Experience

Four years across fintech, infrastructure, and startup engineering — the roles that built the way I think.

December 2025 - Present

Astro·Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

3 months · current

–Cut page load time by 30% and bundle size by 20% through code splitting and lazy-loading — shipping at scale for Malaysia's most-watched media platform.
–Built and shipped high-traffic user-facing features end-to-end with Next.js and React.
–Designed a reusable component system to satisfy complex UI/UX requirements across multiple product surfaces.

February 2025 - October 2025

Career Break·New Zealand

9 months

–Built personal projects independently — including this portfolio — shipping end-to-end across design, frontend, and deployment.
–Spent nine months travelling in New Zealand, gaining international perspective and a sharper eye for product design.
–Pursued self learning outside a corporate environment, deepening expertise and chasing sceneries.

March 2024 - February 2025

Mula Labs·Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

11 months

–Reduced API latency through caching and parallel request handling, improving performance across fintech product flows.
–Designed and built RESTful APIs and full-stack features powering in-house web applications from scratch.
–Delivered the team's first blockchain integration — connecting product flows to on-chain smart contracts using Solidity.

August 2023 - March 2024

PayNet·Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

8 months

–Optimized frontend and backend performance for Malaysia's national payment infrastructure, measurably improving system responsiveness.
–Shipped features end-to-end — from business requirements through integration, QA, and production release.
–Triaged and resolved live production incidents across critical payment systems, improving reliability and uptime.

December 2021 - April 2023

LITKOD·Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

1 year 5 months

–Scaled backend systems to sustain 20k concurrent users at peak load without performance degradation.
–Built REST APIs and webhook integrations bridging internal platforms with third-party services.
–Refactored the entire JavaScript codebase to TypeScript, eliminating runtime type errors and improving long-term maintainability.