Akbar Maliki

Akbar Maliki

Software Engineer II at Hypefast, building high-performance backend APIs and distributed systems in Go, TypeScript, and Python.

Engineering Scalable Systems. Reducing Latency.

Bachelor of Computer Science, Universitas Indonesia (Graduated with Distinction)

TECHNICAL STACK

Google Cloud Platform
Go
TypeScript
Python
Node.js
PostgreSQL
Kafka
Docker
Kubernetes
Terraform
Google Cloud Platform
Go
TypeScript
Python
Node.js
PostgreSQL
Kafka
Docker
Kubernetes
Terraform
Google Cloud Platform
Go
TypeScript
Python
Node.js
PostgreSQL
Kafka
Docker
Kubernetes
Terraform
Google Cloud Platform
Go
TypeScript
Python
Node.js
PostgreSQL
Kafka
Docker
Kubernetes
Terraform

WORK EXPERIENCE

Aug 2024 - Present

Hypefast

Software Engineer II · Jakarta, Indonesia
  • Technical lead for critical backend initiatives, working with the engineering manager to refine Product and Design specs into scalable system designs.
  • Owned end-to-end design of multiple medium-to-large projects, from architecture and API contracts to implementation, and led cross-functional review with QA to ship with zero critical defects.
  • Engineered high-performance APIs in Go, TypeScript, and Python, cutting average response times by up to 0%.
  • Architected a distributed system on Google Cloud Pub/Sub for asynchronous microservice communication, provisioned with Terraform to improve fault tolerance.
  • Handled P0 production incidents in on-call rotations using Cloud Monitoring and Cloud Logging; implemented data encryption and security hardening for customer data across e-commerce and B2B platforms.
  • Maintain Bitbucket CI/CD pipelines and integrated third-party APIs such as payment gateways and logistics aggregators.
GoTypeScriptPythonGCP Pub/SubTerraform
Oct 2024 - Dec 2024

Universitas Indonesia, Computer Systems Lab

Research Assistant · Remote
  • Built a real-time human detection system for a Multi-UAV data stream research project using Python, Kafka, and the YOLOv8 computer vision model.
  • Analyzed system performance, reducing latency by up to 1000 ms and improving FPS by up to 50% compared to similar systems.
  • Co-authored the official research paper through literature review, manuscript structuring, and publication standards.
PythonKafkaYOLOv8
Jul 2023 - Dec 2023

Telkom Indonesia

Backend Developer Intern · Jakarta, Indonesia
  • Developed a scalable Go web server with clean architecture and over 90% unit test coverage.
  • Doubled table loading speed with server-side pagination and advanced PostgreSQL window functions.
  • Streamlined project workflows with Jira and Bitbucket in a SCRUM framework, boosting team productivity by an estimated 25%.
GoPostgreSQLJira

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

Feb 2023 - Jul 2023

Bangkit Academy led by Google, Gojek, Tokopedia & Traveloka

Cloud Computing Cohort · Indonesia
  • Led the capstone team: devised the project plan, designed the database architecture, and ran weekly progress meetings.
  • Delivered the final project on schedule and presented it to a judging panel from Google, Gojek, Tokopedia, and Traveloka.
GCPDatabase Design
Apr 2022 - Nov 2022

COMPFEST

Technical Committee · Depok, Indonesia
  • Led a team of technical committee members to deploy and maintain all Capture The Flag (CTF) challenges with high availability.
  • Built a load balancer for CTF problems using Dewacloud, and robust configurations with Docker Compose and NGINX, adding rate limiting to prevent DDoS attacks.
Docker ComposeNGINXCTF

PROJECTS

DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS

Multi-UAV Data Stream

Real-time human detection over multiple UAV video streams using YOLOv8 and Kafka. Cut latency by up to 1000 ms and improved FPS by up to 50%, and co-authored the published research paper.

YOLOv8KafkaPython
# Initializing stream
producer = KafkaProducer(
    bootstrap_servers='broker:9092'
)

# Processing YOLOv8 inference
results = model(frame)
bbox_data = extract_boxes(results)

# Publishing to Kafka
producer.send('uav-stream',
    key=b'drone_1',
    value=bbox_data
)
E-COMMERCE

Pokemon Ajambeh Collectibles

Developed a robust backend for a niche e-commerce platform specializing in rare collectibles, implementing secure inventory management and payment gateways.

Node.jsPostgreSQL
MACHINE LEARNINGDISTINCTION (TOP 500)

Bangkit Academy Capstone

Designed and deployed scalable API endpoints serving machine learning models for the final capstone project at Bangkit Academy.

GCP Cloud RunFastAPI

Hobbies

Playing Games

Valorant
Valorant

Reading Comics

Manga, Manhwa, Manhua

One Piece
One Piece