About Us
Bjak is dedicated to providing affordable and sustainable financial services to individuals across ASEAN. Headquartered in Malaysia, Bjak stands as the largest insurance portal in Southeast Asia. Our flagship platform, Bjak.com, assists millions in discovering insurance policies that offer optimal value and extensive coverage. Through strategic investments in technology, including Custom API, blockchain, trading systems, and data science, we aim to facilitate easy access to financial services that were previously challenging to reach or comprehend.
Our core strengths are in navigating the most complex regulations and environments, creating some of the most innovative products in the world. For instance, we are the first platform globally to simplify and offer investment-linked life and health insurance online, coupled with an instant talk-to-agent service.
Lead Engineer
As the Lead Engineer, you will play a crucial role in managing and driving the development of our cutting-edge technology solutions. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, where you will have the chance to make a significant impact on our products and services.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and manage a team of engineers, providing guidance and support throughout the development lifecycle
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define project requirements and create technical specifications
- Design, develop, and implement high-quality software solutions that meet business needs
- Conduct regular code reviews to ensure code quality and adherence to best practices
- Stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends and technologies, and make recommendations for improvement
- Troubleshoot complex technical issues and provide timely resolutions
- Foster a culture of innovation, creativity, and continuous learning within the engineering team
Requirements
- MS/BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or related fields with strong Computer Science fundamentals in algorithms and data structures
- 5+ years of full-time software engineering experience, strong plus if also knows C++ and backend well
- 3+ years of professional engineering management experience
- Programming experience and understanding of modern technology including: (ReactJS/React Native, NodeJS, Kubernetes, GCP, MongoDB, Docker)
- Experience managing cloud operations for reliability, scalability, and security in GCP/AWS
- Experience recruiting, hiring and onboarding engineering talent
- Strong sense of responsibility; driving initiatives from inception to completion
- Proven experience as a Lead Engineer or similar role
- Strong knowledge of software development principles, methodologies, and practices
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to effectively manage and prioritize multiple projects and tasks
- Experience in the Information Technology and Services industry is a plus
Benefits
- Fast moving, challenging and unique business problems
- Strong learning and development plans for your career growth
- International work environment and flat organization
- Competitive salary
- Flexible working hours & arrangement, Casual work attire
