Lead Engineer - AI-Native Email App

About the role

The Lead Engineer will take technical ownership of complex products and systems while raising the engineering bar across the team. This is a hands-on leadership role requiring the ability to design systems, write and review code, and drive major initiatives from concept to production. The role involves balancing architecture and implementation to deliver scalable, reliable solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical design and execution of major products, features and engineering initiatives.
• Design scalable, reliable and maintainable systems across backend, frontend, APIs, databases and infrastructure.
• Stay hands-on with engineering through coding, prototyping, code reviews, debugging and production problem-solving.
• Make architecture decisions and technical trade-offs that balance speed, scalability, reliability and maintainability.
• Break ambiguous product and technical problems into clear engineering solutions and execution plans.
• Set a high bar for code quality, system design, testing, security, observability and production reliability.
• Review technical designs and code from other engineers and provide clear, actionable feedback.
• Mentor engineers and help strengthen technical capability across the team.

Required skills

• Software engineering
• System design
• Architecture
• Backend
• Frontend
• Distributed systems
• APIs
• Databases
• Cloud infrastructure

About the Company

Bjak is a leading insurance platform in Southeast Asia that started in 2019 with a mission to help people plan, save, and grow their money. The company operates globally with a diverse team of over 20 nationalities.