
Data Privacy Security Engineer at Bjak (China)
Bjak · China·
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 BJAK
The original mission of BJAK is we believe people deserve smarter ways to plan, save and grow their money. This is the origin of our name. Started in 2019, we built the first mobile-first, insurance platform, enabling insurance to be accessible online by millions in the region. Today, its the leading insurance platform in Southeast Asia. Today, we are expanding ways to help people in the region — this includes spending, saving, investing, exchanging, travelling, and more. Our mission is help people get more from their money every day. We have teams working around the world, with over 20 nationalities from our offices and remotely, who truly enjoys their work. We are looking for the most talented and driven people we can find. We are looking for people who work for their passion, not counting hours. Who loves building great next-generation products, not status quo. Who cares about redefining how everyone around us can get the best financial applications, not for an exclusive few. If you're this person, we'd love to talk to you.
The Role
Protect BJAK's sensitive customer and business data across products, data platforms, and third-party services. Partner with Data, Engineering, Product, Legal, and Compliance to apply privacy-by-design and reduce risks.
What You Will Build
- Protect sensitive data across collection, processing, storage, sharing, retention, and deletion.
- Map data flows and assess privacy and security risks across applications, analytics, integrations, and third-party providers.
- Implement encryption, tokenization, masking, anonymization, retention, and least-privilege data access controls.
- Work with data engineering teams to secure pipelines, databases, warehouses, and cloud data services on AWS and GCP.
- Assess customer data shared with third-party AI model vendors and define minimization, approved use, retention, and access controls.
- Own data and privacy controls for SC TRM and BNM RMiT, including assessments, evidence, remediation, and audit support.
- Support privacy impact assessments, access reviews, monitoring, incident response, and privacy-by-design reviews.
What We Look For
- Degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Data Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
- 3+ years in data security, privacy engineering, security engineering, or data platform engineering.
- Experience implementing and owning SC TRM and BNM RMiT controls relevant to data protection and technology risk.
- Understanding of privacy-by-design, data classification, retention, access management, and third-party data sharing.
- Knowledge of encryption, key management, masking, tokenization, anonymization, and secure data processing.
- Experience securing databases, data pipelines, and AWS or GCP data platforms; familiarity with AI vendor data flows is beneficial.
- Familiarity with applicable privacy and security frameworks and ability to collaborate across technical and compliance teams.
Language English is our main working language across global teams. Strong English communication is required.
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.