Bjak

Lead Software Engineer

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3 months ago
Remote, United StatesStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Own technical design and execution for major products, systems, and engineering initiatives.
  • Design scalable and reliable backend, frontend, API, database, and infrastructure systems.
  • Remain hands-on through coding, prototyping, code reviews, debugging, and production problem-solving.
  • Drive architecture decisions and trade-offs involving speed, scalability, reliability, cost, and maintainability.
  • Translate ambiguous product problems into technical solutions and execution plans.
  • Lead critical technical initiatives and mentor engineers across teams.
  • Raise engineering quality through improved system design, testing, security, observability, and development practices.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of software engineering experience building and shipping production systems.
  • Deep expertise in at least one of backend, frontend, distributed systems, APIs, databases, or cloud infrastructure.
  • Strong system design and architecture skills for complex or high-scale systems.
  • Strong coding ability and willingness to remain hands-on.
  • A track record of technically leading major engineering projects from design through production.
  • Ability to make sound technical trade-offs, influence engineers, and solve complex production problems.
  • Strong English communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively in distributed, international teams.

Benefits

  • Fully remote role with global hiring across multiple countries and time zones.
  • Fast interview process targeting an offer within 1 week from the start of interviews for strong candidates.
Bjak

About Bjak

201-500 employees

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.

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