Ilham Akbar

AI & Backend Engineer with 8+ years of experience

Depok, Indonesia

#OpenToWork

About

AI & Backend Engineer with 8+ years of experience, including hands-on work orchestrating multiple LLM providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI) behind unified, production-grade APIs for automated reporting workflows. Skilled in secure, multi-tenant backend architecture using Python, Django, and FastAPI across distributed international teams. Seeking senior AI/LLM engineering roles building reliable, safety-conscious generative AI systems.

Experience

FinKeeper

Backend Engineer

FinKeeper

Jun 2025 – Feb 2026

● Architected a multi-tenant Accounting Information System, enforcing strict firm–client data isolation through tenant-aware backend design. ● Implemented hierarchical RBAC, JWT authentication, and audit-safe financial workflows to meet enterprise security and compliance requirements. ● Built the backend foundation for core accounting operations — invoicing, reconciliation, and reporting — as part of the product's MVP release. ● Tech Stack: Python, Django, Django REST Framework, PostgreSQL, Redis, JWT, Docker

PythonDjangoPostgreSQL
MyOsh

AI Engineer

MyOsh

Apr 2025 – Oct 2025

● Built scalable FastAPI services integrating multiple LLM providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI) behind a unified interface. ● Developed AI orchestration pipelines for routing, validating, and post-processing LLM outputs used in automated safety reports and incident records. ● Automated safety-report and incident-record generation, replacing manual documentation across business workflows. ● Tech Stack: FastAPI, OpenAI API, Anthropic, xAI, Redis

FastAPIOpenAIAnthropic
Somos Digital

Backend Engineer

Somos Digital

Jul 2022 – Oct 2024

● Designed and developed a secure survey platform API from scratch with authentication and role-based access control. ● Integrated OpenAI-powered analysis to automatically extract insights from survey responses. ● Built frontend integration using Next.js with a Django backend to deliver survey results and AI-generated insights. ● Tech Stack: Django, OpenAI API, Next.js

DjangoOpenAINext.js
360Dialog

Backend Engineer

360Dialog

Sep 2021 – Jun 2022

● Integrated the WhatsApp Business API with internal services to support real-time inbound and outbound messaging. ● Built event-driven messaging workflows to handle WhatsApp's inbound/outbound message flow reliably. ● Implemented behaviour-driven testing (BDD) to validate messaging flows and business rules. ● Tech Stack: Flask, PostgreSQL, WhatsApp Business API, Behave

FlaskPostgreSQLWhatsApp Business API
Sydereal

Backend Engineer

Sydereal

May 2021 – Sep 2021

● Built an API gateway supporting REST and WebSocket protocols for real-time vessel location and status updates. ● Optimised backend performance by introducing push-based WebSocket streaming, reducing latency and unnecessary polling. ● Tech Stack: Flask, AWS RDS, MySQL

FlaskAWS RDSMySQL
Kredibel

Backend Engineer

Kredibel

Jul 2020 – Dec 2020

● Maintained backend services and data pipelines for ML and product systems across PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Google Cloud Platform infrastructure. ● Tech Stack: Flask, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), GitLab CI

FlaskPostgreSQLMongoDB
Leadbook

Backend Engineer

Leadbook

Jan 2019 – Apr 2020

● Scraped multiple websites. ● Designed and implemented Kafka-based streaming pipelines to ingest and enrich 10K–100K+ rows of scraped data. ● Delivered real-time analytics by integrating streaming pipelines with Elasticsearch indexing. ● Tech Stack: Python, Scrapy, BeautifulSoup, Kafka, Elasticsearch

KafkaPythonElasticsearch
Jublia

Backend Engineer & DevOps

Jublia

Aug 2018 – Dec 2018

● Developed backend services for enterprise event management platforms. ● Implemented RabbitMQ-based asynchronous processing to improve reliability and prevent data loss. ● Tech Stack: Flask, RabbitMQ, AWS DynamoDB

FlaskRabbitMQAWS DynamoDB
Makara Mas

Backend Engineer

Makara Mas

Aug 2015 – Jul 2018

● Integrated payment systems between banking systems and 200+ universities and schools across Indonesia.

Backend EngineeringPayment SystemsIntegration

Education

University of Indonesia

Master of Science (M.Sc.) · Computer Science

2022 – 2025

Skills

CeleryRBACJWTDockerKafkaRedisMongoDBPostgreSQLREST APIsFlaskFastAPIDjangoPythonLangChainxAIAnthropicOpenAI

Languages

English (Professional working proficiency)Indonesian (Native or bilingual proficiency)