Samuel Brian

Engineering manager at Komunal Indonesia. Ten years across Indonesia, Singapore, and the Philippines, now leading engineering for a P2P lending platform and a core banking system.

Record2016 — Present

  1. Feb 2025 — PresentCurrent

    Engineering Manager

    Komunal Indonesia(KFI & KTI)Indonesia

    Oversees multiple engineering squads across two product lines — KFI (P2P lending) and KTI, a Core Banking System for rural banks — managing 10–16 engineers and a dedicated QA team of 4.

    Leads a company-wide infrastructure migration from AliCloud to Google Cloud Platform, achieving a 25–50% reduction in server costs through cloud cost auditing and resource optimisation.

    Introduced an RFC (Request for Comments) framework as the standard for technical documentation — covering goals, system design, regulatory considerations, and peer review — to elevate engineering quality and team alignment.

  2. Aug 2022 — Feb 2025

    Associate Engineering Manager

    Komunal IndonesiaIndonesia

    Improved system stability for money-movement and core-banking transactions; ran regular 1-on-1s and mentoring.

  3. Nov 2021 — Aug 2022

    Senior Fullstack Developer

    Komunal IndonesiaIndonesia

    Revamped the KFI back office; stabilised and scaled the P2P lending platform.

  4. Mar 2021 — Nov 2021

    Senior Fullstack Developer & Tech Lead

    CPR Vision ManagementSingapore

    Built client products from scratch and led engineering teams through delivery.

  5. Jan 2019 — Feb 2021

    Web Developer / Project Lead

    Leekie EnterprisesPhilippines

    Led web projects end to end; built and maintained full-stack apps for business clients.

  6. Apr 2017 — Jan 2019

    Lead Software QA Engineer

    Leekie EnterprisesPhilippines

    Built automated testing frameworks for games and web properties; implemented CI pipelines.

  7. Apr 2016 — Apr 2017

    PHP Developer — API Specialist

    Leekie EnterprisesPhilippines

    Developed and maintained Games APIs for top-tier gaming providers under production load.

Skills18 entries

Engineering09

  • JavaScript
  • GCP
  • Cloud Architecture
  • Cloud Migration
  • PHP
  • API Development
  • CI/CD
  • Automated Testing
  • Spec-Driven Software Development

Leadership05

  • Engineering Management
  • Multi-squad Leadership
  • Technical Mentoring
  • RFC-driven Documentation
  • Agile Delivery

Certifications02

  • Google Professional Cloud Architect
  • Google Cybersecurity Professional Certificate

Languages02

  • English — Professional Working
  • Indonesian — Native

Writing01 published

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