Lead Software Engineer

Overview

Lead Software Engineer owning technical direction and execution for major products and systems at Bjak, a company building technology products used by millions of users across Southeast Asia. This is a hands-on role.

What you'll do

• 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.
• Turn ambiguous product problems into clear technical solutions and execution plans.
• Raise engineering quality through stronger system design, testing, security, observability and development practices.
• Lead technically critical initiatives and mentor engineers across teams.

What you'll need

• 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.

Details

• Remote role; the company hires globally and works across multiple countries and time zones.
• Comfortable working effectively in a distributed, fast-moving international team.
• English is the main working language across global teams.
• Interview process: online assessment or practical task, technical interview, then CEO / final round. Aim to complete the process and make an offer within 1 week for strong candidates.