Deby Candrakirana

Tech Lead · Data Engineer · Microsoft Fabric & Azure · Analytics · Product & Data Operations

debycandrakirana@gmail.com +62 817 343 935 linkedin.com/in/debycandrakirana github.com/debycandra

Professional Summary

Data & product professional with 12+ years of career experience (since 2013) — including 7+ years in data engineering (since 2019) and experience in IT consulting, agri-tech, fintech, telco, oil & gas, mining, and healthcare. Proven track record of building end-to-end data platforms, leading cross-functional teams (up to 30 members), and delivering actionable insights that drive strategic decisions. Currently a contract Technical Lead at a stealth startup, building a Microsoft Fabric real-time data platform (Azure Event Hubs · IoT Hub · Eventstream · Lakehouse) for an oil & gas client; previously Head of Product & Data Operations at Koltiva.

Career Highlights

12+ Years

Career in tech — data engineering, analytics, product, and web development

30+

Direct & indirect reports managed across QA, DataOps, and Engineering

7 Industries

IT Consulting, Fintech, Telco, Oil & Gas, Mining, Healthcare, Agri-tech

60%

Cloud cost reduction via platform architecture and query optimisation

Work Experience

Technical Lead

Jul 2026 – Present

Stealth Startup · Contract (Oil & Gas Data Platform · NDA)

Leading use-case-based data platform initiatives for an oil & gas client — architecting OT device streaming pipelines (Azure IoT Hub, Event Hubs, Fabric Eventstream) into a governed Microsoft Fabric Lakehouse with standardized ETL
Delivering operational reporting and AI-related use cases (Azure AI Foundry, Document Intelligence) on top of the streaming data platform
Working closely with the PM and joining solution brainstorming to close solution gaps; mentoring the junior data team

Koltiva

↔ Lateral move

Head of Product & Data Operations

Jun 2025 – Jun 2026

Led a cross-functional team of 13+ members across Global Helpdesk, Customer Support, Product Operations, and Data Operations, enhancing overall service delivery and operational efficiency
Acted as Tier 1 and Tier 2 guardian, ensuring effective issue resolution, maintaining clear internal communication, and driving cross-department collaboration
Conducted AI clustering analysis to generate data-driven insights, supporting continuous improvement initiatives across Product, Development, and Operations teams

↑ Promoted

Head of IT Governance & Quality Assurance

Aug 2024 – May 2025

Led a team of 20–30 QA engineers, enhancing quality assurance across B2B and B2C product lines
Standardized QA workflows with an execution-time-based testing framework, integrating automation for faster regression testing
Supervised master data integrity initiatives and developed SOPs for database user access, improving compliance

Data Integrity & System Audit Manager (Project Lead)

Mar 2024 – Jul 2024

Led strategic ERP alignment project as the CEO-appointed project lead across Product, Technology, and Operations
Delivered comprehensive GAP analysis covering 10+ integrated systems; defined remediation roadmap

EdenFarm

↑ Promoted

Head of Technology

Oct 2023 – Feb 2024

Led cross-functional teams across Product, DevOps, Engineering, IT Operations, and Data Engineering
Developed quarterly technology roadmaps aligned with business growth targets; managed vendor relationships
Reduced infrastructure costs through team restructuring and cloud optimization initiatives

Data Engineer Manager

Jan 2023 – Oct 2023

Built and scaled the data engineering function from 2 → 5 engineers; established team rituals, OKRs, and delivery standards
Transformed 5 System Analysts into productive Data Engineers in 3 months while keeping operations continuity
Architected cost-efficient BigQuery-based data platform; achieved ~60% cloud cost reduction via pipeline and query optimization
Drove data governance policies and established data access SLAs for downstream BI teams

Freelance Project Collaboration – Lead DE & Senior DE

Aug 2023 – Early 2024

Healthcare Industry • Mining Industry

Contributed as Lead Data Engineer on a healthcare project and Senior Data Engineer on a mining project — both as project-based collaborations done after office hours and on weekends

XQ Informatics (IT Consulting)

↑ Promoted

Team Lead & Tech Lead – Data Engineering & Data Science

Late 2019 – Jan 2023

Led multi-client data engineering and analytics projects across telco, oil & gas, mining, and fintech simultaneously
Managed cross-functional teams (voyager team) embedded in telco client environment as third-party tech lead
Delivered end-to-end data platform for mining industry and migrated Lab DW to Hadoop ecosystem

Data Engineer & Data Visualization Specialist

Jul 2019 – Late 2019

Joined as individual contributor building data pipelines and BI dashboards; promoted to Team Lead after demonstrating cross-client delivery capability

Head of System Development

Sep 2018 – Jun 2019

PT. Transportasi Jakarta (Transjakarta)

Led software development teams and managed third-party project evaluation, contracts, and regular executive reporting

Frontend Developer → Full Stack Developer

Aug 2016 – Aug 2018

Dattabot (Digital Tech & Data Consulting)

Built web applications and data-driven frontend interfaces across multiple digital product platforms

Web Developer

Apr 2015 – Jun 2016

PT EDI Indonesia (Government Payment Systems · Banking IT)

Developed web-based systems for government tax payment modules (eTax, MPN G-2) in the bank team

IT Support, Lab Assistant & Freelance Web Developer

2013 – 2014

Bank (IT Support) · Universitas Gunadarma · Freelance

Served as IT Lead Support at a bank for 3 months, supporting banking system operations
Lab assistant at Universitas Gunadarma and built freelance web projects while completing undergraduate studies

Skills & Competencies

Data EngineeringApache Kafka · NiFi · Hadoop · Hive · Spark · Airflow · dbt · Pentaho · Python · SQL · Fivetran · PostgreSQL · Parquet · Medallion Architecture

Microsoft Fabric & AzureMicrosoft Fabric · Fabric Eventstream · Lakehouse · Azure Event Hubs · Azure IoT Hub · Azure AI Foundry · Document Intelligence · OT/IoT Device Streaming · ETL/ELT Standards

Cloud & PlatformGoogle Cloud Platform (BigQuery) · Microsoft Azure · Hadoop Ecosystem · Apache Kafka Streaming · VM Infrastructure

Analytics & BITableau · Tableau Server · Power BI · Apache Superset · Google Looker Studio · Python (pandas) · SQL Analytics

Data GovernanceDAMA-DMBOK v2 · Great Expectations · RBAC · RLS · ISO Audit & Compliance · SLA Management · Data Lineage · Data Catalog · Change Management

Product & OpsOKR Framework · Product Roadmap · Agile/Scrum · Jira · Confluence · IT Governance · QA Automation · Release Management

Web DevelopmentNext.js · React · TypeScript · CodeIgniter 4 · PHP · MySQL · REST API · Google Maps API · Tailwind CSS · Framer Motion · Vercel

Mobile & App DevFlutter · Dart · Firebase (Auth, Firestore, Storage) · Go (Golang) · Swagger / OpenAPI · Google Drive API

AI PipelineRAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) · Vector Database · Text Chunking Strategy · Embedding Pipeline · LLM Integration

Education

Universitas Gunadarma

Bachelor of Industrial Technology, Information & Technology

2010 – 2014

Certifications

✓ Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)

✓ Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Fundamentals (DP-900)

✓ Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals (AI-900)

✓ Microsoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst Associate (PL-300) · 2021–2025

Microsoft Learn

Level 9 · 92,625 / 106,299 XPas of Apr 4, 2026

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Portfolio

Full project case studies with architecture, approach, and impact: debycandrakirana.com

Professional Summary

Career Highlights

12+ Years

Career in tech — data engineering, analytics, product, and web development

30+

Direct & indirect reports managed across QA, DataOps, and Engineering

7 Industries

IT Consulting, Fintech, Telco, Oil & Gas, Mining, Healthcare, Agri-tech

60%

Cloud cost reduction via platform architecture and query optimisation

Work Experience

Technical Lead

Jul 2026 – Present

Stealth Startup · Contract (Oil & Gas Data Platform · NDA)

Leading use-case-based data platform initiatives for an oil & gas client — architecting OT device streaming pipelines (Azure IoT Hub, Event Hubs, Fabric Eventstream) into a governed Microsoft Fabric Lakehouse with standardized ETL
Delivering operational reporting and AI-related use cases (Azure AI Foundry, Document Intelligence) on top of the streaming data platform
Working closely with the PM and joining solution brainstorming to close solution gaps; mentoring the junior data team

Koltiva

↔ Lateral move

Head of Product & Data Operations

Jun 2025 – Jun 2026

Led a cross-functional team of 13+ members across Global Helpdesk, Customer Support, Product Operations, and Data Operations, enhancing overall service delivery and operational efficiency
Acted as Tier 1 and Tier 2 guardian, ensuring effective issue resolution, maintaining clear internal communication, and driving cross-department collaboration
Conducted AI clustering analysis to generate data-driven insights, supporting continuous improvement initiatives across Product, Development, and Operations teams

↑ Promoted

Head of IT Governance & Quality Assurance

Aug 2024 – May 2025

Led a team of 20–30 QA engineers, enhancing quality assurance across B2B and B2C product lines
Standardized QA workflows with an execution-time-based testing framework, integrating automation for faster regression testing
Supervised master data integrity initiatives and developed SOPs for database user access, improving compliance

Data Integrity & System Audit Manager (Project Lead)

Mar 2024 – Jul 2024

Led strategic ERP alignment project as the CEO-appointed project lead across Product, Technology, and Operations
Delivered comprehensive GAP analysis covering 10+ integrated systems; defined remediation roadmap

EdenFarm

↑ Promoted

Head of Technology

Oct 2023 – Feb 2024

Led cross-functional teams across Product, DevOps, Engineering, IT Operations, and Data Engineering
Developed quarterly technology roadmaps aligned with business growth targets; managed vendor relationships
Reduced infrastructure costs through team restructuring and cloud optimization initiatives

Data Engineer Manager

Jan 2023 – Oct 2023

Built and scaled the data engineering function from 2 → 5 engineers; established team rituals, OKRs, and delivery standards
Transformed 5 System Analysts into productive Data Engineers in 3 months while keeping operations continuity
Architected cost-efficient BigQuery-based data platform; achieved ~60% cloud cost reduction via pipeline and query optimization
Drove data governance policies and established data access SLAs for downstream BI teams

Freelance Project Collaboration – Lead DE & Senior DE

Aug 2023 – Early 2024

Healthcare Industry • Mining Industry

Contributed as Lead Data Engineer on a healthcare project and Senior Data Engineer on a mining project — both as project-based collaborations done after office hours and on weekends

XQ Informatics (IT Consulting)

↑ Promoted

Team Lead & Tech Lead – Data Engineering & Data Science

Late 2019 – Jan 2023

Led multi-client data engineering and analytics projects across telco, oil & gas, mining, and fintech simultaneously
Managed cross-functional teams (voyager team) embedded in telco client environment as third-party tech lead
Delivered end-to-end data platform for mining industry and migrated Lab DW to Hadoop ecosystem

Data Engineer & Data Visualization Specialist

Jul 2019 – Late 2019

Joined as individual contributor building data pipelines and BI dashboards; promoted to Team Lead after demonstrating cross-client delivery capability

Head of System Development

Sep 2018 – Jun 2019

PT. Transportasi Jakarta (Transjakarta)

Led software development teams and managed third-party project evaluation, contracts, and regular executive reporting

Frontend Developer → Full Stack Developer

Aug 2016 – Aug 2018

Dattabot (Digital Tech & Data Consulting)

Built web applications and data-driven frontend interfaces across multiple digital product platforms

Web Developer

Apr 2015 – Jun 2016

PT EDI Indonesia (Government Payment Systems · Banking IT)

Developed web-based systems for government tax payment modules (eTax, MPN G-2) in the bank team

IT Support, Lab Assistant & Freelance Web Developer

2013 – 2014

Bank (IT Support) · Universitas Gunadarma · Freelance

Served as IT Lead Support at a bank for 3 months, supporting banking system operations
Lab assistant at Universitas Gunadarma and built freelance web projects while completing undergraduate studies