Founding AI Engineer (Remote)

Working Arrangement: Singapore (Remote – work from anywhere in Singapore)

Help Build AI That Powers the Future of Financial Access in Southeast Asia

At BJAK, we’re leveraging AI to tackle meaningful challenges — from fraud detection and risk modeling to delivering hyper-personalized financial services that make insurance more accessible to everyone.

We’re looking for a talented Founding AI Engineer based in Singapore to join our growing AI team. In this role, you'll work closely with our Head of AI and a team of skilled engineers to design and build next-generation intelligent systems that serve millions of users across the region.

Why This Role Matters

You’ll contribute directly to AI systems that have real-world impact on millions of users.

You’ll work alongside a fast-moving team solving complex engineering and product challenges.

You’ll gain hands-on experience building and deploying machine learning models in production.

You’ll be part of a mission-driven company using AI to democratize access to financial services.

What You’ll Do

Build and ship production-grade machine learning models for high-impact use cases

Contribute to model architecture, data pipeline design, and deployment strategies

Collaborate across engineering, data, and product teams to drive AI initiatives

Support the full ML lifecycle — from data preprocessing and model training to monitoring in production

Write clean, scalable, and well-documented code

Stay up to date with the latest developments in AI/ML, and contribute ideas to improve our systems and workflows

Participate in code reviews and technical discussions with peers

You’ll Thrive Here If You…

Enjoy solving real-world problems using practical AI solutions

Like working hands-on with code and delivering models that go into production

Value collaboration and learning from others across different functions

Take ownership of your work and follow through with high-quality delivery

Adapt quickly in a fast-paced, remote-first environment

Want to be part of a team where your work directly contributes to regional impact

Requirements

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

3–6 years of experience in AI/ML engineering with real-world deployment experience

Strong proficiency in Python is a must

Familiar with ML frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, or Scikit-learn

Solid understanding of machine learning workflows, from data preprocessing to model evaluation

Experience working on applied AI use cases (e.g., recommendation systems, fraud detection, risk scoring, NLP, etc.)

Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail

Comfortable working remotely and collaborating with regional teams

Based in Singapore (Singaporean citizen) with Remote working set up

Nice to Have

Experience with MLOps tools like MLflow, Airflow, Docker, or cloud platforms (e.g., GCP, AWS)

Familiarity with responsible AI practices (fairness, interpretability, model governance)

Experience working in a startup or scale-up environment

Interest in building reusable ML components or internal tools

What You’ll Get

Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses

Fully remote and flexible work setup from anywhere in Singapore

Opportunity to work on AI projects that make a regional impact

Direct mentorship from experienced AI leaders

Fast career growth in a dynamic, high-speed environment

Open, collaborative team culture that values great ideas and execution

About BJAK

BJAK is Southeast Asia’s largest digital insurance platform, serving millions of users with transparent and affordable financial products. Headquartered in Malaysia and operating in Thailand, Taiwan, and Japan, we’re building AI-driven systems that make complex financial services simple, fast, and fair.

Join us in shaping the future of financial access in Asia — with technology that moves fast and solves real needs.