Lead Engineer (Philippines)

BJAK
Manila
Workplace: RemoteFull timeFunction: Administration & Executive AssistanceSkills: ["Technical leadership","Communication","Mentoring","Problem-solving","Product sense"]

Own the technical design and delivery of major products, features, and engineering initiatives as a hands-on engineering leader. You’ll design scalable backend/front-end/API/database/infrastructure systems, stay close to the code through prototyping, reviews, debugging, and incident resolution, and set high standards for code quality, testing, security, observability, and reliability. Partner with product, design, and AI teams to ship quickly while mentoring engineers and improving tooling and automation.

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BJAK
BJAK
2 days ago

Lead Engineer (Philippines)

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Job Summary

Own the technical design and delivery of major products, features, and engineering initiatives as a hands-on engineering leader. You’ll design scalable backend/front-end/API/database/infrastructure systems, stay close to the code through prototyping, reviews, debugging, and incident resolution, and set high standards for code quality, testing, security, observability, and reliability. Partner with product, design, and AI teams to ship quickly while mentoring engineers and improving tooling and automation.
Location: Manila
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead the technical design and execution of major products, features, and engineering initiatives.
  • •Design scalable, reliable, maintainable systems across backend, frontend, APIs, databases, and infrastructure.
  • •Stay hands-on through coding, prototyping, code reviews, debugging, and production problem-solving.
  • •Set high standards for code quality, system design, testing, security, observability, and production reliability.
  • •Mentor engineers, review technical designs/code, identify risks, and continuously improve reliability after release.

Key Requirements

  • •Significant experience building and shipping production software systems.
  • •Deep expertise in backend, frontend, distributed systems, APIs, databases, or cloud infrastructure.
  • •Strong system design and architecture skills, including making technical decisions for complex/high-scale systems.
  • •Strong coding ability and willingness to stay hands-on with prototyping, debugging, and production support.
  • •Proven technical leadership—leading major engineering projects and providing leadership/mentorship to other engineers.
Experience:Production systemsDistributed systems
Skills:Technical leadershipCommunicationMentoringProblem-solvingProduct sense
Languages:English
Tech Stack:BackendFrontendAPIsDatabasesCloud infrastructureDistributed systems

Company Brief

BJAK
Bjak is a Malaysia-based insurtech that operates an online insurance comparison and distribution platform across SEA, simplifying purchase and servicing of motor and life insurance using digital tools and AI-enabled services.
Industry: InsurTech
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Growth Stage Startup
Headquarters: Selangor, Malaysia
Founded: 2019
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