Irfan Sofyana Putra
Irfan Sofyana Putra is a Senior Software Engineer from Indonesia with expertise in banking, payments, and Developer Experience. With a B.Sc. in Informatics from Bandung Institute of Technology. Irfan is known for his strong problem-solving skills, quick learning ability, and customer-oriented person. He has a proven track record of driving initiatives independently and delivering effective technology solutions across various domains he has worked in.
Experience
PT Superbank Indonesia
Superbank is a digital bank in Indonesia backed by companies like Emtek, Grab, Singtel, and Kakaobank.
Senior Software Engineer (Backend DevEx) • June 2024 — Present
Joined as a Senior Software Engineer (Backend DevEx) at Superbank Indonesia. Working on a team is responsible to help engineers especially in the backend team to be come more productive and happier by improving the developer experience.
Xendit
Xendit is a fintech company that provides payment infrastructure for SEA.
Senior Software Engineer (L5 Software Engineer) • May 2023 — June 2024
Senior individual contributor in the Banking Experiment team, focused on innovating next-generation banking products, particularly consumer open banking products. Collaborated with Product Managers on requirements gathering, timeline estimation, and end-to-end development. Projects included like API Gateway & Authentication Platform for Open Banking Products, Consumer Open Banking service, eKYC, and more.
Software Engineer (L3 & L4 Software Engineer) • July 2021 — May 2023
Worked on Xendit's SNAP merchant-facing Payment API (QRIS, Virtual Account, Direct Debit, etc) and led various development initiatives focused on internal automation while contributing to internal open-source software.
Software Engineer (Intern – Part-time) • June 2020 — June 2021
Worked directly with CTO to establish Engineering reliability metrics and reporting.
Eduka System
Eduka System is a startup that provides e-learning services for high school students in Indonesia.
Backend Engineer (Part-time) • Feb 2020 — March 2020
Developed backend services for an e-learning platform.
STEI ITB
School of Electrical and Informatics Engineering (STEI) is one of the faculties at Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB).
Teaching Assistant • Jan 2020 — Dec 2020
Teaching assistant for fundamental programming and data structure & algorithm courses.
Private Olympiad Education Center
Computer Olympiad Instructor • Aug 2017 - May 2020
Trained middle and high school students in competitive programming and computer science olympiad preparation across prestigious institutions including ALC Indonesia, PelatihanOSN.com, Cyberfi Institute, LOPI, and the OSN Training Center. Mentored students to achieve Bronze, Silver, and Gold medals at national-level competitions.
Education
Institut Teknologi Bandung
Bachelor of Science, Informatics • 2017 — 2021
- Cum Laude graduate
- Medalist and winner in several competitive programming competitions
Participated in many Programming competitions like ICPC, and others. Members of HMIF (Himpunan Mahasiswa Informatika) ITB.
Pribadi Bilingual Boarding School Bandung
Senior High School • 2017
- The most successful student
- National silver medalist in Computer Olympiad 2016 (OSN 2016)
Computer olympiad students. Head of Student Council.
Projects
Sheets-api
Developer • Jan 2023 — Feb 2023
A Google AppScript library enabling users to easily and freely make their Google Sheets API-accessible. Inspired by tools like SheetDB or Shitsu.
Notify
Contributor • Oct 2022 — Oct 2022
An open-source Go library designed to dispatch notifications across multiple messaging services. Contributed to PR#415 which added an integration to Viber platform.
Web2markdown-api
Developer • Oct 2022 — Oct 2022
A serverless API crafted for converting web content into markdown format. Developed using Go and deployed on Vercel's serverless platform.
Instapaper-actions
Developer • Sept 2022 — Sept 2022
A GitHub action template allowing users to seamlessly add web content to their Instapaper accounts. Built using JavaScript and GitHub actions.
MySpendingBot
Developer • Aug 2022 — Sept 2022
A personal Telegram bot for tracking user spending, featuring capabilities to create, update, delete, and report expenses. Engineered using Google App Scripts, Google Sheets, and the Telegram API.
Skills
Domain Knowledge
Programming languages & scripting
Database
Cloud Platform
Messaging systems
Containerization & Infrastructure as Code
Monitoring & Observability
Recognition
7th rank IEEExtreme Programming Competition 13.0
IEEE • 2019
Ranked 7th among 4000 teams around the world in a 24-hour programming competition held by IEEE.
The National Gold Medalist ICPC Asia Jakarta
ICPC • 2019
Awarded a Gold Medal for the national category in ICPC Asia Jakarta 2019 from around 70 finalists in Asia.
1st Winner ICPC Provincial Maranatha
Maranatha University • 2019
Got 1st place in ICPC Provincial round from around 100 national participants in Indonesia.
2nd Winner Senior Competitive Programming Contest
University of Indonesia • 2019
Got 2nd place in Senior Competitive Programming Contest from the Compfest event, one of the prestigious computer festivals for college students in Indonesia.
The National Winners ACM ICPC Asia Jakarta
ICPC • 2017
Selected as one of the national winners from around 70 finalists in this prestigious programming competition for college students in Indonesia and SEA.
Silver Medal in National Science Olympiad in Informatics
Ministry of Education • 2016
Got silver medal (ranked 12) from around 80 national finalists in the largest science competition held by the Indonesia Ministry of Education.
Certifications
Backend Developer Graduate Program
Telkom Digital Talent Incubator Program • 2020
A certified backend developer from Telkom Digital Talent Incubator Program 2020
Associations
HMIF ITB
Head of Competition and Community Division • Feb 2020 — Apr 2021
Responsible for disseminating information about Informatics competitions to HMIF members and improving their interest in competitions. Organized two HMIF Bootcamp programs to enhance ITB students' skills in various areas including Data Science, Competitive Programming, Capture the Flag, Game Development, and UI/UX.
ARKAVIDIA 6.0
Head of Competitive Programming Competition • May 2019 — Feb 2020
Led the competitive programming competition at Arkavidia 6.0, with responsibilities including problem setting, quality assurance, and infrastructure engineering for the competition server.
Additional Links
Social Links
- Github: https://github.com/irfansofyana
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/irfan.sofyanaputra/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/irfansofyana/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/irfansofyana/
- Website: https://irfansp.dev