Muhammad Hezby
Senior Software Engineer
About Me
Experienced Senior Software Engineer and Technical Lead with over 7 years in designing, building and scaling high-performance distributed systems across Southeast Asia's top financial tech and SaaS companies. Proven track record leading engineering teams, designing payment architectures, and driving 2x+ YoY TPV growth at unicorn-scale platforms. Deep expertise in backend using NodeJS, Golang, and Ruby on Rails with microservices architecture, and cloud infrastructure. Capable at aligning engineering execution with business goals, mentoring engineers, and driving technical excellence across teams. Proven ability to influence system design and engineering culture in unicorn-scale companies operating in Southeast Asia.
Work Experience
Xendit
Senior Software Engineer | Jakarta, Indonesia | Nov. 2021 - Present
- Integrated multiple payment providers across various countries, enhancing the payment ecosystem.
- Improved merchant and engineering experience through streamlined activation and onboarding processes.
- Working on microservices backend using Golang, TS, and JS with SQL and NoSQL. Working on micro frontend using React.
Little Wallet
Software Engineer - Part-time Consulting | Jakarta, Indonesia | Jan. 2023 - Oct. 2023
- Built the backend for a family-focused money management app, winning the Tech In Asia Startup Arena 2023.
Mekari
Lead Software Engineer of Inventory Division | Jakarta, Indonesia | Jul. 2020 - Oct 2021
- Led a team of engineers, overseeing inventory and asset management domains.
- Scaled a monolithic Rails application to handle 1.5 million daily requests.
- Designed and implemented solutions using a diverse tech stack including Ruby, React, and Golang on AWS.
Quipper, Ltd.
Engineering Manager | Jakarta, Indonesia | Sept. 2019 - Jun. 2020
- Built the Masterclass engineering team from the ground up.
- Architected a microservices-based peer-to-peer learning and coaching platform.
Quipper, Ltd.
Software Engineer | Jakarta, Indonesia | Apr. 2018 - Aug. 2019
- Developed a Learning Management System using Ruby on Rails, TypeScript, and React.
- Led the complete rewrite of the payment module and developed a new payment gateway.
- Contributed to the microservices migration, implementing a new payment service on Kubernetes.
Karir.com
Software Engineer | Yogyakarta, Indonesia | Jan. 2017 - Mar. 2018
- Developed backend APIs for mobile and web applications using Ruby on Rails.
Core Technologies
- Backend: Javascript, Typescript, Ruby, Golang
- Frontend: Javascript, Typescript, React
- Database: Postgres, Mysql, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, Redis
- Infra: AWS, Kubernetes, Kafka
Education & Certifications
Universitas Indonesia
Master's Degree, Information Technology | Jan. 2022 - Dec, 2024
Universitas Sebelas Maret
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science | Mar. 2011 - Aug. 2016
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner | 2022
Datadog
APM & Distributed Tracing Fundamentals | 2022