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Principal Software EngineerBJAK · Netherlands
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Principal Software Engineer

🗓️ Posted 2026-08-27 Netherlands Fulltime Hybrid ICT
💰 Salary Not shared 📊 Market 6,500 EUR–9,000 EUR/mo

About the Company

BJAK builds technology products used by millions of users across Southeast Asia.

About the Role

The Principal Software Engineer owns technical direction and execution for major products and systems. This is a hands-on role - you will design systems, write code, and drive critical engineering work from idea to production.

Responsibilities

  • ● You will own technical design and execution for major products, systems and engineering initiatives.
  • ● You will design scalable, reliable systems across backend, frontend, APIs, databases and infrastructure.
  • ● You will build alongside the team through coding, prototyping, code reviews, debugging and production problem-solving.
  • ● You will drive architecture decisions and trade-offs across speed, scalability, reliability, cost and maintainability.
  • ● You will turn ambiguous product problems into clear technical solutions and execution plans.
  • ● You will raise engineering quality through stronger system design, testing, security, observability and development practices.
  • ● You will lead technically critical initiatives and mentor engineers across teams.

Requirements

  • ● You have 7+ years of software engineering experience building and shipping production systems.
  • ● You have deep expertise in backend, frontend, distributed systems, APIs, databases or cloud infrastructure.
  • ● You have strong system design and architecture skills for complex or high-scale systems.
  • ● You have strong coding ability and willingness to remain hands-on.
  • ● You have a track record of technically leading major engineering projects from design through production.
  • ● You have the ability to make sound technical trade-offs, influence engineers and solve complex production problems.

Benefits

  • ● This is a remote role.
  • ● You will work globally and across multiple countries and time zones.
  • ● English is our main working language across global teams.
  • ● Strong English communication is required.
  • ● Our interview process is designed to move fast, aiming to complete the process and make an offer within 1 week from the start of the interview process.