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Principal Software Engineer

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

Job description

Principal Software Engineer at BJAK responsible for owning technical direction and execution for major products and systems. This is a hands-on role 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

  • Builds technology products used by millions of users across Southeast Asia
  • Hires globally and works across multiple countries and time zones