About The Role
At playSTUDIOS, we create engaging and innovative gaming experiences that captivate millions of players worldwide. Our focus is on combining creativity, technology, and data-driven insights to craft exceptional games. We are looking for an Enterprise Architect to join our Architecture team.
This is a cross-cutting role. You'll work alongside the EA team and CTO to shape technology strategy across all playSTUDIOS products and platforms - defining the standards, patterns, and architectural direction that individual games and shared services build against.
Your scope is the enterprise landscape rather than any single system, and you'll be measured on whether independent initiatives come together into something coherent, scalable, and cost-efficient. The Architecture function is small and highly visible, and you'll engage directly with business and product owners, R&D leadership, game teams, and cross-org teams (DevOps, Data, IT, Security).
Responsibilities
- Define and execute a company-wide architecture strategy together with the EA team and CTO, prioritized by ROI and urgency
- Architect cross-team and cross-project solutions, and drive resolution of architectural problems that span organizational boundaries
- Align teams across all playSTUDIOS products toward a shared technical vision
- Define and maintain architectural standards, policies, and patterns for engineering teams
- Design and manage architectural runways spanning multiple development teams
- Rationalize the company's technical systems and solutions — reduce duplication, manage complexity, and drive down technical debt
- Own build-versus-buy evaluations and recommendations
- Evaluate business initiatives, internal functions, and technical processes, and identify improvements — including cost reduction across infrastructure and cloud
- Ensure solutions are scalable, resilient, observable, secure, and supportive of business goals
- Lead architecture reviews and maintain architectural decision records and solution intents
- Advise on business process analysis and service delivery with respect to technology direction
- Grow architectural capability across engineering through guidance, mentorship, and training
Qualifications
Must have:
- 10+ years in engineering, including leadership and architecture roles
- 4+ years as a System Architect (Enterprise Architect a plus)
- High level of proficiency in both written and spoken English
- Strong background in system architecture and end-to-end design
- Hands-on development background with large-scale production systems
- Highly proficient with AI tools in day-to-day work
- Independent and proactive - an initiator
- Capable of high-level decision-making and prioritization
- Strong communicator - can explain complex architectural concepts clearly to both engineers and non-engineering leadership
- Able to align architecture with business goals across teams
- Able to self-learn and research complex topics
- Stays at the forefront of technology - tracks where the field is moving and forms their own view
- Mentorship ability
Nice to have:
- Prior Enterprise Architecture experience
- Experience or familiarity with the world of mobile gaming
- Well-versed in Security Architecture
- Well-versed in the DevOps discipline and cloud providers such as AWS/Azure
- Data Engineering fluency
Additional Notes: You may be expected to complete a test as part of the interviewing procedure.
Benefits And Perks
- Global Collaboration: Work directly with diverse international teams from Hong Kong, Singapore, Israel, Serbia, the US, and more.
- People‑centered Culture: Where individual effort, shared dedication, and true teamwork come together to craft games of outstanding creativity, aesthetic value, and entertainment quality.
- Growth & Learning: Unlock unlimited growth opportunities through English classes, an online learning platform, specialized technical training led by global experts, and the opportunity to have hands-on experience with game products reaching up to 100 million players worldwide.
- Comprehensive Healthcare: Receive Bao Viet Premium healthcare coverage of up to 1.2 billion VND/person/year for yourself, plus attractive coverage for all your dependents.
- Insurance & PIT (Personal Income Tax): Receive 100% salary during probation, with full Social, Health, and Unemployment Insurance from day one. All compulsory insurance is fully covered by the company — you only contribute Personal Income Tax.
- Reward & Recognition: 13-month salary/year; performance-based bonus; discretionary bonus; attractive employee referral bonus program.
- Flexible work time: Work Monday to Friday with two remote days (Tuesday and Wednesday). No attendance tracking — we focus on performance management rather than time management.
- Annual & Sick Leave: Annual leave of 15 days in the 1st year, 17 days in the 2nd year, and 20 days from the 3rd year onwards, plus 5 days of sick leave per year.
- Perks & Comforts: Fresh, delicious, free meals served daily; high-end workstation with laptop and monitors provided; and an equipment allowance of 4,500,000 VND to choose your preferred keyboard, mouse, headset, and more.
- Engagement: Enjoy charity initiatives, team-building, company trips, year-round events, and company-supported clubs like board games, badminton, soccer, and ping pong.
- Other benefits: Financial support for sickness or funeral (up to 2,000,000 VND/person), and for birthdays, marriage, childbirth, or public holidays (up to 500,000 VND/person).
Our Company – PlaySTUDIOS VIETNAM
As part of the US-headquartered playSTUDIOS family, playSTUDIOS Vietnam unites technology, creativity, and global talent to create fun and meaningful entertainment for millions of players.
We are backed by world-class partners and guided by leaders with a long track record of shaping successful game franchises.
Our rapid growth brings exciting challenges and endless opportunities for those who love to build, optimize, and innovate. Here, you’ll find the stability of an established business, the rewards of competitive compensation and great benefits, and the thrill of contributing to products that reach a global audience.
We're thrilled to share: - Our website and portfolio game: https://www.playstudios.com/
- Our Vietnam's Facebook page: https://bom.so/A6A5VO
- Our Vietnam's LinkedIn page: https://bom.so/04caqr