Ahmad Afif Aulia Hariz

Software Engineer

Building scalable systems that power web applications

6+ years crafting robust backends, microservices, and cloud infrastructure. Passionate about clean code, performance, and solving complex problems.

About Me

I'm a software engineer with a deep passion for designing and building scalable, reliable systems. Over the past 6 years, I've worked on high-traffic applications serving millions of users, optimizing performance at every layer of the stack.

My expertise spans API design, database optimization, distributed systems, and cloud infrastructure. I believe in writing maintainable code, thorough testing, and continuous learning. I'm particularly interested in solving complex architectural challenges and mentoring junior engineers.

I'm open to remote opportunities where I can contribute to meaningful projects and grow alongside talented teams. When I'm not coding, you'll find me exploring new technologies, contributing to open-source, or diving deep into system design concepts.

Experience

Senior Software Engineer

The Software Practice

Feb 2026 - Present · Singapore Construction Payment Platform

  • Owned development of a distributed construction payment platform across multiple microservices — invoice APIs, manual billing, email notifications, and integrations with Workday and DBS Bank APIs, supporting thousands of daily transactions
  • Designed event-driven workflows using AWS SQS and SNS with >99.9% message delivery success rate, and built Playwright regression framework with CI sharding, reducing test execution time by ~60%
  • Led root cause analysis and production issue resolution, reducing recurring defects by ~40% and maintaining near zero-downtime for critical payment services

Senior Software Engineer

The Software Practice

2025 - 2026 · Singapore Land Authority

  • Developed backend features supporting for large-scale land administration workflows
  • Optimized database queries achieving 40% performance improvement
  • Refactored legacy services into clean architecture aligned with SOLID principles, improving maintainability and testability
  • Implemented automated testing framework increasing code coverage to 85%
  • Collaborated closely with frontend teams to deliver end-to-end features in a regulated, enterprise environment

Middle Software Engineer

Samsung R&D
Institute Indonesia

2023 - 2025

  • Designed and implemented distributed backend services using .NET, gRPC, and Proto.Actor for real-time cloud applications
  • Built event-driven pipelines using Kafka and Temporal, improving system reliability, fault tolerance, and workflow orchestration
  • Containerized and deployed services using Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm, enabling consistent CI/CD pipelines
  • Conducted performance benchmarking and optimization for latency-sensitive services in production-like environments
  • Earned Samsung Advanced-Level Software Certification in algorithms and data structures

Backend Engineer

Pasifik Satelit Nusantara

2022 - 2023

  • Built and maintained backend services handling 10,000+ concurrent API users
  • Developed ERP modules supporting 500+ internal users, delivering all features on schedule
  • Implemented billing and service APIs using Django, Flask, and FastAPI, containerized with Docker
  • Designed centralized logging and monitoring pipelines using Kafka, Elasticsearch, and Kibana
  • Deployed scalable cloud services on AWS Elastic Beanstalk, improving system stability and availability

Data Scientist

KJPP Rengganis, Hamid & Rekan

Aug 2021 – Feb 2022 · Jakarta, Indonesia

  • Built an Automated Valuation Model (AVM) using Random Forest to automate property valuation, significantly reducing manual estimation error rates

Featured Projects

MIB – Tax & Regulation Intelligence Platform

Ongoing

Microservices platform consolidating 10,000+ Indonesian tax and fiscal regulations into a single searchable corpus, with an explicit document relationship graph, watermarked PDF delivery, and RAG-powered grounded AI summaries. Ten independently deployable FastAPI/Next.js services share a common auth, telemetry, and error-handling library and ship as one reproducible Docker Compose stack, alongside a companion LMS for training and assessment.

Python FastAPI Next.js PostgreSQL pgvector RAG Redis Microservices

High Throughput Order System

Modular, event-driven order processing for low-latency, high-throughput trading. Features idempotent payment handling, double-spend prevention, concurrent balance updates with full transaction integrity, and Redis-backed caching.

.NET 10 EF Core 9 | DDD Redis MySQL Docker Idempotency Smart Caching

Distributed Chat Application

Scalable messaging backend using actor-based architecture and gRPC for internal communication, supporting 1 million messages per second per channel. Reduced operational costs from $1M to $100k/month.

gRPC Proto.Actor .NET Actor Model Distributed Systems

Blue Mountains Observatory Telescope Automation

Full-stack web application automating telescope operations with real-time monitoring and control. Implemented Alpine.js state management for live image rendering. Eliminated the need for two on-site operators through workflow automation.

Python Django Alpine.js Real-time Automation

Project Management Application (Jira-like)

Full-stack project management app featuring task boards, drag-and-drop workflow tracking, real-time updates, and RESTful API integration. Built with scalable, reusable component architecture.

React TypeScript REST API Context API Drag & Drop

Ceres Dental – Web Application

Full-stack dental practice web application with a customized CMS, reusable Tailwind CSS component system, and optimized SEO structure with improved metadata and content management workflows.

Laravel PHP Tailwind CSS CMS SEO

AquaSphere – Fishery Management System

Ongoing

Dockerized, full-stack aquaculture management platform to digitize end-to-end fish farming workflows. Features a comprehensive multi-module domain model, custom role-aware authentication, and robust unit testing within a server-rendered architecture.

Python Django MySQL Docker Tailwind CSS Chart.js Gunicorn

Household Management System

Personal full-stack web application with a unified dashboard centralizing household finances, multi-asset investment tracking via live API integrations, debt tracking, savings goals, vehicle maintenance, and automated invoicing for a side business.

Python Django MariaDB Live APIs Finance

Education & Research

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B.Sc. Mathematics

Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB)

Jul 2021 · GPA 3.38 / 4.00

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Research Publication

Elsevier – Results in Engineering

Published research on fluid dynamics

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Technical Skills

Languages

C# Python Go PHP JavaScript

Framework

.NET / ASP.NET Core gRPC Proto Actor Django FastAPI Flask Laravel

Databases

PostgreSQL MongoDB Redis Elasticsearch FoundationDB

Cloud & DevOps

AWS Kubernetes Docker CI/CD Helm

Specialized Areas

Microservices System Design API Design Performance Optimization Clean Architecture

Let's Connect

I'm open to remote opportunities and collaborations. Feel free to reach out!