Stealth Finance Startup
2025
Built a gateway to simplify connections to a third-party financial network provider, centralizing integration logic and reducing complexity for consuming applications.
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Vilbert Gunawan
Software Engineer
Jakarta, Indonesia
7+ years
Designing and shipping enterprise, fintech, and platform systems, with a focus on maintainable code, developer productivity, and operating cost.
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Software Engineer with 7+ years designing and shipping enterprise, fintech, and platform systems.
Hands-on with Go and TypeScript across software architecture, backend engineering, identity, cloud platforms, and 0-to-MVP delivery. Leading two engineering teams of four developers each while staying close to implementation, with a focus on maintainable systems, developer productivity, and operating cost.
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Software Engineer
Feb 2024 — Present
Pharos Indonesia · Jakarta, Indonesia
- Leading two engineering teams of four developers each across internal application and platform initiatives while remaining hands-on with implementation.
- Built an internal sales tracking application that replaced subscription-based tooling, saving approximately IDR 40 million per month.
- Implemented Keycloak as the centralized Identity Provider for internal applications, consolidating authentication and user management.
- Migrated workloads from an unoptimized Kubernetes setup to Docker-based VMs, reducing cloud billing by around 30%.
- Standardized frontend development on an open-source UI library and migrated existing interfaces, improving UX consistency and developer delivery speed.
Software Engineer
Oct 2022 — Jan 2024
Finnix (YC W22) · Remote
- Delivered four product areas from concept to MVP: lending, project management, ticketing, and crowdfunding.
- Built TypeScript customer and back-office applications with React and Next.js, backed by Python, Django, and Redis services.
- Implemented multi-environment, zero-downtime delivery on GCP with GitHub Actions, supporting releases from development through production.
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Software Engineer
Mar 2020 — Oct 2022
Pharos Indonesia · Jakarta, Indonesia
- Progressed from backend and infrastructure ownership to leading a four-person engineering team delivering internal, B2B, and B2C applications.
- Built the Go API backbone and microservices on GCP/GKE with containerized Docker deployments across multiple environments.
- Introduced clean architecture and dependency injection to Go services, improving maintainability and separation of concerns.
- Integrated Tokopedia APIs to centralize multi-store commerce workflows across B2C stores and B2B partners.
- Implemented self-hosted GitLab to strengthen source-code security and internal control of the delivery platform.
Software Engineer Intern
Mar 2019 — Feb 2020
Pharos Indonesia · Jakarta, Indonesia
- Contributed to a pilot migration of legacy applications to cloud-friendly systems.
- Built Arduino automation supporting manufacturing process and quality-control improvements.
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languages
Go
TypeScript
Python
SQL
frontend
TypeScript
React
Next.js
UI systems
backend
Go
REST APIs
Django
System integration
data
PostgreSQL
MySQL
Redis
platform
GCP
GKE
Kubernetes
Docker
Keycloak
delivery
GitLab
GitHub Actions
CI/CD
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Bachelor's Degree, Computer Software Engineering
Binus University
2016 — 2020
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MDH Invoice & Inventory Tracking System
2023
Built an invoice and inventory management system for a micro houseware distributor, reducing manual administrative work by approximately 60%.
EnerGAS Analytics Dashboard
2020
Built an analytics dashboard that compiled operational data into charts and tables, creating a centralized view for reporting and reducing manual data consolidation for faster analysis and decision-making.
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