Bjak is seeking a Chief Technology Officer to define the long-term technical architecture and provide engineering leadership for our platform. You will be responsible for building and scaling a world-class engineering team across key talent hubs while coordinating closely with product, research, and leadership teams.
What You'll Do
- Define the long-term architecture for Bjak's systems, infrastructure, and developer platform.
- Evaluate trade-offs between speed of iteration and long-term system design.
- Ensure systems are designed for scalability, reliability, and long-term evolution.
- Guide key decisions across model integration, data pipelines, distributed systems, and product architecture.
- Work with engineers to translate product direction into clear technical execution.
- Help structure engineering workstreams and keep teams aligned on priorities.
- Maintain high engineering standards while keeping the team focused on shipping.
- Establish engineering culture, development practices, and technical standards across the company.
- Build and scale a world-class engineering team across key talent hubs including China and the US.
- Identify strong technical leaders and help build a high-quality engineering organization.
- Define hiring standards and interview processes to maintain a high engineering bar.
- Work closely with product, research, and leadership teams.
- Ensure technical workstreams move forward smoothly across teams and locations.
- Help resolve cross-team technical and execution challenges.
What We're Looking For
- Strong technical foundation in system architecture, large-scale systems, and distributed architecture.
- Ability to reason clearly about complex systems and make pragmatic technical decisions.
- Experience building or leading high-performing engineering teams.
- Strong judgment on technical trade-offs and engineering priorities.
- Comfortable operating in early-stage environments with high ambiguity.
- Clear communication and ability to align teams.
Team & Environment
We operate as a small, senior, hands-on team. Engineers own features end-to-end—from design discussion through production monitoring. Code reviews and design reviews are expected for all meaningful changes. We discuss architecture openly, make decisions quickly, and ship frequently.
