3 months ago
Remote, United KingdomSenior
Responsibilities
- Build systems that connect to multiple insurance providers and request quotes concurrently.
- Design quote comparison and ranking systems for customers.
- Build the customer database and secure audit trail.
- Set up and support cloud hosting, observability, and security controls including encryption and secrets management.
- Develop reliable APIs, workflows, and financial product infrastructure that scales across markets, partners, and millions of users.
- Participate in the online assessment or practical task, technical interview, and CEO/final interview process.
Requirements
- Strong backend development experience with Node.js and TypeScript, or a closely equivalent technology with the ability to work in them.
- Experience designing schemas for relational databases such as PostgreSQL or non-relational databases such as MongoDB.
- Experience integrating third-party APIs and handling timeouts, retries, and partial failures gracefully.
- Experience with cloud infrastructure such as AWS, GCP, or Azure and CI/CD pipelines.
- Familiarity with security best practices for sensitive customer data, including encryption and access control.
- Strong English communication skills.
- Applicants must already be based in the UK.
- Experience in fintech, insurtech, or another regulated industry is preferred.
- Experience building extensible plugin or adapter systems for multiple external integrations is preferred.
- Experience with Redis or a similar session or caching system is preferred.
Benefits
- Remote work arrangement for candidates based in the UK.
- Fast interview process, with strong candidates potentially receiving an offer within one week of starting interviews.
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About Bjak
Bjak builds an online insurance marketplace for consumers in Malaysia and Southeast Asia, enabling comparison and purchase of car, health, life, and travel policies. Its business model is aggregator-based, earning commissions and fees from insurers and partners while streamlining digital applications and renewals. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Selangor, it is privately held and is expanding from insurance comparison into broader fintech services via a planned finance super app.