Lead Engineer - AI-Native Email App
Bjak · Remote · Hong Kong ·
COMPENSATION
€•• – ••k
Listed on the employer's job board (Ashby)
- Lead Engineer role
- Fully remote (global)
- AI-native email app
- Hands-on leadership
- English required
Doit is building tools to help people manage their finances through AI. This Lead Engineer role focuses on an AI-native email app, requiring you to take technical ownership of complex products. You will balance architecture decisions with hands-on coding, guiding the team from idea to production while maintaining high engineering standards.
What you'll do
- Lead technical design and execution of major products and features
- Design scalable systems across backend, frontend, APIs, and infrastructure
- Stay hands-on by coding, prototyping, and reviewing code
- Make architecture decisions balancing speed, scalability, and reliability
- Mentor engineers and strengthen technical capability across the team
- Monitor production, investigate incidents, and resolve root causes
- Improve engineering tooling and automation to increase team velocity
What you'll need
- Strong software engineering background with production system experience
- Deep expertise in backend, frontend, distributed systems, or cloud infrastructure
- Proven experience leading major engineering projects or teams
- Strong system design skills for complex or high-scale systems
- Willingness to remain hands-on with coding and debugging
- Ability to explain technical decisions clearly to cross-functional teams
- Strong English communication skills for global collaboration
How you'll work
- Fully remote position with global hiring
- Collaborate across multiple countries and time zones
- Fast-moving international team environment
Hiring process
- Online assessment or practical task
- Technical interview
- CEO or final round interview
- Process aims to complete within one week for strong candidates