I’m Hiring!

I believe that Vietnamese technology professionals have the ability to be some of the best in the world.

That’s why I’m launching ITviec.com, a new job website 100% focused on technology and IT jobs in Vietnam.  Our mission is to nurture Silicon Valley’s spirit of technology innovation, creativity and excellence in Vietnam.

ITviec will be the place for skilled technology people and companies to meet and build great things.  It will have skilled jobs for developers, designers, testers, software architects, project managers, user experience experts and IT professionals.  It will also contain career management advice and event information for technology people.

Launching ITviec is also a chance to build the kind of culture and the kind of company I have always wanted to build.  ITviec will be small but filled with Silicon Valley-style passion, fun and a commitment to building great things that add value to people around the world.  We call our employees “VIPs” because in our book each of our people is a Very Important Person.  I am personally committed to helping each VIP reach his or her life and career goals.

Working at ITviec will not be easy.  There will be big challenges and sometimes long hours.  But for the right people I can promise adventure, fun, a sense of achievement and personal growth that will be remembered for life.

Would you like to become a VIP?  Check out the positions listed below and apply today by sending an email to chris@chrisfharvey.com!

 

ADMINISTRATION MASTER

The Administration Master is responsible for managing all administrative, financial and compliance functions of ITviec.  This is a very important position — VIP.

Responsibilities:

Accounting

• Select and set up an accounting system
• Manage expense payments and receive customer payments
• Manage all bank accounts — capital account and operating accounts
• Keep the books — produce a monthly income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement
• Provide financial recommendations to Founder
• Manage presence on the web — create cool and highly professional
• Establish financial controls and accountability
• File tax documents with government

Corporate Administration

• Ensure all government licenses are up-to-date and in order
• Administer and file appropriate paperwork with government when necessary (for example, change of address forms or appointment of new director for IT Viec)
• Other corporate administration responsibilities as necessary

HR Administration

• Create and administer employment documentation for ITviec VIPs (IT Viec calls all employees “VIPs”) — employment agreements and related documents
• Administer and manage payment of relevant employment taxes
• Design and administer VIP benefits plan
• Ensure ITviec complies with Vietnam labor laws and files all necessary paperwork with government

Other

• This is a startup, so everyone will have to do everything at some point
• Help as needed with other functions such as marketing, marketing events and sales

Requirements:

• Fire in the heart and hunger in the eyes
• Eager to learn and grow
• Ability and desire to accept LOTS of responsibility
• >3 years accounting experience of increasing responsibility in private company
• Experience with Vietnam regulations regarding operating a company in Vietnam
• Passionate about making a difference in people’s lives
• Strong English

Why You Will Love Working Here:

We have a fun, Silicon Valley style startup culture that values openness, transparency and awesomeness.  You will work closely with our Founder to create and grow our company from unknown to well-known in Vietnam.  Along the way you will receive an outstanding and valuable education on how to start and grow a small Internet company in Vietnam — sales, marketing and product strategy.

RUBY ON RAILS DEVELOPER

The Ruby on Rails Developer is responsible working with the Founder to make continual, Agile improvements to our website.  This is a very important position (VIP).

Responsibilities:

• Be a partner to the product owner in specifying new features and improvements and translate them into technical requirements and user stories
• End-to-end implementation and roll-out of new features, including architecture, design, implementation, test, deployment and maintenance
• Be an active part in the continuous optimization of the agile engineering process that emphasizes on short iterations and learning through feedback from product managers, customers and data
• Take the lead of the technology and process and make sure modern frameworks, tools and methodologies are used in order to become and remain a high-performing and efficient engineering organization
• Do what it takes to build an awesome and profitable product for our users and customers

Requirements:

• At least 6 months experience in Ruby on Rails development in production-level web applications required (We will TRAIN YOU IN RUBY!)
• Deep understanding of web user interface technologies like HTML/CSS and JavaScript/JQuery required
• Well-rounded engineer with a solid understanding of the whole Ruby on Rails / Web stack (incl. database and infrastructure components) and experience with modern tools and methodologies preferred
• Experience working in Agile environments and Scrum desirable
• Solid understanding of the whole software development lifecycle (analysis, design, implementation, roll-out, maintenance) desirable
• Experience with web-based consumer products desirable
• Excellent English desirable

Why You Will Love Working Here:

We offer training with some of the best Ruby developers in Saigon and a chance to make a difference.  We have a fun, Silicon Valley style startup culture that values openness, transparency and awesomeness.  We celebrate big achievements by taking the team for BBQ and beer.

We provide our service through the web, so our web site will be the BEST jobs website in Vietnam.  We need developers who are passionate about creating great products and who love to learn.  This is a very important position.

 

SALES CHAMPION (several positions in HCMC and Hanoi)

Although we provide our service through the web, our business relies heavily on Sales and Marketing.  We will succeed or fail based on the quality of our sales people.  This is a very important position.

Responsibilities:

Working closely with Founder, The Sales Champion will take responsibility for explaining to customers how we can help them to find great IT people to help them build great things, and how we can do this better than anyone else.

• One Sales Champion must have leadership potential to lead a small teams in HCMC or Hanoi.
• Prospecting new customers in the IT space.
• Call and email customers to learn about their problems and explain how we can help them achieve their goals.  Sometimes meet customers face-to-face.
• Convince companies to post jobs on our site for free during our introductory period.
• Enter new customer information in the CRM database along with follow-up action items.
• Attend industry events and networking to meet HR managers and directors of IT companies and companies who hire IT staff.
• Post jobs for customers on the website.
• Always be a positive public representative for our company.

Requirements:

• Eager to learn and grow.
• Fire in the heart and hunger in the eyes.
• University degree
• 1-2 years of working experience — no sales experience necessary (except for Hanoi — sales experience highly desirable).
• Attractive and pleasant appearance.
• Desires to learn how to sell and interact with customers in an international-standard manner.
• Excellent English.
• Stubborn (cứng đầu) — does not give up easily.

Why You Will Love Working Here:

We have a fun, Silicon Valley style startup culture that values openness, transparency and awesomeness.  You will work closely with our Founder to create and grow our brand from unknown to well-known in Vietnam.  Along the way you will receive an outstanding and valuable education on how to sell and manage customer relationships and run and develop a sales team.  This is perhaps the best sales training in Vietnam.  I also will teach you everything I know about leadership.

 

MARKETING LEADER

If Sales are the soldiers on the ground, Marketing is the Air Force providing cover from above.  Marketing builds customer awareness and shapes perception of the ITviec brand as THE place to find skilled IT professionals through online and offline communication channels.  This is a very important position.

Responsibilities:

Working closely with Founder, The Marketing Leader will take responsibility for brand objectives and brand action:

• Define our desired branding and positioning in a written document that guides all of our marketing activities.
• Manage presence on the web — create cool and highly professional Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter profiles for the company that reflect our positioning as a high-level service for experienced IT professionals.
• Regularly post to Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn suitable job content, events content and items of interest to experienced IT professionals.
• Promote the brand online and communicate how we can add value to experienced IT professionals.
• Develop relationships with companies that organize IT events so we can inform our users of events that may be of interest to them.
• Manage all elements of planning and running educational events for IT professionals that we sponsor.
• Suggest relevant IT-related content that add value to our audience and post to our blog.

Requirements:

• Eager to learn and grow.
• Fire in the heart and hunger in the eyes.
• 0-2 years experience in basic marketing, preferably online.
• Regular user of Facebook, LinkedIn, Anphabe and Twitter.
• Passionate about brands and communication.
• Excellent English.
• Interest or experience in IT field is desirable.

Why You Will Love Working Here:

We have a fun, Silicon Valley style startup culture that values openness, transparency and awesomeness.  You will work closely with our American MBA Founder to create and grow our brand from unknown to well-known in Vietnam.  You will run online and offline campaigns and create ads and other effective marketing material.  Along the way you will receive an outstanding and valuable education on how to create and position an effective brand.  If you are looking to earn an MBA in Marketing this is it.