Lead Engineer (Philippines)
Bjak · Remote · Philippines ·
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 and implementation, guiding major initiatives from concept to production while raising the engineering bar across the team.
What you'll do
- Lead technical design and execution for major products and features
- Design scalable systems across backend, frontend, APIs, and infrastructure
- Remain hands-on through coding, prototyping, and debugging
- Make architecture decisions balancing speed, reliability, and maintainability
- Mentor engineers and strengthen technical capabilities across the team
- Review code and designs to provide clear, actionable feedback
- Monitor production systems and resolve root causes of incidents
- Improve engineering tooling and automation to increase team velocity
What you'll need
- Strong background in building and shipping production software systems
- Deep expertise in backend, frontend, distributed systems, or cloud infrastructure
- Proven experience providing technical leadership on major engineering projects
- Strong system design skills for complex or high-scale environments
- Willingness to remain hands-on with coding and code reviews
- Ability to explain technical decisions clearly to cross-functional teams
- Strong product sense linking technical choices to business outcomes
- Comfortable working with ambiguity and taking full ownership
How you'll work
- Fully remote position with global hiring
- Collaborate across multiple countries and time zones
- English is the primary working language
- Fast-moving international team environment
Hiring process
- Online assessment or practical task
- Technical interview
- Final round with CEO
- Goal to complete process within one week