Technical Lead – Regional Systems

BJAK

Technical Lead designing and building regional systems for BJAK’s multi-market insurance operations. Collaborate with teams across different countries to ensure reliability and scalability.

Posted 6/27/2026full-timeRemote • 🇨🇳 ChinaSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudDistributed SystemsJavaJavaScriptNode.jsPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead design and delivery of regional system capabilities across BJAK’s platform.
Translate multi-country business, operational and regulatory requirements into scalable system architecture.
Design backend systems that support multi-region workflows, configurations and integrations.
Build platform capabilities that allow insurance workflows to adapt across different markets.
Define system design for localization, policy variations, insurer integrations and operational differences.
Ensure consistency and reliability of core workflows across regions while supporting flexibility per market.
Review architecture and implementation to ensure scalability, correctness and maintainability.
Work closely with product, operations, QA and DevOps to deliver cross-regional initiatives.
Improve system stability through monitoring, incident response, debugging and root cause analysis.
Ensure safe and controlled production releases across multi-region deployments.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Strong software engineering experience building production-grade backend or distributed systems.
Proven experience leading technical delivery of platform or multi-system initiatives.
Ability to design scalable architectures that support multi-region or multi-tenant systems.
Strong understanding of backend systems, APIs and distributed system principles.
Experience working with complex business domains involving regional or regulatory differences.
Hands-on engineering capability with willingness to contribute to implementation and code.
Strong judgment on architecture trade-offs, system complexity and scaling challenges.
Experience working with cross-functional teams including product and operations.
Strong communication skills and ability to align technical decisions across stakeholders.
Calm under pressure when handling production issues or complex system coordination.
High ownership mindset with strong execution from design to production.
Bonus Points - Experience building multi-region, multi-tenant or globally distributed systems.
Experience with localization, configuration-driven systems or policy-based architectures.
Experience in regulated industries such as insurance, fintech or banking.
Knowledge of Node.js, Python, Java or similar backend technologies.
Experience with cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines and production monitoring systems.
Familiarity with observability tools (logging, metrics, tracing, alerting).
Experience integrating third-party systems, APIs or external partners across regions.
Experience scaling systems across different regulatory or operational environments.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Build Regional Systems at Scale – Own architecture powering multi-market insurance operations.
High-Impact Engineering – Solve complex cross-region system design challenges.
Global Engineering Team – Work with experienced engineers across multiple countries.
Fully Remote – Work remotely from China while collaborating with our Malaysia-based teams.
International Exposure – Build systems used across Southeast Asia and beyond.
Learning & Development Budget – Support continuous technical and leadership growth.
High Ownership Environment – Strong autonomy over architecture and regional system design.
Modern Engineering Culture – Focus on scalability, reliability and engineering excellence.
Competitive Compensation – Attractive salary package based on experience and leadership impact.

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Hard Skills & Tools

Backend SystemsDistributed SystemsAPIsScalable ArchitectureNode.jsPythonJavaCloud InfrastructureCI/CD PipelinesLocalization

Soft Skills

Strong CommunicationCalm Under PressureHigh Ownership MindsetStrong JudgmentCollaborationTechnical AlignmentExecutionProblem-SolvingAdaptabilityStakeholder Management