Technical Lead - Regional Systems (Remote, China)
BJAK is using AI, automation and backend systems to power end-to-end insurance operations. Our platform handles customer journeys including quotes, insurer integrations, document processing, policy issuance, endorsements and claims at scale.
We're looking for a talented Technical Lead based in China to design and build regional systems that support BJAK’s multi-market expansion, ensuring our platform can operate reliably across different countries, regulatory environments and insurance partners.
This is a fully remote position where you'll collaborate closely with our Malaysia-based engineering, product and operations teams to deliver scalable, production-grade systems across regions.
The Mission
Lead engineering efforts to design and build regional-ready systems that enable BJAK to scale across multiple markets, ensuring consistency, reliability and adaptability of insurance workflows across different countries and operational environments.
What You’ll Own
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Lead design and delivery of regional system capabilities across BJAK’s platform.
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Translate multi-country business, operational and regulatory requirements into scalable system architecture.
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Design backend systems that support multi-region workflows, configurations and integrations.
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Build platform capabilities that allow insurance workflows to adapt across different markets.
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Define system design for localization, policy variations, insurer integrations and operational differences.
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Ensure consistency and reliability of core workflows across regions while supporting flexibility per market.
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Review architecture and implementation to ensure scalability, correctness and maintainability.
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Work closely with product, operations, QA and DevOps to deliver cross-regional initiatives.
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Improve system stability through monitoring, incident response, debugging and root cause analysis.
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Ensure safe and controlled production releases across multi-region deployments.
What We're Looking For
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Strong software engineering experience building production-grade backend or distributed systems.
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Proven experience leading technical delivery of platform or multi-system initiatives.
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Ability to design scalable architectures that support multi-region or multi-tenant systems.
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Strong understanding of backend systems, APIs and distributed system principles.
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Experience working with complex business domains involving regional or regulatory differences.
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Hands-on engineering capability with willingness to contribute to implementation and code.
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Strong judgment on architecture trade-offs, system complexity and scaling challenges.
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Experience working with cross-functional teams including product and operations.
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Strong communication skills and ability to align technical decisions across stakeholders.
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Calm under pressure when handling production issues or complex system coordination.
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High ownership mindset with strong execution from design to production.
Bonus Points
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Experience building multi-region, multi-tenant or globally distributed systems.
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Experience with localization, configuration-driven systems or policy-based architectures.
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Experience in regulated industries such as insurance, fintech or banking.
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Knowledge of Node.js, Python, Java or similar backend technologies.
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Experience with cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines and production monitoring systems.
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Familiarity with observability tools (logging, metrics, tracing, alerting).
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Experience integrating third-party systems, APIs or external partners across regions.
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Experience scaling systems across different regulatory or operational environments.
The Kind of Builder We Want
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Thinks in terms of systems that must scale across countries and business contexts.
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Hands-on technical leader who stays close to architecture and implementation.
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Clear thinker who simplifies regional complexity into scalable system design.
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Stable, structured a