AI Phone - Android Device Integration Engineer at Bjak (Taipei, Taiwan)
Bjak · Taipei, Taiwan·
Role details
Bjak at a glance
Southeast Asia's largest online insurance comparison platform, letting users compare, buy and renew insurance and roadtax from 16 insurers in one place.
Bjak is a BNM-licensed online marketplace where Malaysians compare quotes from 16 insurers and takaful operators, then buy and renew car, motorcycle, travel, life, medical and home insurance online. It bundles roadtax renewal, roadside assistance, car repair booking and AI tools around the core comparison engine.
Job description
About
We are reimagining the phone. AI phones need to be proactive, intuitive, intelligent and low cost. This is a mission critical for rest of the world to adopt intelligence. There are over 5 billion people using everyday applications such as email, messaging, notes, tasks, and calendars, yet most are not AI-native. Our mission is to build proactive applications and devices that bring intelligence into daily conversations, coordination and workflows, with minimal prompting. Focus: Making the Android OS / custom ROM work correctly with the actual physical phone hardware. This is different from conventional Android application development.
Responsibilities
- Integrate AOSP / custom ROM with the selected device hardware.
- Work with Board Support Packages (BSPs).
- Integrate vendor-specific Hardware Abstraction Layers (HALs).
- Work with firmware and device drivers.
- Support device bring-up and boot processes.
- Integrate camera, microphone, speakers, sensors, modem, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
- Troubleshoot hardware and firmware compatibility issues.
- Work with ODM/OEM and chipset vendors.
- Optimize power consumption and hardware performance.
Requirements
- Experience with Android platform, BSP or embedded Linux development.
- Understanding of Android HAL and hardware integration.
- C / C++ knowledge.
- Understanding of Linux kernel and device drivers. (IMPORTANT)
- Experience debugging firmware and hardware integration issues.
Nice to have
- Qualcomm or MediaTek experience.
- Android device bring-up.
- Custom ROM development.
- Experience working with smartphone manufacturers or ODMs.
Why work at Bjak
- Culture: “Results first” – outcomes over effort; direct feedback; flat organization with minimal bureaucracy; high ownership and speed.
- Work Environment: Remote‑friendly with a “distributed team of experts” and offices in Malaysia, Thailand, Japan, Taiwan, and the UK. Recruiting globally.
- Engineering Focus: Lean, autonomous teams that prioritise product excellence and swift delivery.
- Career Growth: Rapidly scaling company with 356 open roles (including Lead, Founder’s Office, iOS Engineer, DevOps, ML Engineer) – opportunities for impact and advancement.
- Note on Employer Rating: Current Glassdoor-style rating is 2.3/5 (198 reviews) – potential concerns around work‑life balance and compensation. Candidates should verify recent employee sentiment during interviews.