Lead Engineer - Travel FX App
Bjak · Remote · United States ·
COMPENSATION
€•• – ••k
Listed on the employer's job board (Ashby)
- Lead Engineer role
- Fully remote globally
- Hands-on leadership
- English required
- Fast hiring process
You will take technical ownership of complex products, balancing architecture decisions with hands-on implementation. The role requires designing scalable systems, reviewing code, and guiding engineers from idea to production.
BJAK is expanding beyond insurance into spending, saving, and travel finance. You will collaborate with product, design, and AI teams to ship high-quality features while improving engineering tooling and reliability.
What you'll do
- Lead technical design and execution of major engineering initiatives
- Design scalable backend, frontend, API, and infrastructure systems
- Remain hands-on through coding, prototyping, and debugging
- Mentor engineers and raise the team's technical capability
- Monitor production systems and resolve root causes of incidents
- Improve development practices and automation for team velocity
What you'll need
- Strong background in building and shipping production systems
- Deep expertise in backend, frontend, or distributed systems
- Proven experience providing technical leadership to engineers
- Ability to make architecture decisions for high-scale systems
- Strong English communication skills for global collaboration
- 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
Hiring process
- Online assessment or practical task
- Technical interview
- Final round with CEO
- Targeting one week from start to offer