Associate Software Engineering Manager

The Position

At OPSWAT, we’re on a mission to protect the world’s most critical infrastructure. As a U.S.-based cybersecurity leader, we’re expanding our R&D footprint in Vietnam — and we’re looking for a passionate, hands-on Associate Software Engineering Manager to lead development for one of our most strategic solutions: MetaDefender Secure Managed File Transfer. 

MetaDefender Secure MFT empowers enterprises to securely transfer sensitive files across systems, networks, and borders. Trusted by governments and global organizations, we are at the heart of secure data movement — and we’re expanding its future in Ho Chi Minh City. 

This role isn’t just about managing people — it’s about leading innovation, owning architecture, and growing a full-stack engineering team in a critical product space. Above all, it’s about pioneering an AI-first, agentic engineering practice where AI agents and human engineers work together — with the goal of progressively moving toward an organization where the vast majority of code is generated and maintained through AI-driven agentic workflows. 

What You’ll Be Doing 

• Build, lead, and mentor a full-stack engineering team working on MetaDefender Secure Managed File Transfer. 

• Drive an AI-first, agentic engineering culture — define how the team uses AI coding agents and agentic workflows day-to-day, with a clear roadmap toward the majority of production code being AI-generated under strong human review and governance. 

• Design, operate, and continuously improve agentic development pipelines (planning, code generation, automated testing, review, and remediation) and the guardrails — context engineering, evals, and quality gates — that keep AI-generated code secure and reliable. 

• Coach engineers to become effective orchestrators of AI agents — moving the team from manual coding toward specifying, supervising, and validating work executed by agents. 

• Guide the design and implementation of secure, scalable backend systems (C#/.NET) and modern frontend interfaces (React, Angular, or Vue). 

• Collaborate with global teams — from Vietnam to the U.S. — to shape the product roadmap and execute major initiatives. 

• Champion software quality, performance, and usability while driving innovation across the stack. 

• Foster a team culture built on trust, learning, accountability, and continuous improvement. 

• Stay current with industry trends in cybersecurity, secure coding, and AI-assisted and agentic software development. 

• Ensure your team is building with a strong focus on secure architecture, compliance, and real-world reliability — including for AI-generated code. 

What You Bring 

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or related field. 

• 5+ years of experience as an engineering manager or tech lead, with proven success leading and growing full-stack development teams. 

• Required: hands-on experience with AI development and agentic workflows — using AI coding agents and tools (e.g., agentic IDEs, coding assistants, agent SDKs/frameworks) to ship real production software. 

• Required: a track record of driving an engineering team to adopt and scale agentic AI workflows — establishing the practices, prompts/context, evals, review gates, and metrics needed to safely increase the share of AI-generated code over time. 

• Strong hands-on experience in both backend (.NET/C#) and frontend (React, Angular) technologies. 

• Ability to effectively monitor and assess team productivity — including the throughput and quality of AI-assisted work — ensuring alignment with project goals and timely delivery of high-quality results. 

• Solid understanding of system architecture, enterprise integration, and secure development best practices. 

• Experience with secure file transfer protocols (SFTP, FTPS, HTTPS) and deployment across Windows and Linux environments. 

• Familiarity with .NET Core, REST APIs, and microservices architecture. 

• Excellent English communication skills and a collaborative spirit. 

• Ability to manage complexity, prioritize work, and lead with empathy and clarity. 

• Experience working with international teams and managing cross-border collaboration. 

Why OPSWAT? 

At OPSWAT, we’re not just building products — we’re protecting the systems the world depends on. MetaDefender Managed File Transfer is one of our fastest-growing solutions, and this is your opportunity to lead its future — and to build one of our first truly AI-first, agentic engineering teams — from the heart of Vietnam’s thriving tech scene. 

You’ll join a company that values innovation, impact, and integrity — and a team that’s growing fast with the support of a global organization. If you’re ready to lead, mentor, and build secure software that matters in the age of AI, let’s make it happen — together.