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Technical Lead, Machine Learning

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

China only

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About the Role

A1 is building a proactive AI system that understands context across conversations, plans actions, and carries work forward over time.

You will be responsible for turning research direction into working, production-grade ML systems. This role owns the execution layer of A1’s intelligence – training pipelines, inference systems, evaluation tooling, and deployment.

What You'll Do

  • Build and own end-to-end ML pipelines spanning data, training, evaluation, inference, and deployment.

  • Fine-tune and adapt models using state-of-the-art methods such as LoRA, QLoRA, SFT, DPO, and distillation.

  • Architect and operate scalable inference systems, balancing latency, cost, and reliability.

  • Design and maintain data systems for high-quality synthetic and real-world training data.

  • Implement evaluation pipelines covering performance, robustness, safety, and bias, in partnership with research leadership.

  • Own production deployment, including GPU optimization, memory efficiency, latency reduction, and scaling policies.

  • Collaborate closely with application engineering to integrate ML systems cleanly into backend, mobile, and desktop products.

  • Make pragmatic trade-offs and ship improvements quickly, learning from real usage.

  • Work under real production constraints: latency, cost, reliability, and safety

Tech Stack

  • Python

  • PyTorch / JAX

  • GPU-based training and inference system

Ideal Experience

  • You have built or shipped real ML systems used by people, not just demos.

  • You are comfortable working with large models and understanding their failure modes.

  • You write strong, production-grade code and care about system correctness.

  • You are self-directed, pragmatic, and take full ownership of outcomes.

  • You communicate clearly and collaborate well in small, high-trust teams.

How We Work

Our organization is very flat and our team is small, highly motivated, and focused on engineering and product excellence. All members are expected to be hands-on and to contribute directly to the company’s mission.

Interview process

If there appears to be a fit, we'll reach to schedule 3, but no more than 4 interviews.

Applications are evaluated by our technical team members. Interviews will be conducted via virtual meetings and/or onsite.

We value transparency and efficiency, so expect a prompt decision. If you've demonstrated the exceptional skills and mindset we're looking for, we'll extend an offer to join us. This isn't just a job offer; it's an invitation to be part of a team that's bringing AI to have practical benefits to billions globally.

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Full Time

Experience level

Senior

Location requirements

Hiring timezones

China +/- 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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