Technical Lead

Contract type
Ongoing
Work mode
Remote · Worldwide
Experience
Senior · 7+ years

Job description

Technical Lead role at BJAK owning technical direction and execution for major products and systems, hands-on designing systems, writing code and driving critical engineering work from idea to production.

At a glance

Work mode
Remote · Worldwide
Languages
English – fluent

What you'll do

  • Owning technical design and execution for major products, systems and engineering initiatives.
  • Designing scalable, reliable systems across backend, frontend, APIs, databases and infrastructure.
  • Building alongside the team through coding, prototyping, code reviews, debugging and production problem-solving.
  • Driving architecture decisions and trade-offs across speed, scalability, reliability, cost and maintainability.
  • Turning ambiguous product problems into clear technical solutions and execution plans.
  • Raising engineering quality through stronger system design, testing, security, observability and development practices.
  • Leading technically critical initiatives and mentoring engineers across teams.

What we're looking for

  • 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 willingness to remain hands-on.
  • Track record of technically leading major engineering projects from design through production.
  • Ability to make sound technical trade-offs, influence engineers and solve complex production problems.
  • Strong English communication is required.

Nice to have

  • Experience scaling engineering teams, systems or development practices through significant growth.
  • Experience operating across multiple products, markets or countries.

How to get hired

  1. 1Online assessment or practical task
  2. 2Technical interview
  3. 3CEO / final round

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About Bjak

BJAK builds technology products used by millions of users across Southeast Asia.

Key facts

  • Hires globally and works across multiple countries and time zones
  • English is the main working language across global teams