Staff Software Engineer - Remote Systems Architect

Bjak; Netherlands; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

BJAK builds technology products used by millions of users across Southeast Asia. The Staff Software Engineer owns technical direction and execution for major products and systems, and this is a hands-on role where you will design systems, write code, and drive critical engineering work from idea to production.

The role requires strong English communication, 7+ years of experience, and the ability to mentor engineers while raising engineering quality through design, testing, security,

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience 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 leading major engineering projects from design to production.
• Ability to make sound technical trade-offs and influence engineers.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

7+ years experience

System design & architecture

Backend & frontend

Hands-on coding

Leadership of projects

Technical trade-offs

Job description

BJAK builds technology products used by millions of users across Southeast Asia. The Staff Software Engineer owns technical direction and execution for major products and systems, and this is a hands-on role where you will design systems, write code, and drive critical engineering work from idea to production.

The role requires strong English communication, 7+ years of experience, and the ability to mentor engineers while raising engineering quality through design, testing, security,