About

Ahmad Syamsul Arifin

Senior Full-Stack Engineer · Jakarta, Indonesia

Senior Full-Stack Engineer with ~7 years of experience building and deploying web applications, mobile apps, SaaS platforms, backend services, and enterprise systems across startup, software house, and enterprise environments. Comfortable owning a product from architecture and development through production deployment and ongoing maintenance, with a strong focus on scalable backend systems and full-stack delivery. Core expertise spans Java Spring Boot, Laravel, NestJS, Node.js, Vue.js, React.js, and React Native.

Most recently building backend microservices for Telkomsel's omnichannel chatbot platform, supporting millions of users across 6 digital channels. Before that, co-founded a software house and led technical development on the 35 projects shown here, spanning 8 domains — including Healthcare, Internal Tools, E-commerce, Social Impact — for clients from Indonesian regional government offices to international fintech and enterprise telecom clients.

Experience

  1. Nov 2024 – Present

    Senior Full Stack Developer — PT. Dans Multi Pro

    Client: Telkomsel · Jakarta, Indonesia

    Architecting and building high-scale enterprise systems within the Telkomsel ecosystem — including Veronika, an omnichannel AI chatbot serving millions of users across 6 digital channels; AntreAja, a nationwide digital queue platform across 500+ GraPARI outlets; and DSC, the agent-facing reporting platform behind both.

  2. Apr 2023 – Oct 2024

    Senior Programming Analyst — Wistkey Technologies Limited

    Hong Kong SAR (Remote)

    Delivered 4 client projects end to end — 2 built from zero to production — spanning booking platforms, insurance CRM, fintech, and fundraising, using Laravel, Vue.js, React.js, and React Native.

  3. Oct 2019 – Apr 2023

    Co-Founder & Full Stack Engineer — CV Dafidea Technocraft

    Jember, Indonesia

    Co-founded a software house and led technical development of 10+ production applications across healthcare, government, education, and e-commerce — designing architecture, leading small teams of 1–2 engineers per project, and working directly with institutional clients from requirements through production maintenance.

  4. Feb 2019 – May 2019

    Backend Engineer (Intern) — PT Itematik Pramitha Nusantara

    Yogyakarta, Indonesia

    Independently built a responsive company profile site end to end — Slim Framework (PHP) backend, 12+ REST endpoints, MySQL schema design — across a 3-month internship.

Education

  1. Jul 2015 – Oct 2019

    Bachelor of Applied Science (D4), Information Technology

    Politeknik Negeri Jember, Indonesia

  2. Feb 2018 – Jun 2018

    Exchange Student, Computer Science

    Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea

Skills

Backend

NestJS · Node.js · Java Spring Boot · Golang · Python · Laravel · CodeIgniter

Frontend

Vue.js · React.js · Next.js · TypeScript · Tailwind CSS

Mobile

React Native · Flutter · Kotlin

Architecture & data

Microservices · gRPC · GraphQL · MySQL · PostgreSQL · Kafka · Redis

Cloud & DevOps

AWS (Lambda, EC2, S3, EKS) · Kubernetes · GitLab CI/CD · Docker

Achievements

  • Mentor, Google Developer Kejar Program

    Politeknik Negeri Jember, 2018

    Delivered technical guidance and mentorship to students adopting modern software development practices.

  • 3rd Place, Robotino Indonesia Competition

    East Java Elimination Round, 2017

    Co-developed and programmed an autonomous robot.

  • Competitor, Kamadjaja Logistics National Hackathon

    2018

    Built software solutions for logistics and supply chain challenges in a cross-functional team.

  • Competitor, Firebase Hackathon

    2017

    Designed and built a rapid prototype on Firebase's real-time database and cloud infrastructure.

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