervision
- AWS Solutions Architect Professional, DevOps Engineer Professional, or Security Specialty certification
- CKA or CKS certification
- Experience with Amazon Managed Prometheus/Grafana, ADOT, and Grafana Alloy
- Velero backup and restore experience for Kubernetes
- Experience with Trivy, tflint, SonarQube, or Snyk
- Golang basics sufficient to read services and debug builds
- Experience with Generative AI on AWS or AI-assisted engineering workflows
- Azure AKS experience for multi-cloud projects
What We Do
Founded in 1990, Verysell Group is a renowned global software development company, headquartered in Switzerland. We offer various services from staff augmentation to building bespoke software solutions for industries such as Fintech, Payment tech & InsurTech. Central to our business is the offshore development center (ODC) SmartDev LLC in Vietnam where we develop software for external customers and our in-house products such as VeryPay - a mobile money payment platform. Our offices are located in 8 cities on 4 continents. This allows us to cater to a diverse clientele, including start-ups, scale-ups, and large global enterprises. Our family of brands SmartDev, VeryPay, Smart81 & VeryPlay Studio helps us focus on specific market segments and client types. SmartDev is a broad base outsourcing partner for enterprise clients worldwide. Recognized as the Winner of SME100® Fast Moving Companies, SmartDev specializes in building FinTech apps, insurance software, and more. Smart81 is a subsidiary of SmartDev and is instrumental in accelerating growth for start-ups and scale-ups by advising, collaborating, and crafting enterprise-level technology through our offices in California, Singapore, and London – the world's leading centers of startup economy. VeryPay is a mobile payments technology provider offering technology solutions for African mobile network operators, while VeryPlay Studio serves as a full-cycle game developer, merging Switzerland's quality standards with Asia's production expertise. The Applied AI Lab, another innovative extension of the Verysell Group, showcases our commitment to AI revolution by providing high-level consulting services, aiming to integrate AI functionalities in business, thereby enhancing productivity and expanding product offerings. AI Lab is also an in-house center of excellence in this field with a mandate for AI transformation.
