Lead Engineer - Wealth Management Apps

About the role

Bjak is seeking a hands-on Lead Engineer to take technical ownership of complex products and systems while raising the engineering bar across the team. The role involves designing scalable systems, writing and reviewing code, and driving major initiatives from concept to production. You will work closely with product, design, and AI teams 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
• 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 make insurance accessible online. The company is expanding its services to include spending, saving, investing, exchanging, and travelling to help people get more from their money.