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Experience

7+ years building payment systems

Resume

2019

Gitty Inc.

Software Engineer

2021

Ayoconnect

Software Engineer II

2022

Ayoconnect

Software Engineer III / Team Lead

2024

Ayoconnect

Software Engineer IV / Tech Lead

2026

Ayoconnect

Principal Software Engineer

Principal Software EngineerCurrent

January 2026 – Present

Ayoconnect · Jakarta, Indonesia

  • Led the migration of the API Gateway from Google Apigee to Kong, improving platform flexibility and reducing vendor dependency.
  • Designed and built an in-house Fraud Detection System to improve transaction security and risk management.
  • Leading the design and development of a scalable Pricing Engine supporting evolving business requirements.
  • Driving architecture decisions and technical design across the platform.
  • Conducting code reviews and maintaining engineering quality.
  • Mentoring engineers and helping teams solve complex technical problems.
  • Collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver resilient, high-performance payment solutions.

Software Engineer IV / Tech Lead

June 2024 – January 2026

Ayoconnect · Jakarta, Indonesia

  • Developed and launched multiple insight products including Identity Verification, Telco Active Check, Telco Identity Check, and PLN Platform Check.
  • Designed and built the Instant Transfer product from the ground up, enabling fund transfers across 130+ banks in Indonesia, engineered to scale to 10,000+ TPS.
  • Architected and developed the Bulk Transfer product.
  • Designed and implemented a Recurring Payments system from scratch and led development of its next version.
  • Led the restructuring of legacy systems by transitioning the Direct Debit platform to an event-driven architecture.
  • Managed integrations with multiple banks and built robust APIs following SNAP standards.
  • Contributed as an individual contributor to a white-label e-wallet solution.

Software Engineer III / Team Lead

January 2022 – August 2024

Ayoconnect · Jakarta, Indonesia

  • Created and managed reverse proxies using Apigee for products developed by the team.
  • Led DevOps and infrastructure initiatives for the department.
  • Oversaw deployment pipelines, automation, monitoring, high availability, and scalability.
  • Created and maintained API documentation using Swagger.
  • Improved engineering processes and supported developers across the department.

Software Engineer II

May 2021 – December 2021

Ayoconnect · Jakarta, Indonesia

  • API design and development.
  • Database design and implementation.
  • Backend engineering.

Software Engineer

April 2019 – May 2021

Gitty Inc. · India

  • Integrated front-end applications with server-side logic.
  • Built reusable code and libraries and optimized applications for speed and scalability.
  • Implemented security and data protection, and designed data storage solutions.
  • Integrated multiple data sources and databases, and managed hosting environments.
  • Designed database schemas representing business processes and developed REST APIs.

Education

Bapatla Engineering College

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Science

2013 – 2017