Lead Engineer - AI-Native Email App

BJAK
Tokyo
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Data Science & Machine LearningSkills: ["Technical leadership","Mentorship","Communication","Product sense","Ownership"]

Take technical ownership of complex products and systems, leading end-to-end engineering from architecture and system design through implementation, code reviews, and production problem-solving. Design scalable backend, frontend, API, and database/infrastructure systems; set high standards for code quality, testing, security, and observability. Collaborate with product, design, and AI teams to ship quickly, mentor engineers, and improve tooling and reliability beyond release.

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Lead Engineer - AI-Native Email App

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Job Summary

Take technical ownership of complex products and systems, leading end-to-end engineering from architecture and system design through implementation, code reviews, and production problem-solving. Design scalable backend, frontend, API, and database/infrastructure systems; set high standards for code quality, testing, security, and observability. Collaborate with product, design, and AI teams to ship quickly, mentor engineers, and improve tooling and reliability beyond release.
Location: Tokyo
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Data Science & Machine Learning
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead technical design and execution of major products, features, and engineering initiatives.
  • •Design scalable, reliable, and maintainable systems across backend, frontend, APIs, databases, and infrastructure.
  • •Stay hands-on with coding, prototyping, code reviews, debugging, and production problem-solving.
  • •Make architecture decisions and technical trade-offs balancing speed, scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
  • •Monitor production, investigate incidents, resolve root causes, and continuously improve reliability and engineering practices.

Key Requirements

  • •Strong software engineering background with significant experience building and shipping production systems.
  • •Deep expertise in one or more areas such as backend, frontend, distributed systems, APIs, databases, or cloud infrastructure.
  • •Strong system design and architecture skills, including making technical decisions for complex or high-scale systems.
  • •Proven experience leading major engineering projects or providing technical leadership to other engineers.
  • •Comfort reviewing code, debugging complex issues, and working directly with production systems.
Skills:Technical leadershipMentorshipCommunicationProduct senseOwnership
Languages:English
Tech Stack:APIsDatabasesCloud 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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