Lead AI Engineer

About Bjak

At BJAK, we use AI to solve meaningful, high-impact problems — from fraud detection and risk modeling to hyper-personalized financial experiences that make insurance and financial services more accessible. We’re looking for a Lead AI Engineer to play a pivotal role in building, scaling, and leading the next generation of intelligent systems.

This role blends deep technical expertise with hands-on leadership. You’ll write production code, shape strategy, mentor engineers, and help build a lean, world-class AI team.

The position supports fully work model.

Why This Role Matters

• You’ll design and deploy core AI systems that support millions of users
• You’ll partner closely with the Head of AI to drive technical execution and engineering excellence
• You’ll mentor junior engineers and elevate team performance
• You’ll play a central role in technical hiring and scaling the AI organisation

What You’ll Do

• Design, build, and ship production-grade ML models for high-impact use cases
• Lead model architecture decisions, data pipeline design, and deployment strategies
• Collaborate across product, engineering, and data teams to drive AI initiatives end-to-end
• Own the full ML lifecycle: data preparation, training, validation, deployment, monitoring
• Review code, guide technical projects, and mentor engineers through challenges
• Promote experimentation, continuous learning, and AI best practices
• Interview and evaluate candidates as part of the technical hiring process
• Stay ahead of emerging ML techniques and bring cutting-edge approaches into production

You’ll Thrive Here If You…

• Lead from the front – hands-on with code while lifting the team around you
• Think like an owner – solving problems proactively, not waiting for instructions
• Operate with speed and depth – making fast, sound decisions with clear trade-offs
• Bring clarity – adding structure and direction even in fast-moving environments