Lead Engineer

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 role involves designing systems, writing and reviewing code, solving difficult engineering problems, and driving major initiatives from idea to production. The successful candidate will balance architecture and implementation to deliver high-quality, scalable 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
• Coding
• Technical leadership

About the Company

Bjak is focused on reinventing how people spend, save, invest, exchange, and travel. The company believes AI will help make finance smart, accessible, and safe, and operates with teams across the world.