Lead Engineer - Travel FX App
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
Join BJAK as a Lead Engineer to take technical ownership of complex systems and raise the engineering bar. You will design scalable solutions, write code, and guide the team from idea to production. This role requires moving seamlessly between high-level architecture and hands-on implementation.
What you'll do
- Lead technical design and execution for major products and features
- Design scalable backend, frontend, API, and database systems
- Stay hands-on by coding, prototyping, and debugging issues
- Make architecture decisions balancing speed and reliability
- Mentor engineers and strengthen team technical capability
- Review code and provide actionable feedback to peers
- Monitor production systems and resolve incident root causes
- Collaborate with product and AI teams to ship quality software
What you'll need
- Strong background in building and shipping production systems
- Deep expertise in backend, frontend, or distributed systems
- Proven experience leading major engineering projects
- Willingness to remain hands-on with coding and reviews
- Ability to explain complex technical decisions clearly
- Strong product sense linking tech to business outcomes
- Comfortable working with ambiguity and taking ownership
- Strong English communication skills for global collaboration
How you'll work
- Fully remote position with global hiring
- Work across multiple countries and time zones
- Collaborate in a distributed international team
- English is the main working language
Hiring process
- Online assessment or practical task
- Technical interview with the team
- Final round with the CEO
- Process aims to complete within one week