Kurniadi Ahmad Wijaya
Forward Deployed AI Engineer
Built production-grade AI and software for banking, fintech and enterprise.
Technical Consultant, Software & AI · Metrodata (PT Mitra Integrasi Informatika)
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Journey

My employment, freelance work, education, research and awards, organized by year.

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  • Study and milestones
  • Projects
  • Awards
  • Writing and research
  • Certifications

2026

Joined Metrodata's Microsoft AI practice: writing specs, directing AI coding agents and shipping AI to production.

Roles
17
+2 new
Projects
47
+29 new
Awards
24
Papers
4
Certifications
9
+6 new

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  1. 20263 entries

    • Oct 2026 to Present

      AI Benchmark Engineer, Native Language Specialist (Indonesian, freelance)

      LILT AI (United States, remote)

      I design and build Indonesian-language tasks for Terminal-Bench, an agentic coding benchmark used to evaluate frontier AI models (OpenAI GPT, Google Gemini, Anthropic Claude) on real-world terminal and programming work. The tasks test whether AI agents handle Indonesian language and cultural conventions in realistic workplace data: government records, family registration, finance and procurement.

      Freelance

    • May 2026 to Oct 2026

      Certification learner

      Microsoft, GitHub and Google

      I earned three Microsoft certifications, two GitHub certifications (agentic AI developer and GitHub Copilot) and the Google Generative AI Leader certification between May and October 2026.

      Milestone

    • Feb 2026 to Present

      Technical Consultant, Software & AI

      Metrodata logoMetrodata (PT Mitra Integrasi Informatika)

      In the Microsoft AI practice, I lead Azure-native AI projects from architecture to production for 12+ enterprise clients in banking, automotive, mining, food manufacturing and consumer health. I also build the practice's own products, including a reusable full-stack AI template adopted across 10+ client projects. I write the specs, direct AI coding agents and review their work before release.

      Employment

  2. 20256 entries

    • Nov 2025 to Apr 2026

      Backend Engineer (agency team)

      Naremax

      I developed backend modules for a digital products and training e-commerce platform with a 5+ person agency team, working in a TypeScript monorepo.

      Freelance

    • Nov 2025 to Dec 2025

      Backend Engineer (freelance)

      TEMMPAT

      I led the v2 backend refactor for a premium event ticket marketplace, separating auction and resale workflows into a modular engine.

      Freelance

    • Jun 2025 to Nov 2025

      Software Engineer (freelance)

      370 Agency logo370 Agency

      I took agency-client projects through development and delivery, using Next.js, Prisma, Express and PostgreSQL.

      Freelance

    • Jun 2025 to Aug 2025

      Full Stack Engineer (freelance)

      Serupa

      In a two-person team, I built the API foundation, accounts and events of Serupa's event ticketing platform, plus its attendee site and organizer dashboard.

      Freelance

    • Jun 2025 to Aug 2025

      Full Stack Engineer (freelance)

      DariOrdal

      I built ticketing for limited-quota premium events, with transactional booking to prevent overselling, payment webhooks, ticket tiers and QR e-tickets.

      Freelance

    • May 2025 to Jun 2025

      Sole developer

      Side project

      I built my first portfolio site with Astro on Cloudflare Pages, including anime-inspired theme palettes and a visitor counter.

      Milestone

  3. 20243 entries

    • Nov 2024 to Dec 2024

      Full-stack developer

      Side project (group)

      In a group project, I worked on a Streamlit app for S&P 500 portfolio allocation with sector and diversification constraints. A teammate added the SLSQP solver.

      Milestone

    • Jun 2024 to Dec 2025

      Software Engineer

      Jenius logoJenius (SMBC Indonesia)

      I built backend services and React dashboards for insurance and priority-customer products at a digital bank. The dashboards reduced manual reporting work by about 90%, and I made the priority-customer synchronizer up to 30% faster by removing redundant steps and running work concurrently.

      Employment

    • Mar 2024 to Dec 2025

      Full-stack developer

      Side project

      I built a Next.js crypto portfolio tracker using live market data. The site is still online.

      Milestone

  4. 20234 entries

    • Sep 2023 to Dec 2023

      Backend Engineer (freelance, remote)

      Jublia logoJublia (Singapore)

      I developed search, matchmaking and feedback analytics services for a Singapore event-tech company.

      Freelance

    • May 2023 to Jul 2023

      Backend Engineer (part-time)

      BSSN logoBSSN

      I automated vulnerability scanning for Indonesia's national cyber agency, building a backend for scanner orchestration, asset ownership, scheduled scans and audit logs.

      Freelance

    • Mar 2023 to Jun 2024

      Full Stack Developer

      Jatis logoJatis (PT Informasi Teknologi Indonesia)

      I developed multi-tenant SaaS products for legal, asset and task management at a messaging and AI solutions company.

      Employment

    • Feb 2023

      BSc graduate

      Telkom University logoTelkom University

      I graduated in Computer Science (Informatics) with a GPA of 3.88 / 4.00.

      Education

  5. 20225 entries

    • Aug 2022 to Nov 2022

      Competitor

      Various organizers

      My final competition season brought two 2nd-place finishes and a national finalist spot as I moved into full-time engineering.

      Awards

    • Jul 2022 to Feb 2023

      Software Engineer (part-time)

      Bandung Techno Park logoBandung Techno Park

      I designed PostgreSQL databases and built Laravel and Express microservices, single sign-on, front pages and core backend features.

      Employment

    • Apr 2022 to Jan 2023

      Sole author

      Telkom University logoTelkom University (BSc thesis)

      For my BSc thesis, I built a Django dashboard that collects university-related posts, predicts sentiment with a fine-tuned IndoBERT model and tracks trends over time.

      Milestone

    • Feb 2022 to Feb 2023

      Backend Engineer

      MNC Group logoMNC Group (Mister Aladin)

      I developed the backend for a travel booking platform in my first full-time role, while still at university.

      Employment

    • Jan 2022 to Jan 2023

      Lecturer assistant, hackathon judge and program trainee

      Telkom University and Telkom Indonesia

      While completing my final year and working full-time, I taught AI, judged a hackathon and attended a structured backend engineering program.

      Milestone

  6. 20218 entries

    • Sep 2021 to Feb 2022

      IT Developer Intern

      Kalbe Farma

      I developed the backend for an electronic medical records system, from ERD and MySQL design to a Laravel microservice with documented REST APIs, deployment and maintenance.

      Employment

    • Aug 2021 to Oct 2021

      Data scientist and paper co-author

      Independent research

      I analysed sentiment by aspect in app-store reviews of four Indonesian e-wallets using CNN and LSTM. This was our selection-phase entry in the data competition my team later won.

      Milestone

    • Aug 2021

      Author

      Independent research

      I studied COVID-19 case and vaccination trends toward herd immunity in Indonesia, using N-BEATS to forecast daily figures.

      Milestone

    • Jul 2021 to Sep 2021

      Backend and AI Engineer Intern

      Techbros (Germany, remote)

      I built FastAPI services for a people-detection system and integrated TensorFlow and PyTorch models. I also wrote unit tests, deployed with Docker and built a demo web app.

      Employment

    • May 2021 to Dec 2021

      Learner

      Kominfo x IBM, IARC x APTIKOM

      I earned two certificates through self-study in machine learning and data science.

      Milestone

    • Apr 2021 to Jun 2021

      Backend Engineer Intern

      DigiTiket

      I worked as a backend engineering intern at an online ticketing company in Semarang.

      Employment

    • Jan 2021 to Dec 2021

      Club lead and practicum assistant

      Telkom University logoTelkom University

      In my third year, I continued leading the programming club, completed my Go practicum assistant role and published data tools.

      Milestone

    • Jan 2021 to Oct 2021

      Competitor

      Various organizers

      I earned four 1st places in one year, in business pitching, a security CTF and two data competitions.

      Awards

  7. 20203 entries

    • Dec 2020

      Author

      Independent research

      I used Naive Bayes to analyse public sentiment toward Indonesia's COVID-19 vaccination policy in my first NLP project.

      Milestone

    • Feb 2020 to Dec 2020

      Competitor

      Various organizers

      I recorded seven competition results in 2020: four placings, including a 1st place, finalist spots at Win Your Future and Codig 3.0 UX Design, and a Top 100 at Innovillage.

      Awards

    • Jan 2020 to Dec 2020

      Club lead, volunteer and practicum assistant

      Telkom University logoTelkom University

      In my second year, I helped lead the programming club, attended a backend bootcamp, volunteered at a startup and began teaching as a practicum assistant.

      Milestone

  8. 20195 entries

    • Sep 2019 to Dec 2022

      Backend Engineer (part-time)

      Shumi logoShumi

      I built storefront and admin APIs for an anime figure store, covering pre-orders, ready stock, vouchers, partial payments and payment and shipping integrations.

      Freelance

    • Aug 2019 to Feb 2023

      BSc Computer Science (Informatics)

      Telkom University logoTelkom University

      I focused my Computer Science studies on NLP through sentiment research, data competitions and a thesis using IndoBERT.

      Education

    • May 2019 to Dec 2019

      Bootcamp trainee and new student

      DOT Academy and Telkom University

      I completed a full-stack bootcamp, began studying at Telkom University and took on my first long-term freelance project.

      Milestone

    • Jan 2019 to Nov 2019

      Competitor

      Various organizers

      I earned five 2nd-place finishes in IT, web development, UI/UX and idea competitions, including Sigma Idea Competition at Telkom University.

      Awards

    • Jul 2016 to May 2019

      Vocational student, Software Engineering

      Prologue

      SMK Telkom Malang

      I studied software engineering at a vocational school in Malang, opened my GitHub account in 2016 and gained my first experience through training, an internship and competitions.

      Milestone

Workshop annex

Side projects and public repositories.

  • 2026

    JagaRupa

    I built JagaRupa to turn small sellers' real product photos into campaign images consistent with their brand. The workflow passes a brief through art director, brand guardian and copywriter agents, with a critique loop and checks against Indonesian marketplace rules. Text and logos are composited in code, never rendered by the model. I delivered it solo through 15 feature specs, directing a GitHub Copilot coding agent.

    • Next.js
    • FastAPI
    • Microsoft Agent Framework
    • Microsoft Foundry
    • Azure AI Search
    • Azure AI Content Safety
    • Azure Container Apps
    • Microsoft Azure
  • 2026

    CalorIQ

    CalorIQ estimates nutrition from meal logs submitted as text or photos, including Indonesian food. It uses a vision model, with daily to monthly summaries, per-user rate limits and a clearly labelled fallback.

  • 2026

    DevLens

    DevLens is my self-hosted dashboard for AI coding sessions, covering repositories, tools, costs and insights. An AI agent implemented it in one day; I directed the product and reviewed the work.

  • 2026

    AI Jury Council

    I use this multi-agent jury to challenge my product ideas. Ten AI juror roles, a devil's advocate and a meta-judge work through eight rounds with blind-review rules, fresh research and peer challenges.

  • 2026

    Certification Practice Tools

    I built exam simulators and focused practice packs for my Microsoft and GitHub exam preparation. The GH-600 trainer has 80 original scenario questions with explanations; the AI-103 simulator includes a timer and domain breakdown.

    • HTML
    • JavaScript
  • 2024

    Crypto Portfolio Tracker

    I built this Next.js app to track crypto holdings using live market data.

  • 2025

    Real Estate Cluster Map

    An interactive, filterable map for exploring real estate listings grouped into clusters.

Public repositories