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Senior AI/ML Software Engineer

Bjak is a technology company focused on making financial services transparent, efficient, and inclusive, and is the largest insurance portal in Southeast Asia, headquartered in Malaysia. They help millions find the best value insurance policies by simplifying access through technology.

Bjak

Employee count: 51-200

South Korea only

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Build AI Systems That Make Finance Simpler, Smarter, and More Inclusive

At BJAK, we use AI to make insurance and financial services easier to access, understand, and afford for millions of users. As a Senior AI/ML Software Engineer, you’ll help build the intelligent systems that power this mission - from personalized recommendations and fraud detection to automation and search.

This is a fully remote role, working closely with cross-functional teams across regions. You’ll join a fast-paced, flat engineering environment where your execution and ideas shape real-world outcomes every day.

Why This Role Matters

  • Your work will directly improve user experience, efficiency, and platform intelligence

  • You’ll contribute to production-grade AI systems that support millions of users

  • You’ll collaborate across product, data, and engineering to build scalable ML tools end-to-end

  • You’ll grow quickly in a lean, high-impact environment

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 for personalization, automation, and insights

  • Manage the full ML lifecycle: data preprocessing, feature engineering, training, tuning, evaluation, deployment

  • Build scalable ML infrastructure and deployment pipelines

  • Integrate ML outputs into user-facing products and backend systems

  • Stay up-to-date with AI/ML research trends and apply relevant innovations

  • Contribute to debugging, testing, and optimization of production ML systems

You’ll Thrive Here If You...

  • Take full ownership and ensure the models you build drive real-world results

  • Are a self-starter who can figure things out even with ambiguity

  • Move with urgency — ship fast, iterate faster

  • Own problems end-to-end, from messy data to deployment

  • Bring a humble, collaborative, team-first attitude

  • Stay calm in fast-changing, high-growth environments

  • Learn obsessively and share openly

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or any related technical field

  • Strong proficiency in Python

  • 2–4 years of experience in machine learning or backend software development

  • Hands-on experience with ML frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn)

  • Solid understanding of ML workflows: data cleaning, model development, tuning, evaluation

  • Familiarity with model deployment, API development, or real-world ML product integration

  • Experience with Jupyter, Colab, or cloud-based ML platforms

  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills

  • Comfortable working remotely and collaborating across time zones

Nice to Have

  • Experience with NLP, computer vision, or recommendation systems

  • Familiarity with AWS, GCP, or Azure

  • Exposure to Docker, Git, or CI/CD pipelines

  • Background in high-growth startups or agile product teams

What You’ll Get

  • Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses

  • Flexible, fully remote work arrangement

  • Direct impact - your work reaches millions of users

  • Flat, transparent team environment

  • Opportunities for rapid personal and technical growth

  • Cross-regional collaboration and exposure

About BJAK

BJAK is a leading digital insurance platform, helping millions of users access affordable and transparent financial protection. We simplify financial services through AI, automation, and smart APIs, and we're building the next generation of intelligent systems to make finance better, faster, and fairer for everyone.

If you’re excited about building ML systems that solve real-world problems at scale — and thrive in a high-impact, mission-driven team - we’d love to hear from you.

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Senior

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South Korea +/- 0 hours

About Bjak

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Bjak is a technology company focused on making financial services transparent, efficient, and inclusive. Our customers in ASEAN often face challenges in accessing affordable and sustainable financial services, which is why we are dedicated to developing innovative platforms and services to address these needs. Headquartered in Malaysia, Bjak has become the largest insurance portal in Southeast Asia. Our primary platform, Bjak.com, empowers millions of users to find insurance policies that offer the best value and the most comprehensive coverage tailored to their individual requirements. We understand that navigating the complexities of insurance can be daunting, so we've invested heavily in technology like Custom APIs, blockchain, trading systems, and data science. These investments enable us to provide easy access to financial services that were previously inaccessible or difficult to understand, simplifying the entire process for our users.

Our core strength lies in our ability to navigate complex regulatory environments and create pioneering products. For example, Bjak is the first platform globally to simplify and digitize comprehensive life and medical insurance, supported by an AI agent, making these crucial services more approachable. We help Malaysian vehicle owners save significantly on their annual car insurance renewals by allowing them to compare offers from over 10 insurance and takaful operators in under five minutes. This commitment to customer savings and convenience has resulted in millions of users signing up and benefiting from our services. We strive to continuously improve our platform to simplify the online insurance purchase experience, allowing users to choose, compare, and customize their insurance products swiftly and efficiently. Our mission is to make insurance easy, accessible, and rewarding for everyone, fostering a shared and open ecosystem that promotes equality and security in financial services.

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