Senior Software Engineer

About Us

Bjak is focused on providing access to affordable and sustainable financial services for people in ASEAN. Headquartered in Malaysia, Bjak is the largest insurance portal in Southeast Asia. Our main portal, Bjak.com, helps millions find the insurance policy with the best value and highest coverage for them. Our investments in technology such as Custom API, trading systems and data science is to enable easy access to financial services that were previously inaccessible or difficult to understand.

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.

If you enjoy building cutting-edge platforms and ecosystems to give equal access to financial services for the masses - Speak to us.

Responsibilities

1. Develop high-quality backend using NodeJS with best code practices
2. Develop high-quality frontend using ReactJS / NextJS with best code practices
3. Maintain production stability and resolve critical issues to minimize stability impacts
4. Analyze and propose any code improvement opportunities for system enhancement
5. Support change requests from cross-functional teams
6. Mentor and guide juniors on development best practices
7. Review pull requests from peers

Minimum Requirements

1. Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or related fields with strong Computer Science fundamentals in algorithms and data structures
2. 3+ years of full-time software engineering experience
3. Experience in Backend Development, e.g. NodeJS, NestJS, ExpressJS, GraphQL, Postman, etc.
4. Experience in Frontend Development, e.g. ReactJS, NextJS, Styled-component, etc.
5. Experience in Database, e.g. MongoDB, MySQL, etc.
6. Experience in Automation workflow, e.g. Selenium, Cypress, Puppeteer, etc.
7. Passionate about programming and solving problems independently

Good to Have

1. Relevant projects/portfolio showcasing will be a plus
2. Experience in GCP/AWS cloud services and Infrastructure as Code Practices will be a plus
3. Experience in UI/UX design will be a plus
4. Experience in TDD/BDD will be a plus
5. Experience in web templating language, e.g. Pug, Slim, etc. will be a plus
6. Experience in tech documentation will be a plus

Benefits

• Do something meaningful; Be a part of the future of finance technology and the no.1 company in the industry!
• Fast moving, challenging and unique business problems
• International work environment and flat organization
• Great career development opportunities in a growing company
• Team culture - highly practical and results-oriented
• Free training and development, constantly improve yourself
• Competitive salary
• Flexible working hours & arrangement, Casual work attire
• Hybrid working arrangement