Staff Software Engineer

BJAK
Tokyo
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 7+ yearsSkills: ["Communication","Mentoring","Technical leadership","Problem-solving","Decision-making"]

Own technical direction and execution for major KIRA products and systems used by millions across Southeast Asia. This hands-on role designs scalable, reliable solutions across backend, frontend, APIs, databases, and infrastructure—driving architecture trade-offs, turning ambiguous product problems into execution plans, and raising engineering quality through stronger design, testing, security, observability, and development practices. Mentor engineers and lead critical initiatives from idea to production.

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BJAK
BJAK
1 week ago

Staff Software Engineer

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Job Summary

Own technical direction and execution for major KIRA products and systems used by millions across Southeast Asia. This hands-on role designs scalable, reliable solutions across backend, frontend, APIs, databases, and infrastructure—driving architecture trade-offs, turning ambiguous product problems into execution plans, and raising engineering quality through stronger design, testing, security, observability, and development practices. Mentor engineers and lead critical initiatives from idea to production.
Location: Tokyo
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Sr. Manager 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 alongside the team through coding, prototyping, code reviews, debugging, and production problem-solving.
  • •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, while mentoring engineers across teams.

Key Requirements

  • •7+ years of software engineering experience building and 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 and a willingness to remain hands-on.
  • •Track record of technically leading major engineering projects from design through production.
Experience:7+ years
Skills:CommunicationMentoringTechnical leadershipProblem-solvingDecision-making
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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