BJAK

Technical Lead, Applications

BJAK

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Own the application engineering strategy and execution across backend, mobile, and desktop.
  • Lead and grow a small, senior applications team, including backend, mobile, and desktop engineers.
  • Set the architectural direction for AI-powered product workflows, APIs, and client integrations.
  • Ensure AI capabilities are integrated into the product with clear abstractions, predictable behavior, and graceful failure modes.
  • Partner closely with Machine Learning leadership to translate model capability into shippable product features.
  • Make high-impact decisions across latency, cost, reliability, security, and user experience.
  • Establish a strong execution culture through code reviews, design reviews, and hands-on technical leadership.
  • Ensure production readiness: observability, monitoring, retries, fallbacks, privacy, and cost controls.
  • Balance speed and discipline – shipping quickly without compromising long-term system quality.

Requirements

  • Significant experience leading application or product engineering for complex systems.
  • Strong hands-on background building and shipping backend systems used in production.
  • Experience delivering AI-powered products, with a deep understanding of model integration trade-offs.
  • Excellent system design skills across services, APIs, clients, and data flows.
  • Comfort operating across platforms (backend, mobile, desktop), even if your depth is in one.
  • Proven ability to make high-impact technical decisions under ambiguity.
  • A strong bias toward shipping, iteration, and learning from real-world usage.
  • Move fast without breaking fundamentals
Benefits
  • Our organization is very flat
  • Small, highly motivated team
  • Focused on engineering and product excellence
  • All members are expected to be hands-on and contribute directly to the company’s mission
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
backend systemsmobile applicationsdesktop applicationsAI-powered productsAPIssystem designobservabilitymonitoringdata flowsmodel integration
Soft Skills
leadershipdecision makingexecution cultureiterationlearning from usagecommunicationproblem solvingadaptabilitycollaborationstrategic thinking