Lead AI Engineer

Shape AI That Powers the Future of Financial Access Across Southeast Asia

At BJAK, we’re solving high-impact, real-world challenges through AI — from fraud detection and risk modeling to intelligent, personalized user experiences that make insurance and financial services more accessible and inclusive. As a Lead AI Engineer based in Thailand, you’ll play a key role in building and scaling intelligent systems that serve millions across the region.

This is a hybrid role that combines profound technical contributions with team leadership. You’ll report directly to the Head of AI, work hands-on as a senior individual contributor, and help shape a lean, high-performing AI team through mentorship, coaching, and hiring.

Why This Role Matters

You’ll build and deploy core AI systems that impact real users across Southeast Asia

You’ll act as the right hand to the Head of AI — influencing roadmap, execution, and technical standards

You’ll help shape and grow a world-class AI team through mentorship and hiring

You’ll raise the bar on technical quality, delivery speed, and scalable architecture

What You’ll Do

Design, train, and deploy production-grade ML models for business-critical use cases

Collaborate closely with product, data, and engineering teams to define and execute AI solutions

Lead technical decision-making on model design, deployment pipelines, and infrastructure

Own the full model lifecycle — from data prep and training to evaluation, monitoring, and retraining

Guide junior AI engineers through code reviews, project planning, and mentorship

Drive the hiring process: screen candidates, evaluate technical fit, and onboard top talent

Champion best practices in experimentation, model development, and production AI

Stay ahead of the curve — evaluate new tools, frameworks, and advancements in AI

You’ll Thrive Here If You...

Are both a builder and a leader — you roll up your sleeves and raise the bar for others

Care deeply about real-world impact — you think beyond accuracy to user outcomes

Take ownership and bring structure to ambiguity with action, not over-analysis

Enjoy developing others — helping junior teammates grow is part of your success

Thrive in a high-speed, high-trust startup culture where priorities shift and execution matters

Embrace learning, feedback, and iteration as a core part of your engineering process

Communicate clearly — you can align cross-functional teams on complex AI systems

Requirements

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

4–6 years of experience in AI/ML engineering, with models deployed in production

Strong Python skills and deep experience with ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow, Scikit-learn)

Solid understanding of ML lifecycles — from data pipelines and feature engineering to tuning, deployment, and monitoring

Real-world experience building AI systems in domains like recommendation, NLP, or risk modeling

Experience mentoring junior engineers and collaborating cross-functionally

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Must be a Thai citizen

Must be willing to work hybrid from our Thailand office while collaborating with the Malaysia team

Nice to Have

Familiarity with MLOps tooling (MLflow, Airflow, Docker, GCP/AWS)

Experience in responsible AI practices — fairness, explainability, and transparency

Startup background or experience in fast-moving product teams

Built internal AI tools, reusable components, or ML platforms

What You’ll Get

Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses

Hybrid flexibility — mix of remote work and in-office collaboration at HQ

High ownership and direct impact — report to Head of AI and drive mission-critical projects

Clear path for fast career growth as the company expands across ASEAN

Opportunity to shape and lead a growing AI team

Regional product exposure and cross-border collaboration

About BJAK

BJAK is Southeast Asia’s largest digital insurance platform, helping millions of users access transparent, affordable financial protection. Headquartered in Malaysia, with operations in Thailand, Taiwan, and Japan, we simplify financial products using AI, automation, and smart systems — making them accessible, faster, and fairer.

If you’re ready to build, lead, and scale AI systems that truly matter — and want to grow with a company that moves fast and thinks big — we’d love to hear from you.