Senior Backend Engineer, NodeJs

Bjak is focused on providing access to affordable and sustainable financial services for people in ASEAN. Headquartered in Malaysia, Bjak is the largest insurance portal in Southeast Asia. Our main portal, Bjak.com, helps millions of users find the insurance policy with the best value and highest coverage.

Our investment in technologies—such as custom APIs, trading systems, and data science—enables easy access to financial services that were previously inaccessible or difficult to understand.

Join us on this exciting journey as we expand our operations in Malaysia. We’re looking for dynamic individuals who share our vision and want to contribute to the next chapter of Bjak’s success.

• Develop high-quality backend systems using Node.js following best coding practices

• Maintain production stability and resolve critical issues promptly

• Analyze and propose code improvements to enhance system performance

• Support change requests from cross-functional teams

• Mentor and guide junior developers on development best practices

• Conduct peer code reviews and provide constructive feedback

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or related fields with strong fundamentals in algorithms and data structures

• 3+ years of full-time experience in backend engineering

• Hands-on experience with backend development tools and frameworks such as Node.js, NestJS, ExpressJS, GraphQL, and Postman

• Experience working with databases such as MongoDB and MySQL

• Familiarity with automation tools such as Selenium, Cypress, or Puppeteer

• Passionate about programming and solving problems independently

• Portfolio or relevant projects to showcase technical capabilities

• Experience with cloud services like GCP or AWS and Infrastructure as Code practices

• Familiarity with Test-Driven Development (TDD) or Behavior-Driven Development (BDD)

• Experience in writing and maintaining technical documentation

• Do something meaningful: Be a part of the future of financial technology and the No.1 company in the industry

• Fast-moving, challenging, and unique business problems

• International work environment with a flat organization

• Great career development opportunities in a growing company

• Practical and results-oriented team culture

• Free training and development support

• Competitive salary

• Flexible working hours and arrangement

• Hybrid working model