Lead Software Engineer

BJAK
Sydney
Workplace: RemoteFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 7+ yearsSkills: ["Technical leadership","System design","Problem-solving","Communication","Collaboration"]

Own technical direction and execution for major products and systems in a large-scale fintech platform serving millions across Southeast Asia. You’ll design scalable, reliable systems across backend, frontend, APIs, databases, and infrastructure; stay hands-on with coding and debugging; lead architecture trade-offs; and improve engineering quality through testing, security, observability, and stronger development practices. Mentoring engineers and translating ambiguous product problems into execution plans are core to the role.

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BJAK
BJAK
1 week ago

Lead Software Engineer

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Job Summary

Own technical direction and execution for major products and systems in a large-scale fintech platform serving millions across Southeast Asia. You’ll design scalable, reliable systems across backend, frontend, APIs, databases, and infrastructure; stay hands-on with coding and debugging; lead architecture trade-offs; and improve engineering quality through testing, security, observability, and stronger development practices. Mentoring engineers and translating ambiguous product problems into execution plans are core to the role.
Location: Sydney
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own technical design and execution for major products, systems, and engineering initiatives.
  • •Design scalable, reliable systems across backend, frontend, APIs, databases, and infrastructure.
  • •Build hands-on through coding, prototyping, code reviews, debugging, and production issue resolution.
  • •Drive architecture decisions and trade-offs across speed, scalability, reliability, cost, and maintainability.
  • •Raise engineering quality via stronger system design, testing, security, observability, and development practices; mentor engineers across teams.

Key Requirements

  • •7+ years of software engineering experience shipping production systems.
  • •Deep expertise in backend, frontend, distributed systems, APIs, databases, or cloud infrastructure.
  • •Strong system design and architecture skills for complex or high-scale systems.
  • •Strong coding ability with a willingness to remain hands-on.
  • •Track record of technically leading major engineering projects from design through production.
Experience:7+ yearsFintechInsurance
Skills:Technical leadershipSystem designProblem-solvingCommunicationCollaboration
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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