Principal Engineer, Platform & Architecture

BJAK; Philippines; On-site; PHP 5,538,000 - 9,231,000; Full time

Job summary

BJAK is seeking a Lead Engineer to take technical ownership of complex products and raise the engineering bar across the team. This is a hands-on leadership role that blends architecture with implementation.

You will design scalable, reliable systems, review code, mentor engineers and drive major initiatives from idea to production, collaborating with product, design and AI teams to ship high-quality software.

Qualifications

• Strong software engineering background with experience shipping production systems.
• Deep technical expertise in backend, frontend, APIs, databases or cloud infrastructure.
• Strong system design and architecture skills with experience making technical decisions for complex or high-scale systems.
• Strong coding ability and willingness to remain hands-on.
• Proven experience leading major engineering projects or providing technical leadership to other engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical design and execution of major products, features and engineering initiatives.
• Design scalable, reliable and maintainable systems across backend, frontend, APIs, databases and infrastructure.
• Stay hands-on with engineering through coding, prototyping, code reviews, debugging and production problem-solving.
• Make architecture decisions and technical trade-offs that balance speed, scalability, reliability and maintainability.
• Break ambiguous product and technical problems into clear engineering solutions and execution plans.
• Set a high bar for code quality, system design, testing, security, observability and production reliability.
• Review technical designs and code from other engineers and provide clear, actionable feedback.
• Mentor engineers and help strengthen technical capability across the team.
• Identify technical risks, bottlenecks and architectural weaknesses before they become larger problems.
• Work closely with engineering, product, design and AI teams to ship high-quality products quickly.

Skills

Lead engineering

System design

Hands-on coding

Code reviews

Mentoring

Production systems

Technical leadership

Communication

Ambiguity handling

Decision making

Job description

BJAK is seeking a Lead Engineer to take technical ownership of complex products and raise the engineering bar across the team. This is a hands-on leadership role that blends architecture with implementation.

You will design scalable, reliable systems, review code, mentor engineers and drive major initiatives from idea to production, collaborating with product, design and AI teams to ship high-quality software.