Lead Engineer (China)
Bjak · Remote · China ·
COMPENSATION
€•• – ••k
Listed on the employer's job board (Ashby)
- Lead Engineer role
- Fully remote globally
- Hands-on leadership
- English required
- Fast hiring process
BJAK is the leading mobile-first insurance platform in Southeast Asia, expanding into broader financial services like saving and investing. As a Lead Engineer, you will balance architecture decisions with hands-on implementation to raise the engineering bar across the team.
What you'll do
- Lead technical design and execution for major products and initiatives
- Design scalable systems across backend, frontend, APIs, and infrastructure
- Remain hands-on through coding, prototyping, and debugging
- Make architecture decisions balancing speed, scalability, and reliability
- Mentor engineers and strengthen technical capabilities across the team
- Review code and provide actionable feedback to peers
- Monitor production systems and resolve root causes of incidents
What you'll need
- Strong background in building and shipping production systems
- Deep expertise in backend, frontend, distributed systems, or cloud
- Proven experience leading major engineering projects
- Ability to explain complex technical decisions clearly
- Strong product sense connecting tech to business outcomes
- Comfortable working with ambiguity and taking full ownership
- Willingness to remain hands-on with code and reviews
How you'll work
- Fully remote position
- Global hiring across multiple time zones
- Collaboration with international distributed teams
- English is the main working language
Hiring process
- Online assessment or practical task
- Technical interview
- Final round with CEO
- Goal to complete process within one week