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☞ IndonesiaSoftware Engineer5+ YEARS

JunioAkarda

Photo of Junio Akarda★THAT'S ME

Impact-driven Software Engineer with 5+ years of experience building scalable web applications, robust APIs, and enterprise software solutions. Holds a degree in Cyber Security from Binus University. Currently working remotely at Jitera, delivering professional-grade solutions for international clients to a high standard. I love contributing to open source and seeing how the power of people working together creates something useful for everyone. I have also had the opportunity to participate and win some coding app competitions. Passionate about problem-solving, clean architecture, and continuous learning — guided by a life philosophy of purposeful living and gratitude.

Problem SolverPassionateCritical ThinkerServes PurposeGame Theory

“we are all work in progress!”

→ CURRENT WORK

NOW
JiteraRemote

Fullstack Engineer

2024 – Present

  • Work remotely on a range of internal and public projects of varying complexity, meeting company and client standards.
  • Engage professionally with international clients, primarily from Japan, maintaining clear communication and delivering to agreed specifications.
  • Contribute feedback to the company's internal AI SaaS product development based on hands-on engineering experience.
  • Build practical, high-quality solutions unconstrained by a fixed tech stack, selecting the best tool for each problem.

knee-deep in AI, making it work for me and the people around me. Future-proofing? We'll see.

PAST EXPERIENCE ←

Jitera2024 – PresentRemote

Fullstack Engineer

  • ➔ Work remotely on a range of internal and public projects of varying complexity, meeting company and client standards.
  • ➔ Engage professionally with international clients, primarily from Japan, maintaining clear communication and delivering to agreed specifications.
  • ➔ Contribute feedback to the company's internal AI SaaS product development based on hands-on engineering experience.
  • ➔ Build practical, high-quality solutions unconstrained by a fixed tech stack, selecting the best tool for each problem.
Prestisa2021 – 2023

Backend Developer

  • ➔ Managed project repositories, lead and facilitated seamless collaboration between development teams.
  • ➔ Provided rapid production error resolution, analyzed error logs with time-based metrics, and reported findings.
  • ➔ Developed and maintained APIs as the backbone of the application, improving core business logic processes.
  • ➔ Built a fully featured e-commerce transaction API including auth, cart, product, voucher, payment, and complaint modules.
  • ➔ Integrated payment gateways: Xendit, Ratapay, and Stripe; implemented third-party services such as Sepulsa.
  • ➔ Developed a Supplier App with bid functionality, an Attendance API with geolocation and WFH features, and a real-time event scan application using Pusher.
  • ➔ Optimized server storage by batch-compressing 200,000+ image files using scheduled cron jobs.
PT HIT (Polytron)Mar 2020 – Mar 2021

Intern — Enterprise Solution Department

  • ➔ Created apps and features using Laravel based on employee requests.
  • ➔ Conducted R&D into emerging technologies including Laravel sessions and Google Vision API OCR for ID extraction.
  • ➔ Performed automated security testing on the sales web platform using Python scripts and recommended preventive measures.

★ INTERNAL PROJECTS

01

Fully featured e-commerce transaction API for Customer App with auth, cart, product, search, voucher, revision, complaint order, payment, and rating/review features. Voucher system modelled after ShopeeFood implementation with discount product and shipping cost sections.

02

Developed applications integrating payment gateway APIs including Xendit, Ratapay, and Stripe, as well as third-party services like Sepulsa.

03

Built supplier-facing application with bid functionality and all features needed between supplier and customer.

04

Attendance application API with WFH and non-WFH features, geolocation check, paid-leave, check-in/check-out, daily reporting, and HRD report API.

05

Real-time event scan code application that sends and validates codes directly against the database using Pusher and Laravel.

06

Batch image compressor that processed 200,000+ image files on the server using scheduled cron jobs to optimise storage.

✎ EDUCATION & CREDS

2017 – 2021

Bachelor's Degree in Cyber Security

  • → School of Computer Science — focus on Cyber Security fundamentals and ethical hacking.
  • → Studied Data Structures and Programming Design (C, Java) and Secure Web Programming (PHP, Python).
  • → Explored vulnerabilities and penetration testing using Linux-based tools.

★ ACHIEVEMENTS

Participated and won national app competitions hosted by Dicoding.id, Indosat, and the Indonesian Ministry of Tourism — a proud milestone early in the engineering journey.

Maintainer for javascript.info Indonesian translation (github.com/javascript-tutorial/id.javascript.info).

Learning Facilitator for Intermediate Front End Class at Dicoding X DBS 2024.

TECH STACK ↗

Frontend
HTMLCSS/SCSSTailwind CSSJavaScriptTypeScriptReact JSNext JSViteAnt DesignShadCNReact QueryAxios
Backend
NodeNestJSPostgreSQLPHPLaravelExpressMySQLMSSQLMongoDBRedisRabbitMQAWS
Tools & Cloud
GitAWSGoogle CloudAzure (Certified AZ-900)Netlify/Vercel/ServerlessDigitalOceanPython ScriptingHugoGatsby

☞ PROJECTS

easykitas

Immigration Service App — a web app to handle all about visa, tax-compliance and temporary stay permit card for foreigners in Indonesia.

VIEW ↗

Top5League

A Progressive Web App covering the top 5 European football leagues.

JuniScript

A micro-learning blog built with Gatsby JS and Tailwind CSS.

Warungsotoadvertise

Travel marketing web based on Hugo for DKV Students.

Movie Hub

A Netflix-like movie hub built using Ant Design and React Context.

GOALS FORWARD ★

“we are all work in progress!”

knee-deep in AI, making it work for me and the people around me. Future-proofing? We'll see.

Reading (Novels & Non-Fiction)Trekking & Exploring New PlacesFootballTennis
ASPIRATIONS

Driven to build meaningful technology that makes a real impact. Committed to continuous growth, contributing to open source, collabing with others, and working with integrity in every project. Anchored by purpose, fueled by curiosity.

BLOG POSTS ✎

⚒ TOOLS & RESOURCES

Development
Cursor

Primary code editor

Git

Version control

Bruno/Postman/Thunder

API testing and documentation

Chrome DevTools

Browser debugging tools

Zsh,Tmux

Terminal

AI
Claude Code

AI pair programming assistant

Design
Figma

UI/UX design tool

DevOps
Docker

Containerization platform

Productivity
Notion

Notes and project documentation

Jira/Trello

Issue tracking and project management

Communication
Slack

Team communication

Database
TablePlus

Database management GUI