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Real-time AI
Volt
Built a low-latency voice pipeline across speech recognition, language models, and voice synthesis for live conversations.
Role
Architecture · Backend systems · Delivery
Core stack
Python / FastAPI / LiveKit / OpenAI / AWS
Senior full stack engineer
Jakarta · Available worldwide
Arthur Pello / Technical lead
Architecture, hands-on delivery, and calm technical leadership for software that has to perform under real pressure.
10+ yearsshipping production software
2 acquisitionsfrom platforms I helped scale
CTO experiencefrom roadmap to runtime
Complex products. Clear decisions. Systems built to last.
Acquired
Bridestory → Tokopedia
Acquired
Schoters → Ruangguru
Real-time AI
Voice pipeline at Volt
CTO
Seasonal scale at Umroh.com
Selected systems
Four engagements where architecture, execution, and product pressure met.
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Real-time AI
Built a low-latency voice pipeline across speech recognition, language models, and voice synthesis for live conversations.
Role
Architecture · Backend systems · Delivery
Core stack
Python / FastAPI / LiveKit / OpenAI / AWS
02
Marketplace infrastructure
Stabilized platform infrastructure for sharp seasonal demand in a high-trust travel marketplace.
Role
CTO · Platform · Team leadership
Core stack
PHP / Symfony / GCP / Microservices / Python
03
Marketplace at scale
Helped carry the product from MVP through regional scale to acquisition by Tokopedia.
Role
Architecture · Early platform build
Core stack
PHP / Laravel / Node.js / AWS / GCP
04
Education platform
Improved platform performance and scalability through a period of rapid growth and acquisition.
Role
Architecture · Backend optimization
Core stack
Go / Node.js / PostgreSQL / Microservices
Active
AI-powered receipt scanning & expense tracker SaaS.
Active
WhatsApp AI auto-reply SaaS for Indonesian SMBs.
Active
High-performance modular design system and page builder for HubSpot, developed at Lean Labs. Powering scalable marketing websites for enterprise clients.
Modernizing
Indonesian parenting content platform.
Active
Jakarta-based faith community platform for worship gatherings and charity events.
Active
Launch website for Java United Football Club, introducing the club and connecting supporters with its growing social presence.
Delivered
Australia-based wage-advance platform. Successfully delivered the production MVP for early customer validation.
Delivered
Scalable full-stack features supporting high-traffic e-commerce workflows.
Delivered
F&B/Retail platform. Bridged the technical transition and architecture modernization during a critical growth phase.
Delivered
Online food ordering system with robust platform architecture.
Delivered
CFO Services. Landing Page.
Operating model
I am most useful when momentum is real and the consequences are visible: a product must feel instant, infrastructure must survive demand, or an early architecture has reached its limit.
“Calm is not the absence of urgency. It is knowing what matters next.”
A practical sequence for consequential software work.
Find the real constraint before adding code. Align product pressure, technical risk, and the shortest credible path forward.
Stay close to implementation. Architecture decisions are tested against production behavior, not presentation diagrams.
Leave the team with clearer systems, stronger judgment, and software they can continue operating without dependency.
Hands-on
Backend platforms, AI workflows, customer-facing products, migrations, and the connective systems between them.
Leadership
Architecture direction, cross-functional planning, team clarity, and senior execution through difficult product transitions.
Technical range
Tools change. The standard does not: reduce complexity, protect the critical path, and leave each system easier to operate than I found it.
PHP · Laravel · Symfony · Python · FastAPI · Node.js · Express.js · Hono.js · NestJS
Vue.js · Nuxt.js · React · Next.js · React Native · Astro · TypeScript
AWS · GCP · Docker · Kubernetes · AWS ECS · Railway · Vercel
PostgreSQL · MySQL · Redis · Elasticsearch · Supabase
OpenAI · LangChain · STT-LLM-TTS · ElevenLabs · LiveKit
HLS · MP4 · Real-time Streaming · Video Processing
Start here
Tell me what you are building, where the system is straining, and what a useful outcome looks like. I will reply with a direct assessment of fit.