Lead Engineer - Travel FX 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 hands-on leadership role involves designing systems, writing and reviewing code, solving difficult engineering problems, and driving major initiatives from idea to production. The role requires a balance between high-level architecture and direct implementation to deliver high-quality financial applications.

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

• System design
• Software engineering
• Architecture
• Technical leadership
• API development
• Cloud infrastructure
• Distributed systems

About the Company

Bjak is a leading insurance platform in Southeast Asia that aims to provide smarter ways for people to plan, save, and grow their money. Founded in 2019, the company is expanding its services to include spending, investing, exchanging, and travelling.