Samuel Brian

Record2016 — Present

1. Komunal Indonesia/, IndonesiaNov 2021 — Present

   Indonesian fintech group operating an OJK-regulated peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform and core banking systems and tools for rural banks.

   1. Feb 2025 — PresentCurrent

      Engineering Manager

      KFI & KTI

      Oversees multiple engineering squads across two regulated 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.

      Made RFC-based specs the mandatory documentation standard across both product lines — covering goals, system design, regulatory considerations, and peer review — halving spec-review turnaround and implementation time.

      Translates regulatory and commercial requirements into engineering roadmaps for two concurrently regulated platforms.

   2. Aug 2022 — Feb 2025

      Associate Engineering Manager

      KFI & KTI

      Cut automated money-movement incidents by 90% against the prior implementation, with faster recovery when issues did occur; mentored engineers into senior and tech lead roles, with three of four teams reaching roughly 80% day-to-day independence.

   3. Nov 2021 — Aug 2022

      Senior Fullstack Developer

      KFI

      Rebuilt the KFI back-office system, saving 1–2 hours of manual operations work daily and reducing transaction-processing errors; stabilised and scaled the platform's automated money movement, cutting transaction error rates by 65%, and built the GCP foundations the later migration ran on.

2. CPR Vision Management/, Singapore

   Singapore-headquartered CRM, loyalty, and digital agency serving global brands including L'Oréal, Lancôme, and Fairmont Hotels.

   1. Mar 2021 — Nov 2021

      Senior Fullstack Developer & Tech Lead

      Built client products from scratch for Singapore-based clients and led delivery teams, setting technical direction and code quality standards.

3. Leekie Enterprises/, PhilippinesApr 2016 — Feb 2021

   Technology arm of a sister online gaming company, building games APIs and web platforms for gaming and business clients.

   1. Jan 2019 — Feb 2021

      Web Developer / Project Lead

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

   2. Apr 2017 — Jan 2019

      Lead Software QA Engineer

      Built automated testing frameworks and CI pipelines for games and web properties, sharply reducing manual QA effort.

   3. Apr 2016 — Apr 2017

      PHP Developer — API Specialist

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

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Writing01 published

1. 05 SEPT 2026

   Shift left in AI assisted development

   Shifting left in AI assisted development by utilizing AI as discussion partner during requirement engineering and design process to produce a clearer plan helps to ensure that we’re building the right thing in a right way.