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. Komunal IndonesiaIndonesiaNov 2021 — Present

    1. Feb 2025 — PresentCurrent

      Engineering Manager

      KFI & KTI

      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

      KFI & KTI

      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

      KFI

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

  2. CPR Vision ManagementSingapore

    1. Mar 2021 — Nov 2021

      Senior Fullstack Developer & Tech Lead

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

  3. Leekie EnterprisesPhilippinesApr 2016 — Feb 2021

    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 for games and web properties; implemented CI pipelines.

    3. Apr 2016 — Apr 2017

      PHP Developer — API Specialist

      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

  1. 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.