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title: 'Lead Technical Recruiter at Bjak'
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# Lead Technical Recruiter at Bjak 

- **Company:** [Bjak ](https://feeny.ai/companies/bjak)
- **Location:** Hong Kong
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-09-25
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-25
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/bjakcareer/0d12fcff-5370-44ed-adf4-07c1a681dc40

## Job description

## About ActAI

There are over 5 billion users using basic applications today such email, notes, tasks, calendar and they're not AI-native. Our mission is to build proactive applications for anyone in the world, who are not used to complex prompting. We aim to bring intelligence to conversations, errands, organising and workflows, with minimal to no prompting. Our product focuses on achieving high reliability for long-running workflows, persistent context, and real-world task completion. We believe products will greatly reduce hallucinations Our objective is to organise anyone's life, allowing us all to spend time on valuable and meaningful things

## About the Role

As Lead Technical Recruiter, you will lead critical technical searches, raise recruiting quality across the team and help build ActAI's technical recruiting capability.

## What You Will Be Doing

- Lead ActAI's highest-priority technical searches across AI/ML, engineering leadership, backend, infrastructure, web and mobile.
- Build search strategies and talent maps for scarce technical talent across global AI and engineering markets.
- Personally source, engage, assess and close senior and difficult-to-hire candidates.
- Set a high bar for technical profile assessment, ensuring recruiters understand candidates' actual work, technical depth and relevance before progressing them.
- Partner closely with engineering leadership to define hiring profiles, calibrate interview standards and diagnose gaps in the recruiting funnel.
- Coach technical recruiters on sourcing strategy, profile assessment, candidate engagement and closing.
- Review pipeline quality and recruiting data, identify where searches are failing and change strategy quickly.
- Develop repeatable recruiting practices that improve hiring quality and speed as ActAI scales.

## What You Will Need

- 7+ years of technical recruiting experience, including significant ownership of senior and difficult engineering searches.
- Strong track record hiring high-quality engineers through direct sourcing and headhunting.
- Deep familiarity with technical talent markets and strong understanding of software engineering and AI/ML profiles.
- Ability to distinguish exceptional technical work from strong branding, titles or CV keywords.
- Experience partnering directly with senior engineering leaders on hiring strategy and calibration.
- Demonstrated ability to coach recruiters and improve the quality of their sourcing and assessment.
- Strong judgement, urgency and willingness to remain deeply hands-on.

## Nice to Have

- Experience building or leading technical recruiting at an AI company or high-growth technology startup.
- Existing networks across AI/ML and engineering communities.
- Experience hiring across multiple markets including the US, Europe and Asia.

## About Bjak 

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Bjak is Southeast Asia’s leading digital insurance platform, enabling users to compare, purchase, and manage insurance policies and automotive services through a single, AI-powered interface.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Seed Stage)
- **Headquarters**: Selangor, Malaysia
- **Founded**: 2019
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Insurtech / Financial Services (with a growing automotive service vertical)
- **Target customers**: B2C (individuals seeking insurance and car repairs), B2B (partnerships with 16 insurers and workshop networks)
- **Mission**: “To develop technology‑based solutions to improve financial inclusion.”

## Products & Services
- **Insurance Platform (SaaS / Marketplace)**: Compare quotes from 16 insurers, purchase policies, manage claims, and access 24/7 VIP support. Supported by an AI agent.
- **Car Repair & Service (Marketplace)**: Nationwide online workshop booking for repairs, maintenance, tyre balancing, and more. Includes pay‑later options (installments from RM10/month).
- **Roadside Assistance**: 24/7 towing, flat‑tyre/dead‑battery support, and free replacement car.
- **Extended Warranty**: Coverage for major engine, gearbox, and suspension repairs.
- **Digital Tools**: Insurance Calculator, NCD (No Claim Discount) Checker, Roadtax Calculator.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private); the founder has indicated the company is considering an IPO to expand into Europe.
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue estimated at $25 M–$50 M (LinkedIn data for FY2025). Funding raised: Seed round (2019, amount undisclosed, from a single investor).
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Seed investor not named; partners include 16 Malaysian insurers and a nationwide network of workshops.
- **Growth Signals**: 8 M+ users across Southeast Asia; 32.2% YoY headcount growth (100 employees); 356 open positions (up 278.7% YoY); expanding into 9 countries (Indonesia, UK, Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Spain, and Malaysia).

## Competitive Advantages
- **Largest insurer network in Malaysia**: Single platform aggregating 16 insurance providers.
- **Integrated ecosystem**: Combines insurance, roadside assistance, and car repair – a one‑stop shop for vehicle ownership.
- **AI & automation**: Uses AI agents to simplify policy selection and claims processes.
- **Speed and user experience**: Quote in under 2 minutes, instant claims handling, and 24/7 support.

## Strategic Focus
- **Geographic expansion**: Entering European markets, with an IPO under consideration.
- **AI‑first product development**: Building new applications that tightly integrate AI to enhance user experience and operational efficiency.
- **Diversification**: Deepening automotive services (repair, warranty, roadside) to increase customer lifetime value.
- **Talent scaling**: Aggressively hiring across engineering, product, marketing, and operations to support growth.

## Why Work Here
- **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.

## Sources
1. [bjak.my](https://bjak.my/en) – Official website (product overview, mission)
2. [bjak.my/en/career](https://bjak.my/en/career) – Career page (culture, values)
3. [jobs.ashbyhq.com/bjakcareer](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/bjakcareer) – Active job listings and team descriptions
4. [linkedin.com/company/bjak](https://my.linkedin.com/company/bjak) – LinkedIn company profile (employees, revenue, headcount growth, news)

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