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root@joojo:~$ whoami
root@joojo:~$ cat /etc/motd
root@joojo:~$ cat /usr/share/testimonials.txt
# Professional Recommendations
Sidartha Rakuram
Senior Solution Architect at Astro September 13, 2025 Former Teammate
"Jo consistently raised the bar for our engineering team. I worked with him on several high-impact projects, including the Astro-HBO Max integration where he built a scalable asymmetric key management service. He also drove improvements to our CI/CD workflow, streamlined deployments, and built frameworks that supported various other OTT integrations. What stood out most was his attention to detail, commitment to quality, and ability to make complex ideas easy to understand. He's a top-tier engineer and an excellent collaborator."
Md Abdul Munim
Engineering Leader at AWS January 23, 2025 Former Manager
"Jo is a talented software engineer who delivers. He likes to
get feedback about his work and makes sure to reflect. Jo is
genuinely curious to learn and always trying his best to grow
in different directions. During my time in AirAsia he used to
work in one of my teams, SSO. Since then I have seen Jo
growing fast year over year. He is great at frontend
development but has shown equal competency in backend stuff.
Jo is also a great team player who would bring a fresh
perspective to any team. I would love to work with Jo again
and recommend him without a doubt."
Mohammed Ali
Senior Software Engineer August 2, 2024 Colleague
"I had the opportunity to collaborate with Joojo at AirAsia,
where he consistently showcased a remarkable combination of
skills spanning backend and frontend development, cloud
solutions, and CI/CD processes. Joojo excels as a team player,
recognized for his outstanding communication skills and his
enthusiasm for both learning and leading. His capability to
manage and integrate intricate systems with a positive
demeanor significantly benefitted our projects. Joojo's
proactive mindset and extensive skill set make him an
invaluable asset to any team. Organizations seeking a
talented, adaptable developer who thrives in cooperative
settings would find Joojo to be an exceptional addition."
Chaitra Jayakumar
Quality Analyst II at AirAsia MOVE July 31, 2024 Team Member
"I had the pleasure of working closely with JOOJO on a
project. His exceptional problem-solving skills and attention
to detail were instrumental in its success. I highly recommend
him for his dedication, professionalism, and ability to
deliver results."
Sabir Moglad
Principal Software Engineer @ Roshn July 30, 2024 Former Manager
"I had the pleasure of working with Joojo at Airasia, where he
consistently demonstrated an exceptional blend of skills
across the full stack—from backend and frontend development to
cloud solutions and CI/CD processes. Joojo is a true team
player, known not only for his excellent communication skills
but also for his eagerness to learn and lead. His ability to
manage and integrate complex systems with a positive attitude
made a significant impact on our projects. Joojo's proactive
approach and comprehensive skill set make him a valuable asset
to any team. Teams looking for a talented, versatile developer
who thrives in collaborative environments would indeed be
lucky to have him."
root@joojo:~$ ls -la ~/public_speaking/
# Speaking Engagements & Media
🎙️ Podcast
Episode 1
Tech Talk Podcast Appearance
Discussion on software engineering practices, career development, and industry insights.
🎙️ Podcast
Episode 2
Software Engineering Deep Dive
In-depth conversation about backend development, system architecture, and engineering leadership.
🎓 Career Talk
Recent
Software Engineering Career Talk
Speaking to students about software engineering career paths, hiring trends, and industry opportunities.
## Speaking Topics
Available for speaking engagements on: Software Engineering Best Practices, Platform Engineering, Cloud Architecture, Career Development, Technical Leadership, and Developer Experience.
root@joojo:~$ cat about.md
# About Me
## Current Role
Technical Lead Engineer @BP focusing on software and platform engineering. I lead end-to-end engineering initiatives, working closely with stakeholders to capture requirements and translate them into scalable, resilient systems.
Expertise
- • Cloud Architecture & Platform Engineering
- • IAC
- • CI/CD & DevOps Automation
- • System Design & Solution Architecture
- • Serverless Applications
## Professional Summary
Experienced engineering leader and full-stack software engineer with a proven record of achievements across diverse industries, including airline, transport, and waste management. My responsibilities span architecture design, hands-on development, infrastructure automation, and CI/CD enablement, with a strong focus on cloud-native deployments and observability.
root@joojo:~$ cat /usr/share/skills.json | jq
#Some of my Technical Skills
Cloud & Infrastructure
AWS Tooling
85%
Container Orch.
75%
GCP tooling
80%
CI/CD design
85%
Backend & APIs
API design
95%
Auth
95%
Design Concepts
75%
RESTful APIs
95%
Databases & Storage
Schema design
90%
Mem. Mngmnt.
80%
Optimization
80%
DevOps & Deployment
CI/CD Pipelines
90%
Pipelines
85%
Orchestration
80%
Edge tooling
70%
Presentation layer
Web
95%
Desktop
75%
PWA design
70%
Mobile
40%
System Architecture
Microservices
85%
Event-Driven Arch.
80%
Caching Strategies
90%
Req. Gathering
85%
Monitoring & Analytics
Data Observability
85%
Perf. Monitoring
80%
System Metrics
65%
Perf. Optimization
80%
Testing & Quality
Unit Tests
85%
Integration Tests
80%
Test Analysis
75%
E2E Testing
90%
root@joojo:~$ tail -f /var/log/career.log
# Work Experience
bp - Technical Lead Engineer
July 2025 - Present ACTIVESoftware & Platform Engineering | Malaysia
- • Leading end-to-end software and platform engineering initiatives
- • Architecture design, hands-on development, infrastructure automation
- • CI/CD enablement with focus on cloud-native deployments
- • Ensuring systems are secure, performant, and compliant
Astro - Engineering Lead (Solution Architecture) AVP
August 2024 - July 2025Solution Architecture & Engineering | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- • Introduced CI/CD Workflow in Bitbucket, reducing manual QA effort by 40%
- • Designed Asymmetric Verification Service using AWS Secret Manager & Lambda
- • Developed OTT Onboarding Framework integrating BBC, SunNxt, HBO Max, Disney
- • Architected Custom Observability Service for system performance monitoring
- • Built Scalable Scheduled Execution Service for subscription management
AirAsia MOVE - Senior Software Engineer
February 2021 - August 2024Full-Stack Development & Architecture | Malaysia
- • Implemented Passkeys authentication with full-stack architecture
- • Led Guest Sign-Up Flow for flights, payment, and SSO integration
- • Achieved 95% latency reduction (50ms to 2ms) through caching optimization
- • Saved $1,400/month through application-level caching and rate limiting
- • Migrated from Angular to Next.js improving performance
- • Developed internal tooling saving QA team 2 hours weekly
iCYCLE Global - Software Engineer
November 2018 - February 2021Waste Management Systems | Malaysia
- • Built versatile Waste Management System serving 20,000 users
- • Led campaign management platform increasing event participation by 10%
- • Implemented gamification features boosting user engagement by 8%
- • Created dynamic reporting system for admin data visualization
root@joojo:~$ find ~/projects -name "*.git" -type d | head -6
# Git Repositories
notes-app-frontend
No description available
TypeScript
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Updated: Oct 8, 2025
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notes-app-backend
No description available
TypeScript
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Updated: Oct 8, 2025
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node-next-sample
No description available
TypeScript
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Updated: Aug 13, 2025
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node-nest-sample
No description available
TypeScript
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Updated: Jul 25, 2025
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node-koa-sample
No description available
TypeScript
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Updated: Jul 24, 2025
⭐ 0 | 🍴 0
maxis-interview-assignment
Assignment to be fulfilled as per interviewer's request
JavaScript
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Updated: Jul 13, 2025
⭐ 1 | 🍴 0
machine-learning-ML5-P5
No description available
JavaScript
→ View Repository
Updated: Apr 13, 2025
⭐ 3 | 🍴 0
Hotel-booking-system
Design & Implement an ordering system by creating a set of Restful APIs and backend Database. These APIs will be used in AirAsia.com to insert and get hotel booking details from the Database (mock data). At the end of the Assignment, push the code to the Public Code Repository (gitlab / github / bitbucket). If you wish, you can deploy the service to Public Cloud and provide us with the list of endpoints for testing.
JavaScript
→ View Repository
Updated: Mar 9, 2025
⭐ 3 | 🍴 2
url-shortner
Backend service to shorten URLs
Unknown
→ View Repository
Updated: Feb 5, 2025
⭐ 0 | 🍴 0
restaurant-order-system
Server-side application for managing restaurant food orders
Go
→ View Repository
Updated: Nov 15, 2024
⭐ 4 | 🍴 1
user-athentication-golang
No description available
Go
→ View Repository
Updated: Aug 14, 2024
⭐ 27 | 🍴 6
About-Me
This is my personal website and it has everything you need to know about me. Well, most things
HTML
→ View Repository
Updated: Jul 26, 2024
⭐ 4 | 🍴 9
root@joojo:~$ cat ~/blog/latest_posts.md
# Blog Posts
root@joojo:~$ grep -r "search_term" ~/blog/
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Skip the Database: Building Analytics Dashboards Directly from S3 Files
Introduction Hello guys, my name is Jo and welcome back to my engineering blog!. I'm gonna...
❤️ 15 reactions
💬 3 comments
📈 15 positive
🔗 Canonical
Building a Secure SFTP Server on a Linode Public Subnet
In the previous post, I walked through setting up a bare-ish-metal cloud environment with Linode,...
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🔗 Canonical
Reclaiming Engineering Ownership: A Hands-On Guide to Bare-ish-Metal Cloud
Introduction I decided to write this after diving into the ongoing conversation around...
❤️ 3 reactions
💬 1 comments
📈 3 positive
🔗 Canonical
Building practical workflows: data observability, AI trend analysis & proactivity.
Introduction Today I want to talk about data observability and a few other things. My team...
❤️ 3 reactions
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🔗 Canonical
Improving Deployment Velocity: How We Rebuilt for Speed and Sustainability
Introduction When we talk about engineering performance, deployment velocity may be one of...
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🔗 Canonical
Understanding My Relationship with AI Through the Lens of TAM
Introduction Today I want to talk about something a little different. During my master’s...
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🔗 Canonical
Building a Scalable, Reliable, and Cost-Effective Event Scheduler for Asynchronous Jobs
Introduction Welcome back to my blog! 😁 This is where I talk to myself—and hopefully, to...
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💬 9 comments
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🔗 Canonical
Building a Robust and Cost effective Token Verification Service: A Guide to Secure API Integrations
Introduction In today’s interconnected systems, secure communication between services is very...
❤️ 7 reactions
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🔗 Canonical
Improving developer experience with internal tooling at Airasia
I enjoy building software so much😁, but various challenges can sometimes make the process less...
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🔗 Canonical
Spotify + AI = Tune Genie
Inspiration Even though I enjoy music, I don't listen to it as frequently as most people...
❤️ 21 reactions
💬 8 comments
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🔗 Canonical
How we built the "Favourites" feature on the Airasia superapp.
Introduction Since the internet's inception, application have always provided users with...
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🔗 Canonical
A basic understanding of tiktok's recommendation system
I was initially reluctant to download tiktok because I thought all people did there was dance. After...
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🔗 Canonical
How Airasia revamped its user portal.
This article intends to walk the reader through the process of inception to deployment for the newly...
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🔗 Canonical
The Engineering Internship life cycle at Airasia (User Identity management team)
The general definition of an internship is a period of time spent at an organisation by a student or...
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🔗 Canonical
Depth first search for binary trees
Depth first search (DFS) has got to be one of the most popular computer science concepts especially...
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🔗 Canonical
How my interviews with Amazon made me better
If you are here from my twitter, It's probably no news to you that I had the opportunity to interview...
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💬 2 comments
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🔗 Canonical
Manage errors better
There is absolutely no engineer or dev who always writes error free code. In this line of business...
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🔗 Canonical
CS Degree toolbox
I've had a few direct messages on twitter asking about some of the concepts to learn and understand o...
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🔗 Canonical
Writing pre-request scripts in postman
A pre-request script (PRS) is basically a function or code logic that runs before a server request. Y...
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🔗 Canonical
Build user type based authorization in Golang and mongoDB
This post is an extension of this article therefore if you happen to be a beginner, kindly familiari...
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🔗 Canonical
root@joojo:~$ ls -la ~/creative_work/
# Design Portfolio
## Creative Background
Before diving deep into software engineering, I had a passion for graphic design and visual communication. Here are some of my notable design projects:
Falcon Express Rebrand
Complete visual identity redesign for logistics company
including logo, brand guidelines, and marketing materials.
Brand Identity
Ghana Football Association Rebrand
Conceptual rebranding project for the Ghana Football
Association, focusing on modern identity and supporter
engagement.
Sports Branding
Thunder Bear Human Fuel
Creative branding project exploring energy drinks and
lifestyle marketing with bold visual elements.
Product Design
Complete Portfolio
Explore my full design portfolio showcasing various projects
from brand identity to digital design.
Mixed Media
root@joojo:~$ cat contact_info.txt
# Contact Information
Location
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Portfolio
GitHub
## Let's Connect
I'm always interested in discussing new opportunities, collaborating on interesting projects, or just having a chat about technology and software engineering. Feel free to reach out!