Bjak

Senior Technical Recruiter at Bjak (China)

Bjak · China·

Role details

Work type
Remote
Employment
Full-Time

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 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 a Senior Technical Recruiter, you will independently own difficult technical searches and hire exceptional engineering and AI talent for ActAI globally.

What You Will Be Doing

  • Own technical searches end-to-end across AI/ML, backend, frontend, mobile, infrastructure and engineering leadership.
  • Build talent maps and sourcing strategies for difficult searches across leading AI startups, technology companies, research organisations and technical communities.
  • Personally identify and headhunt high-quality passive candidates rather than depending on inbound applications.
  • Assess technical profiles deeply enough to understand what candidates actually built, their individual contribution and relevance to ActAI.
  • Partner directly with engineering leaders to calibrate hiring bars, refine target profiles and improve interview processes.
  • Manage and close senior candidates through compensation discussions, competing offers and other complex situations.
  • Use recruiting data and market feedback to identify pipeline problems and continuously improve search strategy and conversion.

What You Will Need

  • 5+ years of recruiting experience, with substantial experience hiring software engineers and other technical talent.
  • Strong track record of independently delivering difficult technical hires through proactive headhunting.
  • Good understanding of software engineering disciplines and the ability to evaluate technical profiles beyond company, title and keywords.
  • Strong sourcing capability across LinkedIn and other relevant platforms, communities and networks.
  • Ability to advise hiring managers using evidence from the talent market rather than simply executing requests.
  • Strong candidate management, negotiation and closing skills.
  • High ownership, judgement and execution speed.

Nice to Have

  • Experience recruiting AI/ML engineers, researchers, distributed systems engineers or senior technical leaders.
  • Experience hiring internationally across multiple technical talent markets.
  • Experience recruiting for an early-stage AI or technology company.

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.

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