It's our second attempt rolling out this program. But the motivation stays the same: Accelerating someone's current software development skillset.

Batch of 2022

Apprenticeship batch of 2022

The Apprentice program is a six-month earn-and-learn training experience for aspiring software developers to gain professional skills working on real projects. Participants receive mentorship, develop technical and professional capabilities, and learn state-of-the-art engineering practices through hands-on work.

Apprentice program

As an engineer at Dwarves, you will be working closely with a team of talented, kind people and working directly with our clients. There is a lot of freedom to contribute to the quality of the project and improve, or prove yourself

Mobile Engineer, Android

WE ARE LOOKING FOR AN ANDROID DEVELOPER TO JOIN OUR TEAM IN SAIGON. Join a team of developers and designers dedicated to creating products people love to use.

Android

Looking for a well-rounded backend engineer with experience in shipping web applications to production, CI/CD with docker centric workflow, unit testing, performance and scaling, etc. with Go/Elixir/Rust.

Backend Engineer, Go/Elixir/Rust

As a community executive at Dwarves, you will be working closely with a team of talented, kind people and working directly with our clients. There is a lot of freedom to contribute to the quality of the project and improve, or prove yourself

Community Executive

As an engineer at Dwarves, you will be working closely with a team of talented, kind people and working directly with our clients. There is a lot of freedom to contribute to the quality of the project and improve, or prove yourself.

Energy - Data Engineering

We are seeking a highly organized, proactive, and experienced Executive Assistant to provide support to our senior executives. The ideal candidates will be responsible for identifying new business opportunities, fostering strong client relationships, and driving growth by promoting our services to potential clients globally.

Executive Assistant

Junior Frontend Developer

Frontend

Golang

Working at Dwarves, you will be working closely with a team of talented, kind people and working directly with our clients. There is a lot of freedom to contribute to the quality of the project and improve, or prove yourself

Intern

iOS Developer - EnergyTech

iOS Developer

Software Engineer, macOS

As a designer at Dwarves, you will be working closely with a team of talented, kind people and working directly with our clients. There is a lot of freedom to contribute to the quality of the project and improve, or prove yourself

Product Designer, New Grad

Product Designer

QA Engineer

QC Engineer, Automation - Logistics

Fintech - QC Engineer, Manual

We're looking for talented developer with experience in React Native to join Dwarves and work remotely, on a fast-growing US startup.

React Native Developer

Web Engineer, React.js

The ideal candidate will play a pivotal role in sourcing, attracting, and hiring top-tier talents and take care of our team members' growth.

Technical Recruiter

Visual Designer

Keep learning and growing. We started this team out of software practice advancement.

Culture

We build this company like we build a product. There are roadmaps for growth; there are phases; there are iterations. There might also be bugs, places where the company crashes because of bad organizational design, or cultural oversights.

Life at Dwarves

The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of the software development industry, experience in developing partnerships & connections, excellent communication skills, and a never-ending passion for technology.

Business Development Manager

You will be working closely with a team of talented, kind people and working directly with our clients. There is a lot of freedom to contribute to the quality of the project and improve, or prove yourself

Growth Lead

We're a team combining tech skills, problem-solving, and clear communication. We help businesses overcome challenges by finding root causes, creating practical solutions, and working closely with clients to implement them effectively.

💼 Consulting team

A new hourly billing model is introduced to ensure fair compensation for effort, flexibility in project scope, control over additional work, and transparency with clients.

Pricing model: Bill by hours

We helped Aharooms create a suite of digital tools that enables small hotels in Vietnam to improve operations, increase bookings, and boost revenue, especially during the challenging COVID-19 period when adaptation was crucial.

Aharooms

Building a complete tech system for small Vietnamese hotels

We helped Attrace, a Dutch company, create a transparent affiliate marketing platform using blockchain technology that connects online merchants with websites in a secure, fraud-resistant way.

Attrace

Building blockchain solutions for affiliate marketing

We worked with BaseHQ for two years to build and improve their software for executive assistants, helping them create new features and make their system faster and more reliable.

BaseHQ

Creating the first platform for Executive assistants

We helped CIMB Malaysia transform their wealth management services by building a robust backend system that connects their new user-friendly platform with existing bank systems, enabling customers to manage investments more easily.

CIMB

Building CIMB's digital wealth platform for better customer experience

We built Hedge Foundation, a powerful crypto trading dashboard that helps professional traders manage multiple accounts, track positions, and automate order execution in real-time across exchanges.

Hedge Foundation

Building a powerful crypto trading dashboard for professionals

We built iCrosschain, a platform that helps crypto users move their digital assets between different blockchain networks quickly and easily. Our solution cut transfer times down to just 15 seconds – the fastest in the industry.

iCrosschain

Making crypto transfers faster and easier

During the height of the pandemic, we helped Para build a platform that quickly connects nurses with hospitals facing staffing shortages. Our COVID-19 support program allowed them to accelerate development when they needed it most.

JoinPara

Connecting healthcare workers with hospitals during COVID-19

We helped Momos, a pre-seed startup in Singapore, build their first MVP, a centralized data hub that simplifies online operations for food and beverage businesses through third-party integrations and data analytics.

Momos

Building a central hub for food and beverage businesses in Singapore

We helped Mudah.my switch from an outdated system to a modern, faster one that can handle more users and grow with their business.

Mudah

Upgrading Malaysia's largest online marketplace

We built Naru, a browser extension that helps people stay organized and productive while browsing the web. Working with a US-based designer, we created a task management tool that follows you across tabs and remembers your tasks no matter where you go online.

Naru

Naru: A task manager that works right in your browser

We helped Open Fabric build a payment platform that makes it easier for stores to accept digital payments across Southeast Asia. Our team built the core technology and delivered a working product within a year.

Open Fabric

Building a payment platform from scratch

We joined Reapit as their offshore development team, helping them transform their desktop software into a modern cloud platform. Our agile team delivered critical components on a tight timeline for their major platform launch.

Reapit

Building cloud solutions for UK real estate

We helped Setel expand their fuel payment app into a full-featured platform that makes refueling simple for Malaysian drivers. Our team built the conversion features that bring new users to the platform through deals, vouchers, and targeted marketing.

Setel

Building Setel's fuel payment super-app for Malaysian drivers

We helped Tokenomy create a robust web platform and Android app that allows users to easily invest in cryptocurrency. Our work enabled them to launch on schedule, reach more customers, and establish themselves in the competitive crypto market.

Tokenomy

Building a modern crypto investment platform for Tokenomy

We helped CJC create Voconic, a cloud platform that makes it easy for financial companies to deploy complex systems with just a few clicks, reducing manual effort and errors while working across different cloud providers.

Voconic

Building Voconic's cloud platform with Google for financial services

Our approach to project budgeting and why we avoid fixed bids, focusing instead on collaboration, adaptability, and creating value through staged development.

FBSC

Fixed-Budget, Scope-Controlled (FBSC) is applied at Atomic Object.

Fixed Budget Scope Controlled

What skills that an engineer should have in order to work with client effectively?

How to work with clients

Partnering with Dwarves is not just a collaboration, it's a strategic investment in trust, network and business growth. Being our partners mean sharing opportunities, resources, connections and scaling up together.

Partners Network

After a project has been loosely defined, the profit generating, or cost savings, potential should be estimated. Refining scope and budget will cost time and money. Knowing the potential reward will ensure that the research, design and planning effort stays within perspective.

Setting The Budget

It all started when us, a couple of product people realized with our expertise in technology, our passion for outstanding software, we have the ability to uplift like-minded founders by helping them build and launch their startups. The idea became clearer when our network of makers, industry experts and investors broadened steadily.

Dwarves Ventures Fund 0

In a span of over 2 years, we tested multiple models of investment with 8 portfolio companies.2021, we are finally confident and ready. Dwarves Ventures is officially on the map with our Fund 1.

Dwarves Ventures Fund 1

Bounties reward community members with $ICY for contributing work that helps developers expand their skills beyond their usual focus.

Earn

Earning with sidegig

Design sprint mostly applied to the Exploration phase. Friday is usually Education event or Lab projects at Dwarves Design, learning and continuous professional and personal development are in the core of our DNA. No one wants to settle, everyone wants to take the next step forward.

Design Sprint

Design systems enable teams to build better products faster by making design reusable, reusability makes scale possible.

Low-fidelity prototype: UI Design

The checklist shows how the project will be archive

Project Archive

The checklist outline the criteria of a project case study article

Project Case Study

The checklist shows the rule of communication in a project

Project Communication

The checklist shows the process of project handover

Project Handover

The checklist shows the process of project initialization

Project Initialization

The email template is to invite camdidate to the assignment round in case the pre-assessment is skipped.

Assignment Inviation (Skip pre-assessment)

The email template is to invite camdidate to the assignment round.

Assignment Inviation

The email template is to welcome employee back to work.

Confirm Employee's Resume Date Day

The email template is to inform employee that he/she failed the probation.

Farewell Letter

The email template that you need to send to client when it's near holiday to announce about the absence.

Hung King Commemoration Day

The email template that you need to send to client when it's near holiday to announce about the resource changes.

Inform about resource change

International Labour Day

The email template is to annouce the interview date with the client.

Interview Invitation

The email template is to confirm about the milestone with client.

Milestone sign-off

National Day

New Year Day

The email template is to annouce about new employment.

Offer Letter

Whenever a Dwarves refers to a teammate that successfully deployed to a project, we use this template to announce the official start date of their referral bonus.

Referral Bonus Confirmation Note

The email template is to reject a candidate that is not qualified in the recruitment process.

Rejection

Salary Increment Announcement

Tet Holiday

The email template is to show appreciation to partner after the project closed.

Thank you letter

The email template is inform new employee about the onboarding meeting and information request.

Welcome Onboard

The email template is to announce every updates to the comminity and subscriber.

Welcome to Dwarves Updates

How we do effective planning and reporting at Dwarves

How we do effective planning and reporting

This year’s Echelon X in Singapore was a bustling hub of innovation, bringing together around 10,000 participants. Along with visiting SPGroup, our team also attended Echelon X to have a better understanding of how the tech and startup ecosystem is heading.

Echelon X Singapore 2024: Where Innovations Meet Inspiration

To help all our Dwarves team members, create original, helpful, and consistent writing across various platforms, we've put together this content guideline as a reference whenever we're writing for Dwarves.

How I Create Content for Multiple Platforms at Dwarves

Recapping a publication is the work of summarizing its key points, analyzing why it matters, and providing insights or opinions on its content. At Dwarves, we follow a set of must-dos and set expectations for recapping a publication, to ensure we have a clear and insightful summary that can contribute to readers' understanding of the topic.

Recapping A publication

Following the core theme of MMA (Mastery, Meaning, Autonomy), every piece of content we put out requires a strategic approach, so it can cut through the noise, serve purposes and meanings to readers. Whether we're crafting a note, article, research report, or digital post, the process and cycle remain largely the same...

Life cycle of a publication

Writing Content for Multimedia Guidelines

Hi, this is Han, the CEO of Dwarves Foundation. This month the Dwarves score 40th client that we have the honor to serve. And for that, we decide to launch the Dwarves Updates.

Dwarves Updates

It's Han and the Dwarves team again. Since June 2020, we've been planning on a new office/studio in Da Lat.

Da Lat Office

This email is the third month we share about our journey to Software Craftsmanship.

Project Compliance

Here's another update from Dwarves for you. Throughout September, we have completed our bi-annual performance review.

Engineer Performance Review

It's Han and Nikki from Team Dwarves. We're here with the fifth edition of our Dwarves Updates. October has been a wild ride for us as a company. Most of our effort was spent on rethinking growth paths for our engineers.

The Path To Growth at Dwarves

It's Han and Nikki from Team Dwarves. We're almost at the end of this year. While we know everyone is busy wrapping up 2021, we hope you're taking care of yourself and staying safe.

Engineering Organizational Structure

Hey, it’s Han and Nikki in your inbox again. On behalf of the entire Dwarves team, happy 2022!

It's a wrap: 2021 in Review

In today’s edition, job interviews need a makeover, the 4 stages of hiring at Dwarves, Dwarves apprenticeship 2022, other talking points

The stages of hiring at Dwarves

Hey, it’s Han and Nikki in your inbox again.

The future is blockchain and data

In this update, we are excited to share the real journey of growth and transformation that our team has embarked upon, as we continue to strive to become a more skilled and knowledgable software team.

The Stage of Growth at Dwarves

Here's another update from Dwarves for you. We are excited to share the real journey of growth and transformation since AI and LLM have been on our radar for quite a long time.

The Stage of AI and LLM at Dwarves

In an age where Large Language Models like ChatGPT offer instant access to a universe of information, it raises the question, does our own personal knowledge base still hold any value, and is building a personal knowledge base still a legitimate thing to do?

Build your knowledge base

WALA

Our visit to 43 Factory coffee shop in Danang revealed surprising parallels between coffee craftsmanship and software engineering. We discovered valuable insights about talent management, quality delivery, and continuous learning that directly apply to our tech practices.

nikki

Contributions