Lead AI Engineer

Shape AI That Powers the Future of Financial Access Across Southeast Asia
At BJAK, we’re using AI to solve real, high-impact problems — from fraud detection and risk modeling to smart, personalized user experiences that make insurance and financial services more inclusive and accessible. As a Lead AI Engineer, you’ll play a critical role in building and scaling intelligent systems that serve millions across the region.

This is a remote role based in Singapore, where you will collaborate closely with our headquarters in Malaysia and regional product, data, and engineering teams. You’ll report directly to the Head of AI, work hands-on as a senior individual contributor, and help grow a lean, high-performance AI team by mentoring, 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 is a MUST 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 Singaporean citizen or Permanent Resident (PR)

  Must be willing to relocate to Malaysia or work remotely from Singapore

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.

Originally posted on Himalayas