BJAK is looking for a Founding AI Software Engineer to design, build, and deploy machine learning systems that make finance simpler, smarter, and more inclusive for millions of users across Southeast Asia.
What You'll Do
- Work with product, data, and engineering teams to define ML goals and technical strategies.
- Design, build, and deploy machine learning models that power personalization, automation, and insight generation.
- Manage the ML lifecycle: data preprocessing, feature engineering, model training, evaluation, and deployment.
- Build scalable ML infrastructure and deployment pipelines.
- Integrate ML outputs into user-facing products and backend systems.
- Stay current with AI/ML trends and apply relevant innovations into our stack.
- Contribute to debugging, testing, and optimization of production ML systems.
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 2-4 years of experience in machine learning or backend software development.
- Strong Python skills, with experience using frameworks like TensorFlow, PyTorch, or Scikit-learn.
- Solid understanding of ML workflows: data cleaning, model development, tuning, evaluation.
- Familiar with model deployment, API development, or real-world ML integration.
- Experience with tools like Google Colab, Jupyter, and cloud ML platforms.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Must be based in China and open to remote collaboration across time zones.
Nice to Have
- Experience with NLP, computer vision, or recommendation systems.
- Familiarity with cloud services (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure).
- Exposure to Docker, Git, or CI/CD tools.
- Background working in a high-growth startup or agile product environment.
Technical Stack
- Primary: Python, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn
- Tools: Google Colab, Jupyter
- Cloud: AWS, GCP, Azure
- Infrastructure: Docker, Git, CI/CD
Team & Environment
You'll join a flat, lean, high-impact engineering team with a fast-paced structure.
Benefits & Compensation
- Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses.
- Flexible, fully remote work arrangement from anywhere in China.
- Direct impact – your work reaches millions of users across Asia.
- Flat structure – your voice is heard, your contributions are seen.
- Opportunities for rapid personal and technical growth.
- Regional exposure and collaboration across Southeast Asia.
Work Mode
This is a fully remote position open to candidates based in China.
BJAK is an equal opportunity employer.