About
I'm Ardika, most people call me Rifqi. Over the past 5 years, I have worked across engineering and product, from shipping production code to leading product direction and running a software company in Indonesia.
I have worked as an individual contributor, tech lead, CTO, and CEO across 5 companies and 2 countries. That range helps me align technical decisions with product priorities, timelines, and business constraints.
My technical foundation is full-stack engineering. I work across backend systems, frontend applications, mobile development, and cloud infrastructure. I have shipped production systems using Python, PHP, React, React Native, Java/Kotlin, Next.js, and more.
I care most about building reliable software: clear architecture, clean code, and systems that stay stable under real usage.
Education: Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology (ITS) — Bachelor's in Computer Science, 2017–2021.
Projects
MealMe — Food & Grocery Ordering API Platform
Product Lead & Senior Software Engineer · San Francisco, CA · mealme.ai
MealMe provides a large-scale food and grocery ordering API that connects over one million merchants. I joined as a software engineer and later took on Product Lead responsibilities, owning both implementation and product decisions.
Stack: Python, MongoDB, AWS, Selenium, DigitalOcean, React. Metrics: 1000+ daily orders; 60% checkout success-rate improvement; 10+ restaurant chains integrated.
Simplus — Business Management SaaS for Indonesian SMEs
CEO & Founder / Interim CTO · Indonesia · simplus.id
Founded Simplus and built the platform from scratch. Business management SaaS for Indonesian fashion SMEs, covering inventory, POS, marketplace sync, and financial reporting.
Stack: PHP, PostgreSQL+MySQL, React.js, React Native, Java/Kotlin, Next.js, Docker, AWS, GCP. Metrics: 100+ active SMEs; 1000+ transactions/day peak; 3% YoY growth.
Frontend case study: ardikarifqi.com/frontend
Wizbook — AI-Powered Superapp
Product Owner & Senior Software Engineer · Palo Alto, CA
Joined an early-stage startup to build an AI-powered superapp. Owned end-to-end delivery across research, architecture, implementation, and QA. NDA-limited details. 6 weeks MVP delivery, 20+ core features.
BAMAG — Academic Research at ITS
Researcher · Surabaya, Indonesia · ResearchGate
Academic application for pre-planning stereotactic surgery. Focused on high-precision targeting and clinical usability.
Skills
Frontend: React.js, Next.js, React Native, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, Tailwind CSS, Sass, DaisyUI, shadcn/ui, Radix UI, Framer Motion, Lottie, react-virtuoso, react-hook-form, Zod, Vite, Wouter, VAPI.
State: MobX, Zustand, React Context API, Redux (legacy).
Backend: Python, PHP, Node.js, Express, Java, Kotlin, REST, GraphQL, WebSockets, Laravel.
Mobile: React Native, Objective-C, Android (Java/Kotlin), iOS, react-native-reanimated, react-native-iap, react-native-bluetooth-classic.
Infra & Cloud: AWS, Google Cloud, Cloudflare Pages, Cloudflare Workers, OpenNext, Docker, DigitalOcean, Linux, Nginx, Terraform.
Databases: MySQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Redis, SQLite.
AI & LLM: OpenAI API, Anthropic / Claude API, Perplexity, LangChain, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Google Vision API, prompt engineering.
Leadership: Team building, hiring, product strategy, technical direction, customer discovery, remote collaboration, mentoring.