Lead Engineer - United Kingdom

BJAK
London
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Administration & Executive AssistanceSkills: ["Technical leadership","Problem-solving","Communication","Mentorship","Ownership"]

Own technical design and execution for major products and engineering initiatives as a hands-on lead. Design scalable backend, frontend, API, database, and infrastructure systems, stay close to the code through prototyping, reviews, debugging, and incident resolution, and raise engineering quality through system design, testing, security, observability, and reliability. Work cross-functionally with product, design, and AI teams to ship quickly and improve engineering tooling and practices.

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Lead Engineer - United Kingdom

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Job Summary

Own technical design and execution for major products and engineering initiatives as a hands-on lead. Design scalable backend, frontend, API, database, and infrastructure systems, stay close to the code through prototyping, reviews, debugging, and incident resolution, and raise engineering quality through system design, testing, security, observability, and reliability. Work cross-functionally with product, design, and AI teams to ship quickly and improve engineering tooling and practices.
Location: London
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead the 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 through coding, prototyping, code reviews, debugging, and production problem-solving.
  • •Set a high bar for code quality, system design, testing, security, observability, and production reliability.
  • •Own systems beyond release by monitoring production, investigating incidents, resolving root causes, and improving reliability.

Key Requirements

  • •Strong software engineering background with significant experience building and shipping production systems.
  • •Deep technical 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.
  • •Strong coding ability and willingness to remain hands-on with prototyping, code reviews, debugging, and production problem-solving.
  • •Proven experience leading major engineering projects or providing technical leadership to other engineers.
Experience:Production systemsDistributed systems
Skills:Technical leadershipProblem-solvingCommunicationMentorshipOwnership
Languages:English

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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